And since when did AC become a guru?
Since he realised that anyone who can understand Italian can be a 'guru'.
was definitely a real target, but only a chosen few wanted him here...:ahmed:
He is a very clinical striker, has good poaching instics with a vey good ariel game despite not being very tall,
Pazzini is a much better fit to our system then Matri and he is an upgrade over him IMO, I think that in a 3-5-2 he is going to do a very good job for us (sampdoria played in a similar formation and he was very impresive).
Agreed.
It was Delneri's 4-4-2 at Samp in his really good season, playing up front with Cassano.
Their attacking play was largely based on crosses, though, which is what Pazzini really needs to thrive.
Juve, playing 3-5-2, will get into a lot of good crossing positions.
On Pazzini, what is his transfer value? And what would be Matri's?
Juve paid about 17m for Matri. That was in January and a bit of a panic buy, so that was probably a bit more than he was worth. Since then he has done well enough to show that he can play at a good level, so he's probably worth about 15m, I'd say.
Pazzini went to Inter for about 19m. That was probably a few million more than what he was worth. He made a fast start, but then struggled badly, so I would think his value would have dropped a bit, particularly with Inter having made it clear they want to sell him. I value him at about 12m just now.
All very much open to debate, though.