Dimitar Berbatov - ST - Manchester United (4 Viewers)
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It's potentially a great piece of business. The striker market has been really difficult as of late for anyone but the big spenders and this buys us time.
But the thought of him and Vuci in attack is just scary. 10 awesome goals from each during the season and 30 games of pissin about and arguing. Cripes.
But the thought of him and Vuci in attack is just scary. 10 awesome goals from each during the season and 30 games of pissin about and arguing. Cripes.
The deal per se is not bad at all. Good value, short term deal, that'll give us a bit of padding that we'll need across three competitions. Actually, I'm a bigger fan of Berba than I am of Vucinic tbh, but that said I feel like for the third season running Marrotta has failed in this area of the pitch. Would be extremely underwhelming to end the mercato this way. That said, I don't agree that Berba is finished. He will offer important contributions, but we could and should have done better with the backing we had.
What is encouraging is that his scoring record has been good to great over the last few seasons, and he's been not getting a lot of playing time lately which should make him fairly well rested. He's got magic in his boots as well, and that's a cheap price for someone able to do something special in an instant.
I'm concerned that he's fairly lazy, so the work load will still have to be passed on to others, I don't really like that sort of player. The team already had to work for Pirlo at times (but he isn't that lazy), now they'll have to do the same for Berbatov. For someone with a poor work ethic, his age is a bit concerning as well, we'll see if he can keep fit and energetic. I hope he applies himself and is still motivated.
I can't say I'm a fan (yet, at least), but I'm glad Marotta found an alternative to paying €36m for Llorente that happened to be a striker with a good scoring record. Pretty cheap as well, for what we could potentially see at Juventus this season. I'd say this is decent, but I'm not expecting a lot though, we'll perhaps have a season or two then see what happens after that. I really hope Immobile can hit the ground running in Serie A to give a much simpler and long term solution to this problem.
I'm concerned that he's fairly lazy, so the work load will still have to be passed on to others, I don't really like that sort of player. The team already had to work for Pirlo at times (but he isn't that lazy), now they'll have to do the same for Berbatov. For someone with a poor work ethic, his age is a bit concerning as well, we'll see if he can keep fit and energetic. I hope he applies himself and is still motivated.
I can't say I'm a fan (yet, at least), but I'm glad Marotta found an alternative to paying €36m for Llorente that happened to be a striker with a good scoring record. Pretty cheap as well, for what we could potentially see at Juventus this season. I'd say this is decent, but I'm not expecting a lot though, we'll perhaps have a season or two then see what happens after that. I really hope Immobile can hit the ground running in Serie A to give a much simpler and long term solution to this problem.
What is disappointing me the most about this, is not so much the fact we signed berbatov or my belief that i don't think he fits our system, eventhough i regard him as a player of exceptional technical ability. It's just that i can't honestly believe that we let Del Piero leave and replace him with someone who is no better. Does Berbatov have pace? no They both have good technical abilities as i've pointed out, is Berbatov anymore prolific than Del Piero? no so i just don't understand how he was in anyway an opportunity too good to pass up on.
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