Danilo was so useless at madrid, bykebyke admired him so much.

bykebyke:
Our spy at Real Madrid Danilo is injured.


Chances of Madrid dropping points has diminished by 80%.

Nihilist:
You don't have to be elite to make an impact in EPL football.
Graziano Pelle, balotelli, Dani Osvaldo, Fabio Borini, Angelo Ogbonna, emanuelle Giacherini and co have all been capped for Italy, and almost all of these players arrived on these shores with high expectations based on their exploits back home.
All of them flopped. All.
Jury is still out on Galbadini.

With all these argument people are making in favour of Belloti I really want Chelsea to buy him and lets see how it will end.

I dey take one eye look forwards from Italian league, DO you remember all the guys Man City wasted their money on when dem first hammer, Bojinov, Bianchi, Bernado Corradi. When I look at the curious case of Ciro Immobile one of the buys who got Klopp sacked

20+ goals in Torino
5 league goals foor DOrtmund
3 league goals for Sevilla
20+ goals back for Lazio
Assuming Immobile didnt travel out too, thats how someone will be pricing him for 70M

That guy wey dey do Rabonna for Spurs, Lavezzi, Pastore Darmian all looked hot n Italy
Italian NT sef, who are the genuine talents under 30 aside Verrati

Lucatoni dey win top scorer at about 40yrs old

donjazet:


Zola was a very good attacker for us.
Likewise Balotelli at Manchester City.

Balotelli ke?

diggz:
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These were my exact fears before I watched the clip. Maybe you should see it too and also look at the sqwaka info griffon posted earlier.
Meanwhile, if we can't get him for a reasonable price ,I still maintain we go with batshuayi next season and get llorente as a backup. Batshuayi,belotti and morata are all age groups. I wonder why we can't give batshuayi a real chance to be the main striker for a season instead of going after overpriced strikers who we are not sure will deliver or not.

batshuayi is a good striker. All this 100 million quoted for a striker who have played less competitive matches is what I don't understand.

nateevs:



That's why he said last 10 years. Nihilist knew what he was doing.

2003 was 14 years ago.

Between 2003 and today, Italy have won the World Cup, and played in a EURO final and quarter final. Yet none of their players has come to England and not flopped.

How come they are doing relatively well internationally, but can't replicate such success individually outside of Italy?

raumdeuter:


With all these argument people are making in favour of Belloti I really want Chelsea to buy him and lets see how it will end.

I dey take one eye look forwards from Italian league, DO you remember all the guys Man City wasted their money on when dem first hammer, Bojinov, Bianchi, Bernado Corradi. When I look at the curious case of Ciro Immobile one of the buys who got Klopp sacked

20+ goals in Torino
5 league goals foor DOrtmund
3 league goals for Sevilla
20+ goals back for Lazio
Assuming Immobile didnt travel out too, thats how someone will be pricing him for 70M

That guy wey dey do Rabonna for Spurs, Lavezzi, Pastore Darmian all looked hot n Italy
Italian NT sef, who are the genuine talents under 30 aside Verrati

Lucatoni dey win top scorer at about 40yrs old

i dont think the club can gamble €100m on belotti. The thing be like shasha (try your luck)

lordfalcao:
batshuayi is a good striker. All this 100 million quoted for a striker who have played less competitive matches is what I don't understand.

The thing tire me I swear. Annoying be say na age mates be all of them. Asides belotti wey I never really watch like that I no see how morata use better pass batshuayi.

Nihilist:


You don't have to be elite to make an impact in EPL football.

Graziano Pelle, balotelli, Dani Osvaldo, Fabio Borini, Angelo Ogbonna, emanuelle Giacherini and co have all been capped for Italy, and almost all of these players arrived on these shores with high expectations based on their exploits back home.

All of them flopped. All.

Jury is still out on Galbadini.

I can state categorically that Fabio Borini didn't arrive on these shores with high expectations. Fabio Borini grew up in Chelsea Academy. There were no expectations. Graziano didn't have a bad first season. Balotelli had attitudinal problems. Osvaldo scored a total of 27 over 3 seasons for Roma. Not quite a player with high expectations.

Giacherini highest total for any Serie A team is 7 goals. High expectations? Ogbonna? Are we serious?

Bellotti's career at 23 is already bigger than the whole those players' careers combined if I leave out Balotelli.


