I made that same connection but mostly just because he is tall young Italian from Genoa. Did Pellegri turn out to be a fraud? I had thought he never got the chance due to injuries
If we keep spending 25mils on nobodies, we will never raise cash to buys the starters we need and will again keep making those compromise with loan deals...
Shanked an easy pass straight out of play which didn't look great. But I agree it is hard to properly judge him on 1 game and he looked to be trying too hard. Mentally he maybe isn't quite ready to step up.
But I would say he has done very little in his career to justify us paying 20-25m. There have been loads of players good at youth level who haven't made it.
We have Kulu as a backup striker and given our budget constraints it seems way too much of a gamble that we don't need to take.
Didn't leave any kind of impression yesterday but I can see why we would want a player like him. I mean, Morata and Kulu having to play 120 minutes yesterday clearly demonstrates our need for a hustling backup 9 (in addition to a top midfielder and a quality alternative to Sandro).
Shanked an easy pass straight out of play which didn't look great. But I agree it is hard to properly judge him on 1 game and he looked to be trying too hard. Mentally he maybe isn't quite ready to step up.
But I would say he has done very little in his career to justify us paying 20-25m. There have been loads of players good at youth level who haven't made it.
We have Kulu as a backup striker and given our budget constraints it seems way too much of a gamble that we don't need to take.