Was it a smart move or not? (1 Viewer)

[lestat_1987]

Juventus director general Luciano Moggi admits they wouldn't have been able to afford Patrick Vieira without offloading two of their midfielders in the summer.
Reflecting on the deal to land the former Arsenal captain, Moggi revealed: "Juve originally could not make this operation happen as we did not have financial cover.

"We had to find the cash to give to Arsenal. Our decision was to sell Appiah to Turkey for £6 million. Then we have placed Maresca in Spain and from both deals we raised the money for Vieira.

"I remember the decisive trip to London. We left for England excited by what we were about to do."

 

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[lestat_1987]

Honestly I miss Enzo, but Vieira is from another world

 

[Dan]

It was worth it.

Enzo sadly would never reach the standard Viera is, and Viera will bring top class football for about 3-4 more years.

 

[Zé Tahir]

++ [ originally posted by Dan ] ++
It was worth it.

Enzo sadly would never reach the standard Viera is, and Viera will bring top class football for about 3-4 more years.

 

[Dan]

This is the same as Appiah. Alot of forum members had delussions about him being a massive star. Usually a player peaks around 26-28, and him being 24 (if i recall correctly) and playing like he did, he sure had a hell of a lot of work to do, as he had no realistic problems like Henry who was played out of position. Espacially after working with two of the worlds arguably best coaches (even though Capello didnt give him so much of a chance, until the second half of the season- even though he played well for his standards, he was still very average on the grand scale of things), if he had the potential to be a big star he would of shown more signs, as far as I know he didnt have management problems or any other outside circumstances.

 

[/usr/bin]

Yes, it was a smart move, and it was definitely worth it..




..and I'd like to add that I'd STILL prefer Appiah to Blasi..

 

[Espectro]

Are you kidding??? after seen what Viera have bring to the team its more than a smart move from Moggi...

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

++ [ originally posted by Nawaf ] ++




..and I'd like to add that I'd STILL prefer Appiah to Blasi..

knowing capello it was given that blasi would have been kept in front of appiah

 

[sateeh]

why would he keep blasi infront ?

i just want to remind ppl here of one thing, appiah played at RB when lippi was coaching and he choked.
Blasi is playing at RB and doing well

 

[lestat_1987]

appiah only played well in one position

 

[Philipp00]

Maresca was a good player for teams like Fiorentina but I don`t think that he was strong enough to play regularly at Juventus.

 

[Ascension]

Of course it was a smart move. Last season we lacked a great partner for Emerson in midfield. And now we got one of the best players in the world and probably one of the very best at his position. We can thank the club for this fantastic move.

After only 8 games this season Vieira is already coming up with great performances. Just wait and see when he is 100% integrated and gelled into the team.

 

[ZhiXin]

It is definitely a smart move becos all the parties involved benefited.

Let's start with Vieira.
Ever since he came to Turin, he has shown his class and has greatly contributed to Juventus. He definitely has a part to contribute in our 8 straight wins in both the CL and Serie A, including Inter. He has already won the appreciation of many fans. Arsenal is already missing his presence, so this shows that he is really an important figure.

Appiah has flourished in Fenerbahce. In Juve he has been played out of position of all times where his antural position is an attacking midfielder, the role which made him the hero of Ghana. Which also exlpains y his performances in Juve is so mediocre. In his last game against Cagliari, he can actually dribble past 2 defenders and score. This is the real Appiah. Since he is alreasdy happy in Fenerbahce and maintains good realtionships with the players, this deal is a good deal

Maresca has been played at the right position in Sevilla. And he's happy in there. So everybody benefited

Hell I'm typing this after I had a real argument with my family. I wonder how am I still able to type all this out calmly.

 

[simpson-juvefan]

Eventhough i miss players like Appiah and Maresca, I am very happy that we got Vieira who is undoubtly one of the best in the world and together with Emo forming the best Midlefield duo!

so thx for this Moggi, Vieira could be the player that we missed to win the CL.

 

[Mr. Gol]

We didn't have that much transfer money then. As far as I know Vieira was the only player we paid for in the summer.

 

[Stu]

Hell yeah it was a smart move. We offloaded a couple of midfield talents in order to bring one of the best players in the world to Turin. Patrick has already established himself as a key player for Juve and is consistently getting the job done at both ends of the pitch.

 

[Lilianna]

seems like it was smart... WWWWWW WW

 

[tassard]

It was the smartest move of the last years

 

[Desmond]

With the system Capello's playing with, yes no doubt about it.

Only Moggi could've made it happen though.

 

[swag]

By trading away Maresca and Appiah, we got a player who was about as good as the two of them combined -- and astronomically more capable of bringing us closer to a CL win than any of the others.

When Vieira is near the ball, you see it -- good things happen. I couldn't always say that about either Enzo or Appiah.