the same giovinco that took empoli to the top correct? the same giovinco that has yet to play for a contender correct?
i just want to make sure that we're talking about the same player
if you want to argue this way, ok ...
are we talking about the same van der vaart who played for german side hamburger sv, that achieved seventh place in 2007, fourth place in 2008 in the german bundesliga (a league not on the level of serie a and the other big european leagues) ?
van der vaart has a got good statistics scored a good amount of goals and provided not just a few assists .... still he is just a player that was in a team that had no other stars in that department so he was assured a place in the first eleven when fit.
if empoli did not have such morons as coaches, than giovinco would have much better statistics for last season. i still don't know why giovinco did not play much under Cagni...
i do not want to say that giovinco is superior to vdv, but taking their age into account there is not much of an quality difference there ... for sure giovinco is the better dribbler, where vdv has a good shoot with his strong left foot.