Giovinco is inferior to Afellay, Vargas, Perotti, and Bastos. However, he is definitely better than Gnocchi Ai Quattro Formaggi aka 5"5 pasta guzzling nobody and the over-rated BDP (Black Dutch Pepe).
Giovinco is not that bad a player - they key problem he has is that he is not a physical player but he hardly scores many goals - although he can definitely unsettle defenses offensively and provide decent assists. He is not quite that young anymore but he is in a way because he has only really had 1 season where he played regularly and you can't say he didn''t have a good season. Is he good enough to be a starter in Conte's 4-4-2? Not sure but he is better than a LOT of the wing alternatives out there. Certainly, Prandelli seems to be one of the few Italian coaches out there that sees a lot of value in him.
Martinez for EU12m has to go down as the worst transfer I can remember - particularly as we had a winger MUCH better than him and sold half of him for peanuts to Parma.
Giovinco is inferior to Afellay, Vargas, Perotti, and Bastos. However, he is definitely better than Gnocchi Ai Quattro Formaggi aka 5"5 pasta guzzling nobody and the over-rated BDP (Black Dutch Pepe).
8 days left and we are using it to tie up Giaccherini on co-ownership. Surely that's a move you leave until last, unless we already have a DC in the bag verbally.