SPARTASCIAG Pogrebnyak and Le Fondre should be very good strikers for us next season.
They are backed up by Samuel and Blackman, and maybe Roberts, and maybe Ugwu. Taylor and HRK can fill in if need be.
We're probably going to play with one up front because we have so many midfielders (10 if you include Taylor but not Leigertwood or Obita, plus Blackman) and there are only question marks over Akpan and Taylor, all the other midfielders are proven at this level or higher.
Pogrebnyak and Samuel are both capable of playing as lone strikers and I don't see why Le Fondre couldn't be with the right players around him.
AZ has already said Pog will be allowed to go if we get the right fee. We will drag that one out until we get the money we want, but no way will he still be here come the end of the transfer window.
We might not receive a satisfactory offer.
If he goes (which 3-4 months ago I would have said was nailed on) then I think we could use another striker. My first choice would be Austin because of his past connections with the club and he would probably be better value than Hooper. More realistically, I'd be fine with Ebanks-Blake or Sharp. If he doesn't go and we make a big-name signing, then we'll have three players competing for one position.