You do know Matri has 26 goals in 60 matches for Juve. That's almost 1 every second game. For the 15.5 million he cost us, that's a decent return. He was absolutely crucial against Celtic yesterday, and against AC Milan last year in the tie that allowed us to get back into the scudetto race. And when he starts regularly his form is generally quite good. In his 11 starts this season he has 7 goals and 2 assists. Last season with 23 starts he had 10 goals and 4 assists. His first half season at Juve in 15 starts he had 9 goals and 1 assist. For some reason he's generally poor when coming on as a sub, I think he, more so than many strikers, needs to be starting regularly and playing a lot of minutes to find his form. I think only 2 of his goals last season came during games he was subb'd on late, Milan being one (and same this year with Cagliari being his 2 goals when he came on for 30'). But if you look at only his starts and his stats in those matches, he has 22 goals and 7 assists in 49 starts (and including subb'd performances it is 26 and 7 in 60). That's pretty damn good for 15 mil in my opinion.
So... why on earth would we sell him to bring an unproven Boakye in? He's only played in Serie B. I'd say keep him and Llorente, and bring in one of Gabbiadini or Immobile, keep Boakye out on loan to get one more season experience hopefully in Serie A this time. Sell Quags, send Bendtner and Anelka back. Iaquinta will be off the books. So bring in another decent/good SS like Jojo. That way we have 3 CFs and 3 SS in the first squad.
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