Every kid in the playground wants to be a No 10, while Liverpool have sold Christian Benteke and Wilfried Bony is finished at Manchester City, but why is a target man so out of fashion?
We hear so much about ‘style of play’ — philosophy, identity, false No 9s, playing through the lines, the sweeper-keeper, but football is about winning and so many teams are missing a trick.
This is the most competitive Premier League of all time in an age of limitless pots of money, so why not keep a big striker to give you some variety?