Gonzalo Higuain

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Giroud scored 14 league goals = Arsenal fans say his World class.

Berainho scored 14 league goals = Arsenal fans laugh at the possibility of a transfer.

Overplayed your hand there mate, no one said Giroud is world class lmao.

Also, have you seen both of them play? Berahino is miles off being Arsenal quality.

If we had the opportunity to bring in Higuain, didn't, and ended up signing Berahino I'd be livid.

 

[Proof]

If Higuain is the best striker available I'd rather see us go for a top class winger instead.

 

[Dokaka]

Which is a great return for a defensive league, fourth highest scorer this year and joint fourth in his debut last season.

It's worse than what Immobile - a current joke at Dortmund - manages to do two seasons ago, and it's worse than what a 38 year old Luca Toni manages to produce this season.

The Italian league is not defensive. More goals were scored this season in the Seria A than there was in the Prem, so I have no idea where you got that from except old stereotypical views of Italian football.

The league is just awful. They've got one good team currently and the rest are just utter ****e except for maybe Roma.

 

[Penn_]

If Higuain is the best striker available I'd rather see us go for a top class winger instead.

Flog Welbeck and the other cast offs and we could probably finance both...ah if only.

 

[Trilly]

Which would benefit us more as a team, Higuain or a top winger? The latter for me. Higuain is posting respectable stats in a league that anyone with top quality destroys.

You only have to look at the treble winning Bayern side to see it, you don't need a world class striker if both your wingers are genuine quality. I wouldn't mind if we signed him but for close to the same money I think we could improve the team much more by improving in other positions.

 

[ModelGooner]

It's worse than what Immobile - a current joke at Dortmund - manages to do two seasons ago, and it's worse than what a 38 year old Luca Toni manages to produce this season.

The Italian league is not defensive. More goals were scored this season in the Seria A than there was in the Prem, so I have no idea where you got that from except old stereotypical views of Italian football.

The league is just awful. They've got one good team currently and the rest are just utter ****e except for maybe Roma.

Er hold on, Immobile was absolutely fantastic at Torino last season scoring 23, which is why Dortmund purchased him. If he's considered a joke now its because he scored 10 goals this season, something that Higuain hasn't done since he was 19 years old. So that logic is out of the window.

I don't follow Verona, but when he Luca was at Bayern it was clear he was the absolute focal point to the team, all set pieces and crosses were aimed at him and he took penalties.

The point I'm making is that Higuain is a fantasticly consistent goalscorer who has has a skill set that would thrive here.

 

[Furious]

It's worse than what Immobile - a current joke at Dortmund - manages to do two seasons ago, and it's worse than what a 38 year old Luca Toni manages to produce this season.

The Italian league is not defensive. More goals were scored this season in the Seria A than there was in the Prem, so I have no idea where you got that from except old stereotypical views of Italian football.

The league is just awful. They've got one good team currently and the rest are just utter ****e except for maybe Roma.

You can't put it up like that.

Jokes like Michu, Benteke, Lukaku, Le Fondre, Austin, etc. have outscored Giroud as well. **** happens.

You look at the player, Higuain, does he have some outstanding qualities? Yes, absolutely. Toni scored more than him? So freakin what. He has also scored more than Tevez, and Morata, who're playing CL final tonight.

Higuain scores goals, and he does amazingly well, and he'd do it here too.

 

[Dokaka]

You can't put it up like that.

Jokes like Michu, Benteke, Lukaku, Le Fondre, Austin, etc. have outscored Giroud as well. **** happens.

You look at the player, Higuain, does he have some outstanding qualities? Yes, absolutely. Toni scored more than him? So freakin what. He has also scored more than Tevez, and Morata, who're playing CL final tonight.

Higuain scores goals, and he does amazingly well, and he'd do it here too.

No, he does it well. He's a good striker, probably better than Giroud, but he's no where near the levels of the striker who do score goals "amazingly well" - Suarez, Neymar, Aguero, prime RVP etc. That's obviously not counting Messi and Ronaldo.

FWIW, if you look back in this thread I'm not saying Higuain would be a terrible signing, but he shouldn't be the priority. There are better options out there, and they don't necessarily have to be strikers. A player like Reus would be a better investment.

Sadly, it all depends on if Walcott can stay fit. Walcott fit for an entire season, and suddenly you don't really need a striker anymore. You'd still need a winger though.

