One of the very few (along with Romagnoli) young and promising Italian CBs around. Has had a very good season so far with Empoli by all accounts. Cant wait to have him in our ranks next season.
He was fairly highly rated back in 2004. Sucked for a few years at Palermo and Wolfsburg...then went into God-Mode at Juve where he became one of the best CBs in the world. Bizarre career trajectory.
FYI, he didn't suck at Palermo at all. All the big teams were linked to him until Wolfsburg came in with a 13m offer. He won the Bundesliga title in his first year there, playing every minute of that season!
Yeah, I was also amazed when I read that Barza sucked in Wolfsburg and I was watching every single game of Wolfsburg following Dzeko and Misimovic. They ended up being BL champions.
Yeah, I was also amazed when I read that Barza sucked in Wolfsburg and I was watching every single game of Wolfsburg following Dzeko and Misimovic. They ended up being BL champions.
That was his first year. Then for two seasons Wolfsburg were bad. Almost got relegated in Barzagli's last year there (he left at half season). In the 2nd season they had the worst or one of the worst defensive records in Bundesliga, and being the leader of that defense, lots of the blame fell on his shoulders.
That was his first year. Then for two seasons Wolfsburg were bad. Almost got relegated in Barzagli's last year there (he left at half season). In the 2nd season they had the worst or one of the worst defensive records in Bundesliga, and being the leader of that defense, lots of the blame fell on his shoulders.
He was so "amazing" for them in the end, that they sold him for fucking 350K or so FFS...I don't know why people are attempting to say that he was great at Wolfsburg.
He was so "amazing" for them in the end, that they sold him for fucking 350K or so FFS...I don't know why people are attempting to say that he was great at Wolfsburg.