Xabi Alonso (30 Viewers)
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Montolivo has really struggled for bigger parts of this season. His talent is undisputed, but he has failed to be the leader/standout player of Fiorentina midfield. Players like Kuzmanovic, Donadel, Liverani, Jorgensen all outperformed him. He has the right environment to do good but he failed. On the other hand, he was brilliant for Fiorentina in Uefa Cup. If we go by his performances there, then he would be an amazing purchase. Unfortunately, in Serie A his performances were much less impressive.
My preference is Montolivo, Aquilani, Xabi Alonso in that order.
Xabi Alonso is most experienced, but the least Serie A proven... all three have positive European competition experience. I think Montolivo could be the best of the bunch, but his form has been a little suspect. Aquilani would cost an arm and a leg... I think Montolivo and Alonso would be the most reasonably priced, though still in the 15m euro range.
Xabi Alonso is most experienced, but the least Serie A proven... all three have positive European competition experience. I think Montolivo could be the best of the bunch, but his form has been a little suspect. Aquilani would cost an arm and a leg... I think Montolivo and Alonso would be the most reasonably priced, though still in the 15m euro range.
why dont we just go for montolivo or aquilani? they are young, italian, one has uefa cup experience and the other has CL., not to mention have mass potential? AND have serie A experience. how much would montolivo cost? it makes us look better when we have more italians on our squad, i dont want to end up like inter or even milan. xabi is a great gamble but worth the risk or investment? how drastic would we have to change our system with vDv and how would that effect our talent coming back? i dont want to see another player we are associated with get snapped up by our rivals, lets face it...flamini with milans current midfield lineup is crazy. what would xabi bing to the table that montolivo, aquilani, or vDv couldnt? just curious....
young talent need to get CL experience sooner or later, right? everyone has to start somewhere.
young talent need to get CL experience sooner or later, right? everyone has to start somewhere.
Yes it can be said about Aquilani too.But Montolivo's time at Fiorentina appears to be going smoother than Aquilani and Alonso.No contract disputes,no new purchases who might knock him off the lineup etc.Aquilani and Alonso are in the center of both,which makes them easier targets.But easier,especially in Aquilani's case,is not that easy.Especially for an Italian club.
The thing about Xabi is he is at his peak in terms of age and would make us immediate competitors in the CL and Serie A. I am not sure the others would do the same.
I still don't see him coming to Italy but he is the type of player who would be a success at Juve. He has the right technical skill and ability to get stuck in.
I still don't see him coming to Italy but he is the type of player who would be a success at Juve. He has the right technical skill and ability to get stuck in.
Donadel is 25 years old, thats not a talent
. But i agree they have many players to build a team around.And it seems hard to buy from them. Della Valle family with the magical Corvino
And Prandelli who is a very good coach, they have very good people in their club.
Maby is good that Viola is missing the CL. Milan will always be a threat with or without CL, Viola would be more powerfull if they got the money and shit from CL.
But would Fiorentina offload someone of his talent so soon?I think he's going to be at Fiorentina for the next 3-4 seasons,atleast.Unless ofcourse someone makes a massive offer for him.If we're going to spend big bucks on a player it should be one of Aquilani or Alonso,so we have a solution to our stale central midfield.Giovinco can hande the left flank.
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