CONFIMRED: Sone Aluko

[Winston Biscuit]

He'll frustrate the life out of you with the chances he wastes

may as well get Ola John back hadn't we?

[Sutekh]

He'll frustrate the life out of you with the chances he wastes

may as well get Ola John back hadn't we?

Used to that though, it's what wingers do.... Kebe, Gilkes etc. could be world class on their day but most of the time frustrating as hell. But then, as has been mentioned, if they weren't frustrating they'd be playing for the better sides in the PL.

[LWJ]

Aluko got 8 goals & 10 assists last season, more than any of our wingers

GMac got 9 & 9 in less games

[Winston Biscuit]

10 league goals in total over the past 4 seasons?

[JIM]

medical in progress

[Nameless]

medical in progress

Well done for posting from the surgery. Hope you are given the all clear.

[Jackson Corner]

Fulham fan in peace. No way are Reading paying 7.5 million up front. Alot is probably bonus based.


Aluko is decent. Work-horse. Quick. Some amazing dribbling and skill. Seems to be popular in the dressing room.

He'll frustrate the life out of you with the chances he wastes, but I suppose we are both championship clubs so can hardly expect him to have it all.

I liked him but not sorry to see him go as his agent is annoying.

Best of luck to him and to Reading.

What a very nice chap, and the very best of luck to you.

[winchester_royal]

Have to say I've always been a big fan of Aluko, clever movement, quick, skillful - just the kind of player every football fan loves to watch. Judging him on goals scored is very harsh as he was stuck on the wing for most of last season.

£7.5m is a lot of money - but I get the feeling plenty of people would be happy to see that spent on Hugill and he isn't half the player imo.

Football's gone mad. We all know this. Compared to the £12m Fulham spent on McCormack I think this is comparatively very good business.

[Winston Biscuit]

Football's gone mad. We all know this. Compared to the £12m Fulham spent on McCormack I think this is comparatively very good business.

It was £11M and £5.5M of that was only if they went up to the PL while he was there

[genome]

Football's gone mad. We all know this. Compared to the £12m Fulham spent on McCormack I think this is comparatively very good business.

It was £11M and £5.5M of that was only if they went up to the PL while he was there

Who says the Aluko deal doesn't have a similar clause?

[Hound]

Football's gone mad. We all know this. Compared to the £12m Fulham spent on McCormack I think this is comparatively very good business.

It was £11M and £5.5M of that was only if they went up to the PL while he was there

Who says the Aluko deal doesn't have a similar clause?

its probably something quite similar tbh

[winchester_royal]

The vast majority of modern day transfers have all sorts of ridiculous clauses in them.

Don't take some grossed up £7.5m figure as 'reported' by SSN as the amount we will actually be paying Fulham this summer.

[Winston Biscuit]

Football's gone mad. We all know this. Compared to the £12m Fulham spent on McCormack I think this is comparatively very good business.

It was £11M and £5.5M of that was only if they went up to the PL while he was there

Who says the Aluko deal doesn't have a similar clause?

I would very much expect it to have

[MrSwickle]

Done deal according to BBC Sport

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41084378

[loyalroyal4life]

Alot of money for another winger

[Stranded]

Alot of money for another winger

I keep seeing this - winger this, winger that.

Unless I'm going mad, I'm pretty sure we don't actually tend to use wingers. We tend to play with a front 3 or a front man with 3 attacking players behind him - so we are getting players who are comfortable in the final 3rd in any of those 4 positions to allow a fluidity of play. Calling most of our signings wingers is really missing the point of what we appear to be trying to do.

[RichTea94]

If this transfer window ends with Aluko instead of an out-and-out centre forward, then I think a lot of fans will be slightly puzzled to say the least. He's not a prolific goalscorer, has an eye for row Z and he'd presumably be displacing a promising Barrow or fan-favourite McCleary.

However, we know Stam rates him, we know Jokanovic didn't want to lose him, the board and management are willing to spend up to £7.5 million on him, and anyone who has watched him knows he is an exciting player, so if that's it for us this window then it's another case of "In Stam we trust".

[leon]

I won't believe this until it's confimred.

[RichTea94]

Alot of money for another winger

I keep seeing this - winger this, winger that.

Unless I'm going mad, I'm pretty sure we don't actually tend to use wingers. We tend to play with a front 3 or a front man with 3 attacking players behind him - so we are getting players who are comfortable in the final 3rd in any of those 4 positions to allow a fluidity of play. Calling most of our signings wingers is really missing the point of what we appear to be trying to do.

Agreed, Aluko's ability to play across the front three is probably why Stam likes him. Dadi, Clement, Bacuna, Aluko- all players picked for their versatility.

[Crowbar6753]

Alot of money for another winger

I keep seeing this - winger this, winger that.

Unless I'm going mad, I'm pretty sure we don't actually tend to use wingers. We tend to play with a front 3 or a front man with 3 attacking players behind him - so we are getting players who are comfortable in the final 3rd in any of those 4 positions to allow a fluidity of play. Calling most of our signings wingers is really missing the point of what we appear to be trying to do.

Spot on, this is a hugely popular system nowadays with an out an out striker playing with 3 attacking midfielders in behind him an then 2 holding midfielders playing deeper.
Nearly all the so called wingers we have can play anywhere across the attacking 3 so it makes perfect sense to have 5 or 6 of these type of players to allow for injuries and rotation.
Just need that out and out striker now to spearhead the line.