Mikey’s number one striker status may be a problem
The club may currently be in transfer window trouble in signing finding a top front man because none of quality are prepared to warm the bench with Mikey as the regular starter.
David Moyes has developed the No 9 into the striker he is today and may or may feel reluctant about taking the second super sub option.
And let’s be honest when injury free and on his game Mikey is as good as any striker in the Premier League and therein lies our problem
The reality is that it was deeply disappointing we saw Danny Ings go to to the other team in claret and blue yesterday after scoring 25 goals for Southampton last season. At £25 million was frankly a snip.
And before anybody complains we wouldn’t spend the dough on the 29 year old, which is available, ask one question: “Would he have come to us as a back up striker or gone to Villa as number One”
Blaming our favourite targets whoever that may be is an irrelevancy and helps nothing.
That Ings wouldn’t have been guaranteed a first team place with such a brilliant record was clearly a massive factor despite the fact that injury issues seem a given with Mikey.