Martinez was 27 when we bought him, and basically missed the first 6 months with two major injuries and never recovered his form after. That foot contusion destroyed him. Isla is more along the lines of the new Martinez. Injured, and never recovering his pre-injury form.
i will only judge a purchase when i see him play...i got positive feelings when i saw him during udinese games...needs more time to integrate into the squad and the whole squad needs to integrate and harmonise with allegri's tactics..
I liked what I saw from him but I don't think he's what this team needs. We should have looked for am/winger/ss instead of getting a decent CM with decent ball skills and iron lungs. We have already those; we need more creativity and pace.
I liked what I saw from him but I don't think he's what this team needs. We should have looked for am/winger/ss instead of getting a decent CM with decent ball skills and iron lungs. We have already those; we need more creativity and pace.