If it comes down to it: Daka vs Vlahovic, who do you think is the better fit for Liverpool at the moment?
Vlahovic. Get them both though, then you've unrivalled cover across the front line. Unrealistic.
Daka is interesting - sensational numbers, seriously quick, excellent conversions and starting to develop his link up play. He's young, won't be at the next Afcon and is schooled in the RB pressing system, which suits us. However, it's still very difficult to scale performance in the Austrian Bundesliga to the Premier League or other top European league. Anecdotally it seems to have a similar hit rate to The Netherlands, somewhere around 40% - 45% become a tangible success at a better level. Daka looks to me like a player who is absolutely worth the asking price and if he goes to a stepping stone club, is sold for more than double not long after. Funnily enough he'd be a fantastic Vardy replacement at Leicester, he has the pace and finishing with more strings to his bow.
Vlahovic is understated Haaland. Does a lot of what the big Norwegian can do, is quicker than his frame suggests, is strong and a good finisher. He has excellent movement in the box and allows you to use him as a staging post to hit long or stretch the play sitting on the last man. He gives you more options as a mobile and physical number 9 than we have at present. He's also only 21 and putting up fantastic numbers in a strong league, for a truly dreadful team. If Vlahovic was at even a Roma or an Atalanta, stick 10 more goals on his numbers. For me, he's the one we should be going for.
