16 Aug 2024 21:19:03
Leeds linked with Hammarby's Jusef Erabi.

Erabi is someone I've seen only a couple of times while watching other players I like, but he's a proper powerful lad with intelligent, anticipatory movement in and around the box. Tenacious presser off the ball. Quality aerial threat and he's a good finisher (24% conversion rate this season. 23% is generally the marker considered as good) . Don't have more notes than that just yet. Money seems a tad overpriced for him atm, though. Would be more comfortable getting him for closer to £5m. Bright future though, for sure, and would be happy to have him at Leeds.

1.) 17 Aug 2024
17 Aug 2024 09:45:12
When do prem name their squads so we can see who we can get. I suggest they have every club on speed dial. Don’t faff around.

2.) 17 Aug 2024
17 Aug 2024 10:02:46
They've given squad numbers out which generally infers who's going to be in the squad (barring those players asking for certain numbers) . After this weekend there will be more certainty. Usually not confirmed until day after the window shuts, so teams work on the basis of the squad numbers and who's picked for the squad on match days.

3.) 17 Aug 2024
17 Aug 2024 21:11:30
Erabi scored again for Hammarby today. Worth keeping an eye on Bazoumana Toure as well. Goal and assist taking the 18 year old to 6g 2a for the season. Someone I'd also be scouting if we're already there watching Erabi. Another kid with a bright future from what little I've seen of him.

4.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 06:30:26
I remember us signing a striker who was smashing it in the the Swedish leagues a few years back, was it Aaronson? (Not BA) . He was hopeless so forgive me for not thinking someone with 7 in 18 isn’t the answer for us.

5.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 08:15:23
Rambo - You might be thinking of Cibicki?

6.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 09:05:06
Sea Biscuit.

7.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 09:27:47
Standards improved a fair bit since then, mate. Allsvenskan, Superliga and Eliteserien are quite competitve nowadays. See a lot of players heading to Belgium, Holland, Germany and France.

Granted the leagues aren't as good as other Euro leagues, but lots of young talent there that's getting game time and experience at a young age.

8.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 09:32:24
Rambo - I reckon your thinking about Marcus Antonsson - went on to have a half decent time back in Sweden, with a standout season in 2022 with 20 goals in 30 games earning him a move to Saudi, where he lasted one season (6 goals in 16) before moving to Oz with Western Sydney for whom he’s got 8 goals and 4 assists in 28 games so far.

9.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 09:37:19
Must have been Cibiki.

20 goals in 83 games in Allsvenskan before he signed for us, so not that great tbh.

10.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 11:10:42
Looks like OP was right actually.

11.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 13:09:17
Wasn’t it Antonson? Ended up going to Blackburn didn’t he? I recall he was a hard working industrious type forward, sadly was unable to score goals.

12.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 17:26:15
Antonsson! That was him, think we paid close to £2m (possibly with Chris Wood money? ) and he wasn’t good! Worked hard but couldn’t score. Cibiki is another one tbf, I’d completely erased him from my memory! Apparently this linked fella’s club want €10m for him, think that would be a mistake even meeting them half way. He may well be decent but it’s a big risk judging players from these leagues.

13.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 17:34:44
That’s be the one Cluey and Class!

14.) 19 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024 19:18:35
When I watch players, it's more about the player's attributes than what league they're in at a young age. got to determine their assets and their potential to progress. Can't beat getting regular game time at a young age wherever it is, and Scandi teams are great for blooding in young talent. Those leagues tend to be a talent pool Euro teams pick young players up from on a regular basis these days.

Victor Boniface - Leverkusen
Ernest Nuamah - Lyon
Gift Orban - Lyon
Faris Moumbagna - Marseille
Samuel Dahl - Roma
Hugo Larsson - Frankfurt
Lucas Bergvall - Spurs
Isak Hien - Atalanta

To name a handful who have ended up at big European teams in recent years.

Having said that, €10m is a lot for Erabi. Be more comfortable around €5m as he is talented but still raw. I do think he'd be capable of getting goals in the Champo. His profile is not like any striker we've had since probably someone like Viduka. This is not me saying he will be as good as Viduka, just that they share some similar traits (luckily not work ethic) . So for the right price, I'd be happy with the signing.

15.) 20 Aug 2024
20 Aug 2024 16:58:38
Thanks for the info Dill. You really are a modern day Stato ?. Great job as usual pal.