Giuseppe 'The Savior' Rossi - ST - Villareal (40 Viewers)
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I think that it is obvious to just about everyone that Aguero is the superior player to Rossi.
It's pretty hard to dispute that.
What gets me though is how so many people are calling Rossi average or mediocre, when that is just the farthest from the truth.
It's not his fault that he isn't as good as Aguero.
Rossi should be judged on his own merits
It's pretty hard to dispute that.
What gets me though is how so many people are calling Rossi average or mediocre, when that is just the farthest from the truth.
It's not his fault that he isn't as good as Aguero.
Rossi should be judged on his own merits
I regret to make this comparison in the first place because we're not really choosing between the two, we never really had a shot at Aguero but anyways:
Rossi for 25M + bonuses vs. Aguero for 45M + bonuses (Man City bid?)
Rossi for 3.5M/yr vs. Aguero for 7M/yr
Some here will say Aguero is double the player Rossi is, I will say he isn't. Rossi is not as good but for 45M and 7M/yr we can end up with Rossi and another great player.
This scenario does not call for suicide people.
Rossi is NOT a mediocre Italian. He does not play the game like this generation's Italians. FFS, he has played his whole life outside of Italy. This is not Gilardino. This is a highly skilled and quick player like an Eden Hazard who half this board would rip their foreskin off for if we signed for 30M.
Rossi for 25M + bonuses vs. Aguero for 45M + bonuses (Man City bid?)
Rossi for 3.5M/yr vs. Aguero for 7M/yr
Some here will say Aguero is double the player Rossi is, I will say he isn't. Rossi is not as good but for 45M and 7M/yr we can end up with Rossi and another great player.
This scenario does not call for suicide people.
Rossi is NOT a mediocre Italian. He does not play the game like this generation's Italians. FFS, he has played his whole life outside of Italy. This is not Gilardino. This is a highly skilled and quick player like an Eden Hazard who half this board would rip their foreskin off for if we signed for 30M.
Wasnt there a very clear approach from us, in which they spelt out demands, and we left them with a sorry excuse of an offer? If Aguero was our first priority, which I firmly believe he was, we enquired and should have paid the 40m asking price with immediate effect, clear about our intentions on the mercato. Instead, we went from Sanchez, to Aguero, to Rossi. Too many variables in the Sanchez deal to complain about, but here, our own confusion got to us before ManCity did. The agreement with Aguero was in place, we didn't close with his club because we have a bunch of incompetents trying to run a market on our terms. We couldn't get Martinez on our terms, how were we aiming to get Aguero? We dropped the ball. I get your bit about Atletico holding out, but our approach didn't help. As for the ManCity billion dollar owner, that's the point I was trying to make. Our one marquee signing would've come had we made some economic sacrifices which we are refusing to do. The money IMO has been there before this year, to make a signing that makes a difference even under our current conditions. Money talks.
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