 

[shedward92]

Plus Higuain is a little further away from 30 than some of our other striker links such as Martinez. Napoli aren't the force they used to be, Higuain would score goals surrounded by players like Özil and Carzola. Personally I think Higuain + Cech + Carvalho/Kongdobia/Scneiderlin/Xhaka would be an awesome transfer window.

 

[truth_hurts]

He scored 18 goals in 31 starts and 6 subs games this season, hardly a number that suggests he is a "top class goal scorer". We might as well go for Mauro Icardi if all you want is a goal scorer, since he scored 22 goals in 33 starts (although yeah he just signed a new contract).

does Icardi have a track record of scoring 20 plus? Gonzalez does and has performed at the highest level.

 

[Trilly]

Seeing a lot of Higuain-induced blindness here.

 

[AVENTUS]

There just aren't enough quality Strikers around at the minute. Some of us wouldn't be happy with splashing nearly £30mil on Gonzalo who is turning the wrong side of 30 some of us will

At the end of the day Wenger has splashed £20mil on Welbeck he won't go and spend that sort of Money on any Striker that I'm confident of. If I know how Wenger thinks he'll be happy to rotate CF role between Giroud, Walcott & Welbeck.

 

[field442]

There just aren't enough quality Strikers around at the minute. Some of us wouldn't be happy with splashing nearly £30mil on Gonzalo who is turning the wrong side of 30 some of us will

At the end of the day Wenger has splashed £20mil on Welbeck he won't go and spend that sort of Money on any Striker that I'm confident of. If I know how Wenger thinks he'll be happy to rotate CF role between Giroud, Walcott & Welbeck.

The guy is 27. Why are you aging him by 2 and a half years?

 

[shedward92]

He is a year older than Sanchez 2 years Özil and half the people on here are acting as if he is a few months away from retirement.

 

[cannonade]

There are never enough top strikers available in any transfer window. The good ones are kept under lock and key and paid buckets. Not sure of Higuain's impact at Arsenal. Think a fit Walcott getting a regular shift at striker would be greater than plugging Higuain there. Walcott does not want to play wide anymore, so I think that's what we'll see.
If a top striker were to somehow fall in Wenger's lap he might pounce, but given Walcott's status, I kind of doubt he'll go in that direction this summer.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

The guy is 27. Why are you aging him by 2 and a half years?

People do the same for Giroud tbh, at 28 he's nearly 30 and not nearly 29 funnily enough.

 

[AVENTUS]

There are never enough top strikers available in any transfer window. The good ones are kept under lock and key and paid buckets. Not sure of Higuain's impact at Arsenal. Think a fit Walcott getting a regular shift at striker would be greater than plugging Higuain there. Walcott does not want to play wide anymore, so I think that's what we'll see.
If a top striker were to somehow fall in Wenger's lap he might pounce, but given Walcott's status, I kind of doubt he'll go in that direction this summer.

He had his chance with Saurez and couldn't do it cause transfer fee was too much there went our chance of a top quality striker right there..

I feel what your saying about Walcott tho and I bet Wenger agrees 100%

 

[nicky47]

Higuain really is dividing opinions on here! I'd be happy with him here, but I question whether we actually bid at all... But I agree, I think Wenger might want Walcott as our striker next season. Especially considering there aren't obvious top strikers to buy out there, unless he buys some random, or could go for a winger in play of Walcott.

 

[cannonade]

Higuain really is dividing opinions on here! I'd be happy with him here, but I question whether we actually bid at all... But I agree, I think Wenger might want Walcott as our striker next season. Especially considering there aren't obvious top strikers to buy out there, unless he buys some random, or could go for a winger in play of Walcott.

Yup. Could see that, but there's the Ox, who Wenger has said he would prefer to play down the middle, and Welbeck who may be frozen out centrally because of Theo, and the random Ramsey and Wilshere, who Wenger ultimately might want to play there in an over-loaded midfield, as he has been doing. We'll see, but other than adding DMid depth, Wenger might do squat.

 

[samshere]

I want a striker for this team. If the choice is between not buying a striker and buying Higuain I'd get him irrespective of how good our current options are. We are stacked in the wings as it is so investment there won't make sense.
Its not a question of saving money for next summer, with our increased income we can spend now without having to worry about the future. So if we have money, and are shifting podolski, campbell out i'd like it very much to have someone as a backup to giroud in case Walcott gets injured. Among the ones available-lacazette, benteke, martinez, vietto I
rate Higuain the highest.