If we want a sure thing as striker, who can come in and definitely replace one of the front three, and still have years ahead of them on the clock, it’s Haaland or Mbappe.
But what if we don’t have that sort of money? And it looks like we don’t.
At that point we are looking for a player a step down, but who also needs to tick a lot of boxes. Abraham is tall enough and strong enough to give us a different sort of option. I don’t remember blistering pace, but he is fast enough.
What I do remember is he scores goals! And a variety of goals too. Arguably had Fat Frank not been out of his depth, Abraham might have stayed in the side, kept scoring goals, and he would be talked of as a 100M player now.
So there’s lots of potential upside to this. If Chelsea are looking to bring Haaland in, they will need to clear the decks. They will surely prefer to sell to West Ham rather than strengthen a rival. At the least they will have in the back of their mind that if he goes to Liverpool he could become a very big player here.
Still, pride often accompanies money, so I think Chelsea, with all their money, will sell, even to us.
Abraham must see all the chances we spurn, game in game out. He must back himself to do well here, if we are interested.
Put me down for a sensible yes. I want to dream about how Mbappe might happen, but meanwhile, back in the real world, Abraham could be sound business for us.
