Strikers - South America vs Europe

[King Binny]

This was Wenger's comment in yesterday's post match press conference when quizzed on the search for striker

[article]I have said many times that Europe still produces many fantastic football players, but if you look well we do not produce strikers well. Very few, all of the big strikers come from South America. In the summer, you had Falcao going to Monaco, Cavani going to PSG in a big transfer, Suarez everybody wanted to buy him, Higuain has gone to Napoli for a lot of money, but in Europe that is an area where it is difficult to find. In Germany, I can remember in every club you had a big striker, they produced some fantastic ones, but they do not produce young strikers. Is that a consequence of the way we coach? Of modern life? I do not know.[/article]

 

[keniget]

Perhaps that is the situation now, but a few years ago the top strikers in Europe were considered to be Torres, Drogba, Etoo, Rooney, Ibra etc. All players developed in Europe.

 

[redhorizon2]

I think we need to avoid getting players from the Italian league, let borini be the last.

 

[Spaghetti Legs]

Sturridge is English/European 😉

 

[King Binny]

[article=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2512655/Olivier-Giroud-proves-quality-Arsene-Wenger-says-lack-quality-strikers.html#ixzz2lbxity9i ]Wenger may have identified a poignant issue. Certainly, it is a theory echoed by former Liverpool and England striker Robbie Fowler, who told Sportsmail: ‘Now, there is the No 9 and the No 10. The 10 plays behind the nine so they are never really playing as a genuine partnership. That might have hindered the number of forwards coming through.

‘You can only play the one so youngsters may be thinking of playing somewhere else because there is just the one striking position up for grabs. That may have something to do with it. I have played in the lone striker role and my game was not really suited to that. If I were playing now, I would try to play in the No 10 position.’[/article]