Doeboy » Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:44 am wrote:Sounds like we are looking to wrap up Shaqiri before we fly out to the states. Not really sure about him to be honest. When he is good, he shows he has real quality but when he is poor, seems a complete passenger. £12m is absolute peanuts in today's market but he is going to have to up his game if he moves to us. Our players put a real shift in and don't really associate Shaqiri being that type of player.
We had a real issue last year with squad depth, anytime we rested one of our front 3 there was a huge drop off in quality, it nearly cost us a top 4 place tbh (look at our league results at the tail end of last season as Jurgen juggled the squad in an attempt to keep the team fresh for our CL games).
As you say yourself DB £12m for a player of Shaquiri's quality is absolute peanuts, the club would have to be off its head not to take the opportunity to add genuine depth to our front line for what amounts to pocket change in the modern game.
As for his work ethic if he doesn't graft Jurgen won't play him its as simple as that, I'm sure he will put a shift in though, he won't want to waste an opportunity like this.
At the end of the day mate he is a huge, huge upgrade on the likes of Ings and Solanke and for £12m quid we go into next season a lot stronger and I guess that's all that matters.