We do have 3 of our own strikers, 2 of which we payed transfer fees for. While there are merits in owning your own players there are also negatives when they’re no good and you’re stuck with them under contract which also fücks things up a bit.
Here’s an example for you.
https://www.ctfc.com/news/2022/january/robins-bag-another-new-front-man/