He arrived here too late, yes. Higuain in his prime, both for Real and Napoli, especially for Napoli was several levels above Dusan.
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As opposed to Dusan, who cant even get a call for his NT and even if called up, he comes off the bench... Serbia vs Argentina you know, kinda different level. If you are trying to make comparison between the 2, dont. Higuain was all round striker, that in addition to scoring was able to create chances for himself and his teammates.
90m for 29 yo was always a poor decision. But Higuain wasnt overrated. He was elite forward that has been scoring 30-35 goals per season for several years in a row. 90m for that level of performances was understandable. However, considering his age, that was a short term investment. But 70m (?) for Dusan was supposed to be long term investment considering his age. So far we have not seen good return of our investment and chances are we wont. He is far too limited to break into elite category.
No doubt that the signing of Vlahovic for 70m was not a clever decision by Juve, also same about Higuain as he was aging at that time. But the point is that Higuain came to a team that won league title consecutively for over 4 years, we had a better squad at the time with Pjanić, Marchisio, Matuidi and Dybala and he literally carried by Dybala. He never was a game changer and simply failed against big clubs in important matches.
Agree. Lautaro's wages are in the same ballpark and he's the best player in Serie A. Vlahovic doesn't even come close.
He needs to have an elite season this year to justify paying even 10M let alone 12M net. We're talking about 30+ goals in all competitions.
He definitely has the ability to become a prolific goalscorer but last game exposed the same problems he had when Allegro was manager as well.
I think with him it's mostly more mental than an issue with skillsets. He tries to overdo things that clouds his decision making. With Allegro, we were barely any creating any chances so I can understand when he was trying to do a bit too much all by himself.
Hopefully having a better midfield/better support now helps him relax a little bit and just focus on finishing those goalscoring opportunities. He's going to have plenty of chances this season so there should be no excuses.
He needs to have an elite season this year to justify paying even 10M let alone 12M net. We're talking about 30+ goals in all competitions.
He definitely has the ability to become a prolific goalscorer but last game exposed the same problems he had when Allegro was manager as well.
I think with him it's mostly more mental than an issue with skillsets. He tries to overdo things that clouds his decision making. With Allegro, we were barely any creating any chances so I can understand when he was trying to do a bit too much all by himself.
Hopefully having a better midfield/better support now helps him relax a little bit and just focus on finishing those goalscoring opportunities. He's going to have plenty of chances this season so there should be no excuses.
Ur already criticizing Yildiz for doing very well, yet u defend Vlahovic? Are u even watching our games? If there is one weak point in the attack currently it is Vlahovic, not Yildiz. Kenan was our best player in attack by far. Dusan on other hand is continuing to be unable to score more than his expected goals stat tells us. Thats probably the first thing u would expect from ur highly paid striker.
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Good call though.
But if I'm honest to me Lichtsteiner really changed the flow of that game. We were suffering and almost eliminated. Then Lichtsteiner comes on and first thing he does is give Son a bodycheck out of nowhere. I mean, the ball was somewhere around Son, but it sure as hell wasn't very close and he was definitely not the player in possession. La Gazzetta even wrote about it the next day, saying Tottenham immediately understood "l'aria è cambiata" (the air has changed).
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Actually found the article: https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Seri...scadenza-entra-cambia-juve-250775631674.shtml
"Poi quando nella ripresa c'è stato da sistemare la squadra, ecco Licht. Subito un battibecco proprio con Son, per far capire al coreano che l'aria è cambiata." - "Then when they had to sort out the team in the second half, here was Licht. Immediately some bickering with Son, to make the Korean understand that the situation has changed."