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Cuper really is home-sick 
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Hey laziale, what do you think of Sergio coming back?
Hey laziale, what do you think of Sergio coming back?
Thats one thing that makes me hopefull that he'll find some of the old Lazio form. At that time he was simply amasing
Give or take, I'm glad to see him back
Chelsea Complete Crespo Signing
08/26/2003. Big spending Chelsea have completed the signing of Argentine striker Hernan Crespo from Inter Milan.
The 28-year-old was unveiled during the half time of Celtic's 3-0 win against MSK Zilina, which completed the Blues progression into the group stage of the Champions League.
Crespo's arrival take the spending under Roman Abramovich to around £100m, although the exact fee has not been revealed. The club also signed Russian midfielder Alexey Smertin from Bordeaux this week for £3.45m.
If the former Lazio star receives his international clearance in time he'll make his debut against Blackburn on Saturday.
08/26/2003. Big spending Chelsea have completed the signing of Argentine striker Hernan Crespo from Inter Milan.
The 28-year-old was unveiled during the half time of Celtic's 3-0 win against MSK Zilina, which completed the Blues progression into the group stage of the Champions League.
Crespo's arrival take the spending under Roman Abramovich to around £100m, although the exact fee has not been revealed. The club also signed Russian midfielder Alexey Smertin from Bordeaux this week for £3.45m.
If the former Lazio star receives his international clearance in time he'll make his debut against Blackburn on Saturday.
Many of the Inter fans are dreaming of signing a big name like Totti (Vieri's dream partner) to make up for Crespo's loss, but the thing is Inter are one of the many teams in red .. and they need cash badly, that's why they refused to sign Chivu even though they had first option on him .. anyway, I think they will replace Crespo with a defender and a less glamourous striker - Julio Cruz is the hot favourite, along with Viduka - in an effort to make Vieri happy .. but I still believe Cuper will start with Vieri-Martins even though I think Oba is still young to face the experienced Serie A defences during this stage of his career ..
That's true, but he needs at least 1 full season to get enough experience (like Miccoli had with Perugia) , Serie A is very tough, especially on strikers .. Mutu needed alot of time in Inter and Verona to finally explode with Parma ..
During the same time last year Oba was playing in the Primavera which is very different than the actual thing .. anyway, who knows he can prove me wrong in the end
During the same time last year Oba was playing in the Primavera which is very different than the actual thing .. anyway, who knows he can prove me wrong in the end
He might cut it through alright, I know he has great potential .. but the thing is I really don't think he is the perfect partner for Vieri, they are too different .. Inter will also rely heavily on crosses (wings) more than ever after signing Gonzalez, Eriberto, and VDM and heading isn't Oba's best thing ..
Maybe this is a first sign that Inter will invest in young talents and instead of concentrating on attack, they may try to build more balanced team. And lets not forget., they have Kallon and Recoba in the team, when on form can be devastating. Oba has world beating potential and Adriano is the next phenomeno. And Moratti could end up with signing Freddy Addu, whom I have been forunate enough to see him play, and I can assure you guys that his talent is unreal, and have far higher ceiling than Crespo. It is quite scary thought.