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[Gigiventus]

How has Belotti not proved anything? he was the Torino player to have the highest scoring season since Grande Torino 60 years ago iirc. He has a season and a half at this scoring pace, so hot form came and went with 2 breaks in between and he still plays the same way. Every time he goes to the NT, he plays great and has a very good start to his scoring record.

You say "Kane is a great player", yes, so is Belotti. Nothing about him is extremely limited, he gets involved in everything in Torino. He does all that a CF should.

If you want to see a limited player going for 70m+ look at Lukaku.

Dybala had half a season of good football and we spent 32m and it seemed like a great deal. Then the prices keep increasing. Virgil van Dijk is about to go for like 60m, that's a CB with 1 good season. Same for John Stones who is a huge flop while being the most expensive CB ever. These are the prices now.

Schick started something like 10 games and we are about to drop 25m on him, and we are only getting him for 25m because he has a release clause, otherwise it'd be more.

 

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[Dostoevsky]

How has Belotti not proved anything? he was the Torino player to have the highest scoring season since Grande Torino 60 years ago iirc. He has a season and a half at this scoring pace, so hot form came and went with 2 breaks in between and he still plays the same way. Every time he goes to the NT, he plays great and has a very good start to his scoring record.

You say "Kane is a great player", yes, so is Belotti. Nothing about him is extremely limited, he gets involved in everything in Torino. He does all that a CF should.

Dybala had half a season of good football and we spent 32m and it seemed like a great deal. Then the prices keep increasing. Virgil van Dijk is about to go for like 60m, that's a CB with 1 good season. Same for John Stones who is a huge flop while being the most expensive CB ever. These are the prices now.

Schick started something like 10 games and we are about to drop 25m on him, and we are only getting him for 25m because he has a release clause, otherwise it'd be more.

It's like you try to beat your own arguments.

Kane has scored 80 goals for Tottenham, in a stronger league, while being the same age as Belotti. He also nailed some for his NT. He's simply a lot better player than him. I repeat: same age.

It's 1 year at Torino. One year at a club while being limited can't have your price reach 80mln euros.

Dybala was also overpriced quite a bit but he did prove more in Palermo. He's also a type of player that'd be wanted world-wide and re-sale value would go through the roof. Much wider skillset compared to a guy like Belotti while, yet again, they are both the same age.

Again, Schick looks like a way more talented player and I don't why you use him for your argument. He wasn't playing in Sampdoria in the first half of the season, at least not much. He's more talented, showed that in the second half of the season and he costs 25mln. Not only that but he's 2 years younger. So again, yeah, there's nothing to justify Belotti's price to be 3 times higher than Schick's.

 

[Gigiventus]

I'm guessing you favor much more the second striker than the CF. I love Dybala and I hope we get Schick, hyping him was one of the first things I did when I joined the forum. But a CF has different skillsets and Belotti nails those. A second striker must not be more expensive than a CF, even if the first is more pleasant to watch.

Schick, for however talented he looks, hasn't proved anything. He has had too little game time, its a gamble. Dybala also hadn't proved anything, he had half a season of good football at Palermo.

Both of these players had shown much less than Belotti already has, he is a CF, and as a CF his skills have been consistent for 1 and a half season and looked great.

Kane? what is this about a stronger league? Kane is shining in a time where Leicester wins the league by 10 points and a lackluster Chelsea run away with it after finishing midtable the year before. Its pointless to put the performances of someone at Tottenham above someone at Torino considering that they both just shine domestically. Kane only has one goal form open play (meaning no penalties) in CL and that was against CSKA.

What Belotti has been doing is not ordinary, and so his price follows. Its not an accident that United, Milan and apparently Atletico had big bids for him. He can be a top top CF, he has everything needed to succeed. Not an unknown quality anymore.

For me no player is worth 100m except maybe Messi. But this is just how the market is, his qualities are too hard to find.

 

[pitbull]

Dule you keep saying that Icardi is deadly in the box, Costa is deadly in the box as if Bellotti is not, the guy scored 26 goals in Serie A this season for Torino.

