Yep it was Conte who failed to get a proper striker and he was the one who co owned Immobile to Genoa and now they are twisting his hands demanding other players.
The fact that we are looking to sign Immobile as our saviour is pathetic.
There are many who would argue, reasonably so, that we won our champions league group, remain even after a shaky start to 2013 top of the league with a 3 point advantage over 2nd spot, we are presently missing our starting LWB, strongest CB and a major part of our world class midfield, with one of our two half decent strikers a way off full fitness...we could be doing a lot worse and appear in a wonderful position.
We don't need a saviour. we need to consolidate our position domestically, equit ourselves well against Celtic and beyond, make a solid stab at winning the coppa italia. With all our players fit and healthy and available, our starting XI is world class in defence, goalkeeping, central midfield, brilliantly robust on the defensive flanks, pretty good in terms of support strikers, but woeful in the prima punta/out and out natural born goalscorer measures.
We are trying to remedy that with Llorente for the Summer. We have enquired about Drogba...Enquired about Lisandro...two players who would surely improve our biggest failing (natural born trez like goalscoring ability), but both would be costly and may well jeopardize the llorente deal, for he will get surely 4-5m per annum???...
So, whilst we are top of the league, qualified with aplomb for the knockout phases of the champions league, into the next round of the cup, why not bring Immobile home??? His wages will be a pittance, his price 3-5m, or a swap of sorts with Padoin (i'd rather give them de ceglie + 1 or 2m), and he is not going to lose all his value however well or badly he does with us for the rest of the season. And its worth noting, that he scored 30 in 30 starts last season. Yes, in Serie B, but still...he proved that if given chances he will score goals. That can't be said of our present strikers...perhaps it could, of Quags, if he was given a 10-15 game run to find some consistency, but that won't happen...he crossed Conte and remains now and perhaps forever in purgatory. Probably sold in the near future...We have to be careful to not get dragged into some form of personality cult, with conte i mean...his charisma can be mesmerizing.
Anyway, Immobile was nothing short of exceptional last season. We create a lot of chances which are wasted. he has shown if given lots of chances he scores lots of goals. his form for club and country has been solid. genoa are in an awful state, creating very little, leaving Ciro just scraps to feast upon...
I hope he joins us.