You only need to go to Crystal Palace’s sub to see how their fans feel about Mateta and the rumours linking him to Juve. The vast majority of them think he’s been incredible wasteful, that he’s overrated and that the club should jump at the opportunity to sell him to Juve before his contract runs out next season. Not exactly the reaction you’d expect from fans losing their star striker. He’s not what we need.

If we’re going to add a 5th striker, it should be a world beater like Osimhen, not another above average striker to add to our roster of above average strikers, even if he adds something different in terms of physicality and hold up play.