He was not playing for Roma or Napoli that scored 90+ goals overall, he played for Torino. His team finished below every other team that also had candidates for Capocannoniere, closest player from weaker clubs to score big amounts was Borriello with 16 in Cagliari and Falcinelli with 13 at Sassuolo.

 

[Wittl]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40197827

Chelsea striker Diego Costa says he has been told by manager Antonio Conte that he is no longer in the club's plans.

The 28-year-old scored 20 goals in 35 Premier League games to help the Blues win the title but now appears set to leave Stamford Bridge.

"I'm a Chelsea player, but they do not want me there," Costa said.

"Antonio Conte has told me by message that I do not follow at Chelsea and that's it. Conte said he did not count on me for next season."

...

Where will he go?

 

[il brutto]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40197827





Where will he go?

Meelan

 

[Wittl]

Meelan

Would love to see him play against Chiello and Bonucci (if he stays).

 

[il brutto]

Would love to see him play against Chiello and Bonucci (if he stays).

United need a striker too but not sure if he wants to stay in England and no clue about his current relationship with Mou. Costa would probably himself want to go back to Atletico but that seems difficult at the moment.

 

[Dostoevsky]

I'm guessing you favor much more the second striker than the CF. I love Dybala and I hope we get Schick, hyping him was one of the first things I did when I joined the forum. But a CF has different skillsets and Belotti nails those. A second striker must not be more expensive than a CF, even if the first is more pleasant to watch.

Schick, for however talented he looks, hasn't proved anything. He has had too little game time, its a gamble. Dybala also hadn't proved anything, he had half a season of good football at Palermo.

Both of these players had shown much less than Belotti already has, he is a CF, and as a CF his skills have been consistent for 1 and a half season and looked great.

Kane? what is this about a stronger league? Kane is shining in a time where Leicester wins the league by 10 points and a lackluster Chelsea run away with it after finishing midtable the year before. Its pointless to put the performances of someone at Tottenham above someone at Torino considering that they both just shine domestically. Kane only has one goal form open play (meaning no penalties) in CL and that was against CSKA.

What Belotti has been doing is not ordinary, and so his price follows. Its not an accident that United, Milan and apparently Atletico had big bids for him. He can be a top top CF, he has everything needed to succeed. Not an unknown quality anymore.

For me no player is worth 100m except maybe Messi. But this is just how the market is, his qualities are too hard to find.

It has nothing to do with me favoring SS over a CF. I'm implying how classic CF that was always born in Italy is simply out of date for modern football.

So, Schick hasn't proved anything while playing 1600 minutes, but Belotti, who played 3000 minutes and score more did prove he's worth over 50mln euros? You probably even aim at 70-100mln which makes even less sense.

Are you seriously pulling a Leicester card? They had a great season, look at how many points they gathered throughout the season. It was a season just like any other. I actually can't believe you'd give same amout of credit to Tottenham's Kane who already scored over 70 goals for them in many seasons. WTF? Man, he scored over 80 goals for them, in EPL. That's three times the amount of Belotti at the moment while he's the same age. He also played more for senior NT, whether you like it or, he also scored there. And yeah, Kane has one goal from open play in CL, but that also means Belotti has never seen a C out of Champions League. There is actually a reason his price is high at the moment. I'd easily pick Kane over Belotti if I had to pick one and it wouldn't even be a tough choice.

As for your last sentence, yeah, I actually agree. Not even Messi. It's quite horrible and pathethic that football players are worth millions, let alone hundred of million euros.

Dule you keep saying that Icardi is deadly in the box, Costa is deadly in the box as if Bellotti is not, the guy scored 26 goals in Serie A this season for Torino.

He was not playing for Roma or Napoli that scored 90+ goals overall, he played for Torino. His team finished below every other team that also had candidates for Capocannoniere, closest player from weaker clubs to score big amounts was Borriello with 16 in Cagliari and Falcinelli with 13 at Sassuolo.

Judging by that logic Domenico Berardi would cost around 150mln right now because what he has done was something that not any Italian player did in the past, scoring so many goals while being so young, considering he's playing for Sassuolo. So, yeah, how come his price was set at 25mln euros?

