He’s always come across as a second striker, playing him and Wissa would be an option I’d love to see given the time to develop.

Howe is set on his 4-3-3 though.

We’d need at least one more striker, if not 2 with that, but it would mean we don’t necessarily have to strengthen the middle of the park in the summer even if Tonali were to be sold, and could play 2 out of Bruno/Joelinton/Ramsey/Miley… though the way injuries come up (especially if Willock goes) we’d likely still need another.

That said… Howe is unlikely to change his Plan A formation in a hurry.

I’d sell him for the money we paid before the WC starts, gets us what we shelled out back and is more likely to play on teams worried he might have a great WC and his price goes up… then we have the money to bring someone in sooner than later, and not wait till the end of the World Cup and have a similar situation next season where we have a striker, or strikers, come in after pre-season.