Domenico Criscito (131 Viewers)

Gustav

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Jul 20, 2008
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Everybody knows he have defensive qualities to LB.
Does he? How many times has he actually played as LB. At Genoa he has played either CB or WB (or whatever you wanna call that position), never LB. For Juve, I only remember him playing LB against Parma and he was really poor. And I guess he played LB for Italy in a few games, that's about it.
 
May 22, 2007
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He was good when he played LB for Italy.

He's a good player, and if we're out of options for LB in summer then sure why not. But there are better players which we should go for.
 

Adrian

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Jan 31, 2003
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Agree completely. I don't rate Criscito much, but he's definitely better than anything we have at LB right now.
if we think like that, more than half theteam we have right now isnt good enough. Realistically only chiellini and buffon should stay.

As for Criscito it comes down to what the next coach wants to play. Criscito on the left side in a 3 man defence would be great. As an attacking wing back i dont rate him highly. As a left back in a back 4 he is half decent, but i wouldnt rely on him to supply the majority of crosses.

Maybe a 3 man defence would be good with crisicito, chiellini and a player like Bonucci or Ranocchia.
 

Mr. Gol

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Sep 15, 2004
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How does it work with the half-owned players? Is there some set sum that has to be paid to Genoa to get him back? Or does a "normal" transfer have to be negotiated?
 

Boksic

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May 11, 2005
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How does it work with the half-owned players? Is there some set sum that has to be paid to Genoa to get him back? Or does a "normal" transfer have to be negotiated?
Unless the teams can negotiate a deal by a set deadline (could be this summer, maybe next), then the player goes into a blind auction with the two clubs making offers.

Whoever's offer is larger gets the player.
 

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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Unless the teams can negotiate a deal by a set deadline (could be this summer, maybe next), then the player goes into a blind auction with the two clubs making offers.

Whoever's offer is larger gets the player.
This is how we got Chiellini from Fiorentina for peanuts. :weee:
 

rainhard

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May 5, 2004
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A native of southern Italy, Criscito moved up north at age 13 to pursue his football career. He started his professional career at Genoa, for which made his debut in Serie B in June 2003 at the age of 16. In the summer of 2004 Genoa sold 50% of his contract to Juventus for €950K (€500K + co-ownership of Nocerino's contract).

Criscito played for Juventus' Primavera team alongside Italy U-21 teammates Claudio Marchisio, Paolo De Ceglie and Sebastian Giovinco and together they won the 2006 Campionato Primavera. In the 2006-07 season, he returned to Genoa and established himself as one of the top young defenders in the Serie B. In January, Juventus bought the remaining 50% of his contract for a combined price of €7.5 million. This was paid by the co-ownership of Masiello and Konko to Genoa, and €5.25 million. He also signed a new contract with Juventus which will last until June 30, 2011.

Criscito made his Serie A debut with Juventus on August 25, 2007, in Juve's comeback game in Serie A versus Livorno, a crushing 5-1 victory. However, he endured a difficult time at the Turin club. He was deemed "too soft" after Francesco Totti scored twice in six minutes in the September game, a 2-2 draw, against Roma and substituted at half-time.Since then, he found himself behind Nicola Legrottaglie and Giorgio Chiellini in the pecking order due to their outstanding form.

Not content to remain on the bench, Criscito opted to go return to Genoa on loan in the opening days of the winter transfer window. In the summer of 2008, he was sent on loan to Genoa again with the Ligurian club having the option to purchase half of his contract for €5.5million. In February 2009, he scored his first goal since returning to Genoa, the winner against Palermo. His co-ownership agreement was made permanent for the 2009-10 season. He has been very impressive since re-joining Genoa, who were back in Serie A by then, and retained a place in the starting line-up as Gian Piero Gasperini's first choice left back. However, he did not rule out a return to Juventus after being linked to a permanent return to replace Fabio Grosso. In September against Napoli, Criscito was shown a straight red card for allegedly swearing at the referee after being penalized for a foul on Christian Maggio but Gasperini later defended 23-year-old saying that he was angry at himself, not the referee. The appeal to rescind the red card was turned down but his ban was reduced to 2-3 matchdays.


According to that we already pay Genoa :
1. €500K + co-ownership of Nocerino's contract (€950K)
2. €5.25 million + Masiello + Konko (€7.5 million)

And Genoa pay Us :
1. €5.5million

In this business for 50% of Criscito we pay
€5.75 million - €5.5 million = €250k + 50% Nocerino contract (we bought back the 50% from Piacenza for €3.7 million and use that as payment to Amauri transfer for €7 million) + Masiello + Konko.

This is related fact about Masiello and Konko
After scoring no presence in the first half of the 2006 season, Juventus sold its 50% rights of Masiello and Konko to Genoa on 25 January 2007, (which previously owned by Siena and Juventus, after became Genoa and Siena) worth for €1.25million and €1million, for part of the deal of Domenico Criscito permanent transfer. He played 15 times and won promotion along with team-mate.
 

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