I am not rooting for a Bellotti signing (although I will be glad if we did sign him), I wouldn't despise him either on the basis that he is Italian. None of those aforementioned players at 23, did or could do what Bellotti is now doing. The more reason I believe he can make it in the PL.

donjazet:


Zola was a very good attacker for us.
Likewise Balotelli at Manchester City.

Those were the days Italy was producing top stars. Zola was in the same set with Baggio, Signori, Vialli, Vieri the days when the best talents were in Italy not these days where Ciro Immobile

raumdeuter:


With all these argument people are making in favour of Belloti I really want Chelsea to buy him and lets see how it will end.

I dey take one eye look forwards from Italian league, DO you remember all the guys Man City wasted their money on when dem first hammer, Bojinov, Bianchi, Bernado Corradi. When I look at the curious case of Ciro Immobile one of the buys who got Klopp sacked

20+ goals in Torino
5 league goals foor DOrtmund
3 league goals for Sevilla
20+ goals back for Lazio
Assuming Immobile didnt travel out too, thats how someone will be pricing him for 70M

That guy wey dey do Rabonna for Spurs, Lavezzi, Pastore Darmian all looked hot n Italy
Italian NT sef, who are the genuine talents under 30 aside Verrati

Lucatoni dey win top scorer at about 40yrs old

I even forgot that Darmian guy sef. Well technically he no flop because despite his average performance, he was bought for cheap so his game is commensurate with his price tag.

Even that veratti gaan...lemme not talk too much, but I can accept him as the only non-flop of the entire crop.

You are right about Luca Toni. They don't call Serie A the pensioners league for nothing.

raumdeuter:


Those were the days Italy was producing top stars. Zola was in the same set with Baggio, Signori, Vialli, Vieri the days when the best talents were in Italy not these days where Ciro Immobile

Even the non-italians were huge talents too. Serie A was the real deal back then..

nateevs:


I can state categorically that Fabio Borini didn't arrive on these shores with high expectations. Fabio Borini grew up in Chelsea Academy. There were no expectations. Graziano didn't have a bad first season. Balotelli had attitudinal problems. Osvaldo scored a total of 27 over 3 seasons for Roma. Not quite a player with high expectations.

Giacherini highest total for any Serie A team is 7 goals. High expectations? Ogbonna? Are we serious?

Bellotti's career at 23 is already bigger than the whole those players' careers combined if I leave out Balotelli.


I am not rooting for a Bellotti signing (although I will be glad if we did sign him), I wouldn't despise him either on the basis that he is Italian. None of those aforementioned players at 23, did or could do what Bellotti is now doing. The more reason I believe he can make it in the PL.

When I said 'almost', Borini was the target.

Ogbonna was in the Champions League final with Juve only a few months before he signed for WestHam. He had also played for Italy at Euro 2012. He definitely had a big reputation when he arrived.

I don't want to hear any excuses for Balotelli abeg. It's not like he really shone for Man City other than the few good games.

Same as all those other guys.

We are talking about Capped Internationals here for Italy not Benin Republic... yet not one can be described as a success in any context while playing in England.

Why?

How come?

Nihilist:


When I said 'almost', Borini was the target.

Ogbonna was in the Champions League final with Juve only a few months before he signed for WestHam. He had also played for Italy at Euro 2012. He definitely had a big reputation when he arrived.

I don't want to hear any excuses for Balotelli abeg. It's not like he really shone for Man City other than the few good games.

Same as all those other guys.

We are talking about Capped Internationals here for Italy not Benin Republic... yet not one can be described as a success in any context while playing in England.

Why?

How come?

what of spurs lamela??. That one is almost looking as a bad business

nateevs:





I am not rooting for a Bellotti signing (although I will be glad if we did sign him), I wouldn't despise him either on the basis that he is Italian. None of those aforementioned players at 23, did or could do what Bellotti is now doing. The more reason I believe he can make it in the PL.

Check out Ciro Immobile

lordfalcao:
what of spurs lamela??. That one is almost looking as a bad business

He is declaring for Argentina so he gets a pass

lordfalcao:
what of spurs lamela??. That one is almost looking as a bad business

Almost? Was he not bought during AVB era? I doubt he even makes carling cup squad again sef. Na Rabonna he use maga Spurs

Add Pastore Lavezzi

raumdeuter:


Almost? Was he not bought during AVB era? I doubt he even makes carling cup squad again sef. Na Rabonna he use maga Spurs

He's been injured though.