 

[Gigiventus]

Btw I'm not saying bad things about Kane. Its just that his level is not different from Belotti. His season was very similar. Kane has been doing it for longer, which is why he will be more expensive. But this season of both? very similar, fantastic campaign domestically in big leagues.

The Leicester card? of course. It happened, its reality. These few years of EPL have been pitiful compared to what it was when it was hyped. Leicester would have never won the prem 5-10 years ago. This Chelsea sweeped, and they are not spectacular. The level is not better there, than here. If Lukaku and Kane are scoring stars in the PL, then I have no doubt that Belotti would be as well.

 

[Dostoevsky]

Btw I'm not saying bad things about Kane. Its just that his level is not different from Belotti. His season was very similar. Kane has been doing it for longer, which is why he will be more expensive. But this season of both? very similar, fantastic campaign domestically in big leagues.

The Leicester card? of course. It happened, its reality. These few years of EPL have been pitiful compared to what it was when it was hyped. Leicester would have never won the prem 5-10 years ago. This Chelsea sweeped, and they are not spectacular. The level is not better there, than here. If Lukaku and Kane are scoring stars in the PL, then I have no doubt that Belotti would be as well.

It was a season like any other. Same number of points was gathered. It's not that other teams were horrible (which they were, sort of), but Leicester was very good. There's a reason they won it. But hey, lets not pretend Kane was a one season wonder and it's not like they played against clowns.

Similar... one season... maybe. Kane has been doing it for way longer. Plus in his NT and he even played in the CL. So he kinda achieved a lot more for a guy who's got the same age as Belotti. Kane proved his value over the years. Belotti showed 1/3 of what Kane did, yet his value is way over the top. Kane might be more expensive, but if he managed to score 80 goals so far over there then that means he's surely worth double of Belotti. If you rate Belotti 80mln there's no way Kane costs 160 at the moment. If anything, Kane should cost 80 while Belotti 30-40.

You can't look at it one-sided. Serie A has never been this shit and it's weaker than PL which has A LOT of competition and very strong teams fighting. In Serie A there's nothing like that.

But that's the difference. I do have my doubts. Not only I think he wouldn't score so many but I also think his price is nothing but crazy.

I'll try to put it this way. Ronaldo, Neymar, Bale, Suarez. And others. It's those names that were paid for that cash. And those are all one of the best players in the world. It's their price tags. Best players around. It would be laughable to see Belotti get sold for 70-100mln euros. It would seriously be hilarious to see him reach higher fee than Cavani and Di María.

 

[Dostoevsky]

Where do you guys think Costa (Chelsea Costa) will go? Reports out there that Conte has showed him the door, didnt like the China situation. But now it seems Costa isnt even going to China, but Chelsea are going to buy a new striker. EPL media also says Costa will be gone. But he doesnt seem to be linked with anyone. If Atletico has transfer ban he cant go there. He isnt going to go to another epl side it seems.

Man Utd could use him imo, dunno if they would sell him to them.

Milan might consider if they sell Bacca but it might be expensive

 

[Stephan]

Man Utd could use him imo, dunno if they would sell him to them.

Milan might consider if they sell Bacca but it might be expensive

But they have money now.

 

[Dostoevsky]

But they have money now.

Maybe, but they still have to be aware of the FFP. They already signed many or they are about to sign quite a few players. Gotta balance them books.

 

[Stephan]

It's like you try to beat your own arguments.

Kane has scored 80 goals for Tottenham, in a stronger league, while being the same age as Belotti. He also nailed some for his NT. He's simply a lot better player than him. I repeat: same age.

It's 1 year at Torino. One year at a club while being limited can't have your price reach 80mln euros.

Dybala was also overpriced quite a bit but he did prove more in Palermo. He's also a type of player that'd be wanted world-wide and re-sale value would go through the roof. Much wider skillset compared to a guy like Belotti while, yet again, they are both the same age.

