A Creative spanish player in Italy.....
That has to be one of the most retarded stereotypes on this forum.
Well, here is the list of Spaniards in Serie A.
* Guillermo Amor – Fiorentina – 1998-00
* Iván de la Peña – Lazio – 1998-99, 2001-02
* Luis del Sol – Juventus, Roma – 1962-72
* Roberto Delgado – Lazio – 2003-05
* Javier Farinós – Inter – 2000-04
* Ricardo Gallego – Udinese – 1989-90
* César Gómez – Roma – 1997-98
* Josep Guardiola – Brescia, Roma – 2001-03
* Iván Helguera – Roma – 1997-98
* Luis Helguera – Udinese, Ancona – 2000-02, 2003-04
* Gaizka Mendieta – Lazio – 2001-02
* José Mari – Milan – 1999-02
* Óscar López – Lazio – 2004-05
* Rafael Martín Vázquez – Torino – 1990-92
* Javi Moreno – Milan – 2001-02
* Víctor Muñoz – Sampdoria – 1988-90
* Joaquín Peiró – Torino, Inter, Roma – 1962-70
* Javier Portillo – Fiorentina – 2004-05
* Juan Santistebán – Venezia – 1961-63
* Luis Suárez – Inter, Sampdoria – 1961-73
* Diego Tristán – Livorno – 2007-08
A couple of them were pretty good for their respective clubs in Italy, including Suarez, or so I've read. I think Guardiola was more of a case of just being old.
With regards to Mendieta, it really pained me to see him get booed off the Olimpico pitch, causing him to fall into tears that one match. Lazio and their Ultras never really gave him a decent chance, from being overzealous to impatient, then finally becoming militant. They basically didn't even give him a half a season, which is not acceptable to me. That's when I really started to hate those Mihajlovic-loving racists.
In spite of the fact there have been many Spanish "flops" recently, it doesn't mean that someone like Villa or Silva would turn out to be one, too.