Suarez or Higuain...?

Greetings guys, its been a strange past couple of days regarding Arsenal and the Transfer Window. Its not every transfer window that we are associated with big names like Suarez,Higuain,Fellaini and co. So for the optimists among us who have a  glass-Half-full outlook on things that's a good sign. But for the pessimists, the whole saga is a needless distraction for the club with days running out to get these so-called big names in and blended with the other members of the squad.The team is currently in Asia but we are fully into pre-season and to be honest, i would have thought Higuain would have been an Arsenal player by now. However he is not and there are dangers that the deal may be heading for the rocks. Real Madrid are being funny with their valuation of the player and its starting to look like Higgy may have to go through the dreaded route of tendering a transfer request to take this deal to the next level. i concede that this is not a route many a decent footballers will be quick to tread, and i'll be the first to say that Higuain looks like one of the few  good guys out there but i'm sure he as well is quite tired of the seeming abeyance of this deal.

This brings us to an interesting development over the course of two weeks since the news broke out, the Suarez bid. it was first greeted with disdain, termed as one of those Agent stories bandied about to get the attention of potential suitors to their players.But as other fake news tend to go, this one has refused to fizzle out. Instead the opposite is the case, it has continued to grow as news stipulate we have increased our initial failed bid of £30million to £35million. see (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2364017/Arsenal-transfer-news-Arsene-Wenger-reassures-fans-spectacular-signing-way-Luis-Suarez.html) .In Lasgidi where i live, i have heard many gooners describe the Uruguayan as not our type of player. when i asked what type of player is our kind, the fan said a "Goody two shoes". I felt the comment was funny but on second thoughts he may have had a point there. Its not like we haven't had our fair share of Hotheads in the past ( Viera,Keown,Lehmann to name a few) its just that for the past 4 or 5 seasons we have grown the toga of a soft,good boy team, the kind you wouldn't want to associate with Bad boys of Suarez's ilk. But away from all the off pitch stuff, who out of Higuain and Suarez will be the better fit for AFC. Now i could reel out a chart of Facts and Figures about their scoring rates, conversion rates, assist rates, headers won blah, blah blah..but if you are like me, nothing can compare to the fact you see with your own eyes. We all have seen both men play, and theres' no doubt they are world class talents, the kind of  players any Club's Fans will be happy to be linked with. However in this case we can only have one. So who will it be? Suarez has Premiership experience and will not need to accustom himself to the pace, he will hit the ground running and deliver straight away.Conversely Higuain, if bought starts immediately for us while Suarez has that ignominous 6 match ban remaining from the 10 he was banned for for biting Ivanovic. Suarez is renowned for his amazing dribbling skills and trickery, i still recall 2 seasons ago at Anfeild in a Prem. game where he ghosted past Vermaelen,Koscielny and Gibbs all in one swift move that had me amazed and shaking my head at his talent.He strikes fear into opposing defenders and has a knack for winning penalties *cough*. i'd like him in our team for the simple reason that he offers a different skill set to Giroud who is more of a Target man. Suarez is comfortable dropping deep and orchestrating play from midfield whilst still being able to dart in and cause havoc in the box. The only draw back to his game is that he doesn't necessarily score a lot with his head but hey, that's' why we have Giroud.

Higuain on the other hand is a versatile striker that has it all. Speed, strength, skill and Deadly finishing. A box man who is intelligent with his runs and decent in the air. He'd have to be given a grace period to get to grips with the league but like Benteke has proven,there are exceptions to that rule. its understandable why Madrid are not keen to lose him that easy,"Pipita" as he is fondly called is that good. Reportedly a quiet, soft spoken man off the pitch, he looks dead cert a Wenger type signing. I would like him in the squad because he will be an unknown quantity in the EPL and defenders will not readily know what he can spring up as opposed to Suarez whose dossier is on every EPL defenders' database.

No doubt its a tough one to call, i harbor a silent hunch it'll be Higuain. but  what do i know? i'm just me...here in Lasgidi. whoever it is though it'll be Arsenal that will be the ultimate winner.