Why IS it so hard to sign a striker? £100m price-tags, bosses losing their jobs, scrambles to sign 34-year-olds and Chelsea's collection: SIMON JONES speaks to the insiders around football's No 9 market
Published: 17:00 EST, 25 January 2023 | Updated: 17:00 EST, 25 January 2023 'It is the hardest position on the pitch.
Signing a quality striker remains one of the hardest things to get right in the transfer market Frank Lampard was dismissed as Everton boss after being unable to sign the striker he craved
That's the weight of expectation on a striker and why the shirt is so hard to fill.