Angelo Ogbonna - CB - Torino (269 Viewers)

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Bianconero81

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Jan 26, 2009
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Priority and necessity over closing easier deals. If we miss out, it isn't a big deal. If we miss out on a striker, our chances in the CL are greatly diminished. We should be looking to reinvent that attack, so that by the start of the 2014-2015 season, none of the current strikers (with the exception of Llorente) are here anymore.
 

frzl

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Apr 15, 2006
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so what´s the problem? do you really think the guys who actually know our budget will just sign ogbonna, diamanti and luigi mediocri and notice afterwards that they don´t have enough money left to sign higuain?
i see no harm in getting as far as possible with ogbonna right now. dealing with fiorentina looks like a dead end (right now) and there will be a meeting for higuain in a few days time... why not "secure" probably the best/most talented young defender in the league in the meantime?
to me it seems like we are trying to get with many players as far as possible to be able to wrap up deals quickly as soon as we know which players we can sell (and for how much) and what happens to peluso, asamoah and especially isla.
having said that i kinda feel like we are going to jump on higuain as soon as there is a chance.
just keep calm and trust beppe :)

btw: i kinda agree with your post but imo we shouldn´t underestimate the ogbonna signing. especialy because juve signing ogbonna would mean milan not signing him (oh rly?). i think he would do great for them...
 

petersmit

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Mar 14, 2006
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true.. if we keep on buying defenders and midfielders we'll never have that one striker we've been missing since the departures of trezeguet and del piero
 

Bianconero81

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so what´s the problem? do you really think the guys who actually know our budget will just sign ogbonna, diamanti and luigi mediocri and notice afterwards that they don´t have enough money left to sign higuain?
i see no harm in getting as far as possible with ogbonna right now. dealing with fiorentina looks like a dead end (right now) and there will be a meeting for higuain in a few days time... why not "secure" probably the best/most talented young defender in the league in the meantime?
to me it seems like we are trying to get with many players as far as possible to be able to wrap up deals quickly as soon as we know which players we can sell (and for how much) and what happens to peluso, asamoah and especially isla.
having said that i kinda feel like we are going to jump on higuain as soon as there is a chance.
just keep calm and trust beppe :)

btw: i kinda agree with your post but imo we shouldn´t underestimate the ogbonna signing. especialy because juve signing ogbonna would mean milan not signing him (oh rly?). i think he would do great for them...
Recent history suggests otherwise, and that is what worries me. Buying other players in other positions, at the expense of getting quality in attack. It has been our modus operandi for the best couple of seasons.
 

frzl

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please help me out here: which strikers did we lose because of that? i´m pretty sure we weren´t (and won´t be) going to overpay for players just because we saved (save) some money... maybe i just don´t want to remember because it still hurts :(
 

oldlady87

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so what´s the problem? do you really think the guys who actually know our budget will just sign ogbonna, diamanti and luigi mediocri and notice afterwards that they don´t have enough money left to sign higuain?
i see no harm in getting as far as possible with ogbonna right now. dealing with fiorentina looks like a dead end (right now) and there will be a meeting for higuain in a few days time... why not "secure" probably the best/most talented young defender in the league in the meantime?
to me it seems like we are trying to get with many players as far as possible to be able to wrap up deals quickly as soon as we know which players we can sell (and for how much) and what happens to peluso, asamoah and especially isla.
having said that i kinda feel like we are going to jump on higuain as soon as there is a chance.
just keep calm and trust beppe :)

btw: i kinda agree with your post but imo we shouldn´t underestimate the ogbonna signing. especialy because juve signing ogbonna would mean milan not signing him (oh rly?). i think he would do great for them...
Tuz > Marotta
 

TheLaz

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Oct 6, 2011
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Lopez is mediocre
Van Persie was way too overpriced - i'm glad we passed on him
Jovetic was told he would be given a chance to leave this summer - meaning he was not allowed to leave last summer
Aguero is the 5th (am I correct?) best paid footballer in the world. Google it.
Dzeko - competing with City and the popularity of EPL on a contrary to Serie A at the time (especially Juve) made it seem impossible from the very start for us to sign him..
 

Bianconero81

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We still failed in getting a quality striker in both 2011 and 2012, hence why I have my reservations and concerns.

You are not going to force me to believe in Marotta or maintain optimism, especially when it comes to the attack.
 

frzl

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Apr 15, 2006
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RVP, Lisandro Lopez, Jovetic?! :boh:
i´m kinda shocked YOU are mentioning lopez ^^
injury prone RVP went to manu for >30mio with one year left on his contract and is earning shitloads of money... can´t see how we should have gotten him because arsenal seemed to be well prepared to hold onto him until a crazy offer arrives.
afair the last jovetic news last season was that two clubs (supposedly city and juve... kinda hard to believe though) were prepared to pay up the 30mio and trigger the "gentlemen agreement" and fiorentina refused to sell.
as i already said: imo we lost out on most strikers because we weren´t ready to overpay like manu, city and co were/are willing to do.
 

Zacheryah

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Aug 29, 2010
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We still failed in getting a quality striker in both 2011 and 2012, hence why I have my reservations and concerns.

You are not going to force me to believe in Marotta or maintain optimism, especially when it comes to the attack.
Its not marotta who failed, its the economic power of juve that failed.

Also, dont buy ogbonna before Higuain. just dont
 

Zacheryah

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Aug 29, 2010
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Yeah, nothing wrong with keeping track of the others, buy as long as we are in italy, players will actually prefer us above anything else, so they can wait :p
 

Vialli_92

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Dont need strikers, we have Llorente. From what i hear Conte is switching to a 4-3-3 4-2-3-1, We have Llorente a proven goalscorer we should br looking for wingers who create and score. With Higuain and Llorente most likely only one will start. Can we afford to have Higuain on the bench that cost us 25 million? Think we should sell some dead weight and maybe we can afford Higuain and a good right winger after we sell!
 
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