Again, Schick looks like a way more talented player and I don't why you use him for your argument. He wasn't playing in Sampdoria in the first half of the season, at least not much. He's more talented, showed that in the second half of the season and he costs 25mln. Not only that but he's 2 years younger. So again, yeah, there's nothing to justify Belotti's price to be 3 times higher than Schick's.

Kane hasnt done anything outside epl. He was terrible at the euros. You would think a player who is top scorer or near it top 3 can lead his team in the euros? Instead of getting beaten by a team which country has 300 000 people. Also Tottenham cant advance from their CL group which didnt exactly have any of the major powers but on paper same level teams like Monaco and Leverkusen. Then goes and loses to Gent in europe league. Surely Tottenham as a team is better than friggin Gent.

Intelligent player doesnt do crap like this:

Kane is srsly overrated imo. I will take him more seriously if he goes to a bigger team (i know u could say its easier in a bigger team like put him to a Real Madrid and he will score for fun cause the Iscos, Kroos and Modrics will just assist him weekly, but till he doesnt go there, well then i cant tell how good he is). Put someone like Morata in the Tottenham team and they might have actually advance from their CL group.

And he didnt score a single goal at the euros. When he faced teams like Russia, Iceland, Slovakia. Not exactly world beaters. Meanwhile even lesser players like Pelle scored 2 goals against better opponents like Belgium and Spain.

 

[JuveJay]

Kane constantly taking corners for England was one of the greatest moment of belligerence you will ever see in football.

 

[Wittl]

Why does he take corners and freekicks? Britains have obviosly gone fool....

 

[Gigiventus]

Similar... one season... maybe. Kane has been doing it for way longer. Plus in his NT and he even played in the CL. So he kinda achieved a lot more for a guy who's got the same age as Belotti. Kane proved his value over the years. Belotti showed 1/3 of what Kane did, yet his value is way over the top. Kane might be more expensive, but if he managed to score 80 goals so far over there then that means he's surely worth double of Belotti. If you rate Belotti 80mln there's no way Kane costs 160 at the moment. If anything, Kane should cost 80 while Belotti 30-40.

You can't look at it one-sided. Serie A has never been this $#@! and it's weaker than PL which has A LOT of competition and very strong teams fighting. In Serie A there's nothing like that.

But that's the difference. I do have my doubts. Not only I think he wouldn't score so many but I also think his price is nothing but crazy.

I'll try to put it this way. Ronaldo, Neymar, Bale, Suarez. And others. It's those names that were paid for that cash. And those are all one of the best players in the world. It's their price tags. Best players around. It would be laughable to see Belotti get sold for 70-100mln euros. It would seriously be hilarious to see him reach higher fee than Cavani and Di María.

I brought up Kane and Belotti on the same page because like I said, they both do it domestically. Kane played CL and the euros and didn't really do anything so its hardly a point in his favor.

Kane has 3 goals in 9 official games for England. Belotti has... 3 goals in 4 games.

About the leagues, of course Serie A has been worse than it is right now. It was significantly worse at the start of the 2010's. From Milan's scudetto to our second scudetto the league was at its lowest. EPL is at these depths right now.

Its hilarious how hard Juve would stomp the PL. Napoli and Roma would win as well. The last two seasons have been ridiculous over there. A bunch of strong teams fighting? which ones? 1 year you have Leicester winning the league by like 9/10 points, followed by an absolute crap Arsenal and a Tottenham that can't make noise in EL or CL. The next season you have an average Chelsea coasting the whole season, the same Tottenham in second place, and an extremely inconsistent City that shipped like 7(?) goals to Monaco.

Whatever goals or performances players like Kane or Lukaku give, are not worth anymore than doing it for a poor team like Torino in Serie A. Belotti didn't have a good supporting cast like Kane did.

 

[s4tch]

United need a striker too but not sure if he wants to stay in England and no clue about his current relationship with Mou. Costa would probably himself want to go back to Atletico but that seems difficult at the moment.

with atleti's transfer ban, it'll be difficult even next summer.

costa must have some big money offers from china, too.

 

[X Æ A-12]

So what do people think of new Milan signing Ricardo Rodriguez?