He was a regular under Poch one time until injury derail hin career

Nihilist:


You don't have to be elite to make an impact in EPL football.

Graziano Pelle, balotelli, Dani Osvaldo, Fabio Borini, Angelo Ogbonna, emanuelle Giacherini and co have all been capped for Italy, and almost all of these players arrived on these shores with high expectations based on their exploits back home.

All of them flopped. All.

Jury is still out on Galbadini.

You forgot Zaza

lordfalcao:
the same way mourinho said bad about them and rejected them as some point of their career is same with what he said on lacazette. What's the difference?

mou never said sumtin bad abt mata. In fact, he praised him and acknowledged his qualities, bt he preferred oscar bcus of his marking. Mou never said bad abt lukaku too. The fact is that some of this players did nt suit his style; which is the same for every coach, While some were nt yet ready and didn't want to wait and get ready. Mou is a sincere man, and we knw the players he outrightly condemned in the media. The players you listed are nt one of them.

raumdeuter:


Almost? Was he not bought during AVB era? I doubt he even makes carling cup squad again sef. Na Rabonna he use maga Spurs

Add Pastore Lavezzi

i tire for that guy, real talent in serial A, came to EPl poor performance and injury no just free the guy. I doubt if he played any match last season.

Nihilist:


He's been injured though.

He was a regular under Poch one time until injury derail hin career

injury killed the dude..

CapitalCee:


You forgot Zaza

Chei another Italy flop

Despite having 16 caps.

I'm genuinely surprised that anyone would even debate that Italian products have questionable shelf life outside Italy.

Well to me, the fact that seria A players have been failures in EPL doesn't mean belotti can't be 1 out of the 100 black sheeps. But Torino are not serious with the price they are quoting when better players are going for less.

Left to me if Torino see 40m on that guy head wey dy together make them collect, because any EPL club wey wan sign belotti na shasha (try your luck) dy wan play.

seria A player's struggle with the pace of epl.

Nihilist:


Chei another Italy flop

Despite having 16 caps.

I'm genuinely surprised that anyone would even debate that Italian products have questionable shelf life outside Italy.

Cuadrado

lordfalcao:
Well to me, the fact that seria A players have been failures in EPL doesn't mean belotti can't be 1 out of the 100 black sheeps. But Torino are not serious with the price they are quoting when better players are going for less.

Left to me if Torino see 40m on that guy head wey dy together make them collect, because any EPL club wey wan sign belotti na shasha (try your luck) dy wan play.

I can gamble on him for 30m. Let's say 35m max based on Batman precedent.

But when I hear the prices they are calling for a player with only 1 good season behind him, 1 good season in Italy, and he is also one of those Pasta consumers himself....mehn I can't support that.

100m?

Say who die na?

Nihilist:


I can gamble on him for 30m. Let's say 35m max based on Batman precedent.

But when I hear the prices they are calling for a player with only 1 good season behind him, 1 good season in Italy, and he is also one of those Pasta consumers himself....mehn I can't support that.

100m?

Say who die na?

Lol....

Belotti plays like a young Tevez with more pace. I like him.

I don't want to see Belotti near SB...The gods are wise

hensben:
seria A player's struggle with the pace of epl.

I think the thing is rampant on Italians

Ibime:
Belotti plays like a young Tevez with more pace. I like him.

I like the dude but not for €100m

raumdeuter:


With all these argument people are making in favour of Belloti I really want Chelsea to buy him and lets see how it will end.

I dey take one eye look forwards from Italian league, DO you remember all the guys Man City wasted their money on when dem first hammer, Bojinov, Bianchi, Bernado Corradi. When I look at the curious case of Ciro Immobile one of the buys who got Klopp sacked

20+ goals in Torino
5 league goals foor DOrtmund
3 league goals for Sevilla
20+ goals back for Lazio
Assuming Immobile didnt travel out too, thats how someone will be pricing him for 70M

That guy wey dey do Rabonna for Spurs, Lavezzi, Pastore Darmian all looked hot n Italy
Italian NT sef, who are the genuine talents under 30 aside Verrati

Lucatoni dey win top scorer at about 40yrs old

Say no more. You've ended the matter. Immobile coming back from flopping in other leagues to shine again at Seria A is enough red flag for any wise club out there.