The phrase
"to land the striker" means successfully hitting or making contact with the target or opponent in a game, specifically in sports like soccer or hockey.
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Auba has the pedigree and if his attitude is right could it be just possible we have finally
landed a striker who could lead us to the EPL title.
Chris Hughton is hopeful
of landing a striker after missing out on Celtic's Gary Hooper in January as the Canaries continue to struggle for goals.
He surely wants to
land a striker à la Benz or Lewandowski, but these deals are not easy; other things have to happen and in both o these cases... they are happy and their club is happy.
Featured almost certainly because of his age, the Toffees actually paid a fee not too dissimilar to this (# 28m) to
land the striker from Chelsea over the summer.
The club is in the driver seat to
land striker Lautaro Martinez who fits the kind of player Inter should look, young and at a reasonable price of $ 22 million.
Carlo Ancelotti has been looking to
land a striker who can more ably fill a central striking role than current first choice forward Karim Benzema and the Italian is open to a move for Suarez despite the fact that the 27 year old will miss the opening months of the campaign following FIFA's decision to hit the former Ajax man with a four month ban for biting Italian international Giorgio Chiellini.
While cogs are whirring behind the scenes, the Manchester Evening News reports that Sir Alex Ferguson is not too confident
of landing the striker, although the Scot could just be dumbing down talk of signing the Spurs man.
Will this be enough to
land the striker?
Bring in one other top defensive mid-fielder (oh and a world class striker whilst you at it) and then I think we have the team to genuinely challenge all in the land
Napoli, Roma and AC Milan are all believed to be eager to sign Martinez but would have to stump up a considerable fee if they wanted to
land the striker, reports ESPN.
Michy Batshuayi has confessed he could head out of Chelsea on loan with West Ham keen to
land the striker.
Chamakh's agent, Willie McKay, admitted there was growing interest from Premier League clubs to
land the striker.
Daily Telegraph football journalist Mark Ogden believes Red Devils could sell # 60m man and land striker
Manchester United have announced that they have agreed terms with Everton for Romelu Lukaku, and they look to have fended off late renewed interest from Chelsea to
land the striker.
The Stoke boss, who is keen to
land a striker and a midfielder before tonight's deadline, is understood to have tabled a # 20million offer, says the Mirror.