Recent content by Nedved

  1. Serie A 2024/25

    We will submit our offer right away!

  2. Serie A 2024/25

    I take that as a confirmation that he is worth buying... On a serious note, he does fit the profile of a left-sided defender since we lost out on Calafiori. Both Bremer (brilliant CB) and Cabal (rotational LB/CB) are also out for the season.

  3. Haaland at City

    Or two in the CL final of 2007.

  4. Great players who were also great managers

    Ancelotti's CV as a player is quite impressive, playing 200+ games for Roma and Milan and winning two European cups. But I never saw him play, so I don't know how good he was. Dino Zoff was a great player and a good manager. With a little more luck in the Euro 2000 final, perhaps he would have...

  5. Ballon d’Or 2024 — post-Messi era

    I agree that it is a bit sad to watch the top 10 list, compared to the list 10-15 years ago. However, Martinez was Serie A top scorer, Copa America top scorer, and he also scored the winning goal in the Copa final. Clearly, that shows that he can translate his game to another system/opposition...

  6. Joshua Zirkzee | 2024/25 Performances

    That's my point. In recent history, the best Serie A forwards haven't joined the Premier League. Two of the best forwards in the league around 2010, Ibrahimovic and Sanchez, did join the Premier League in the end but only after a "stopover", so I am not sure they count. A few mediocre to good...

  7. Joshua Zirkzee | 2024/25 Performances

    If we have to go back twenty years to find examples, we may as well add Zola, Vialli, Bergkamp, Ravanelli and Henry to the list.

  8. Joshua Zirkzee | 2024/25 Performances

    To be honest, no high profile or 30m+ Serie A forwards have moved to England apart from Zirkzee, Chiesa, Salah, Kulusevski and indirectly Ibrahimovic and Sanchez. And they have mostly done very well. I am not counting Lukaku, who broke through in England. Maybe I am forgetting someone. Most...

  9. Joshua Zirkzee | 2024/25 Performances

    In addition to all Tottenham signings, Salah and Jorginho come to mind...

  10. Scott McTominay | Napoli

    I think this is a simplification, diminishing McTominay's recent performances. Salah, Bentancur, Romero, Kulusevski, Udogie, Bruno Fernandes etc are recent examples of players looking better (or equal) in England than in Italy. Douglas Luiz has had a terrible start to his Juve career, looking...

  11. Wojciech Szczęsny

    He was mostly a very solid keeper, with some minor ups and downs.

  12. Xavi Simons | Signed for Leipzig permanently.

    Eh, that is absolutely wrong? He was definitely not a laughing stock. He was mostly very good and one of the best players in the team, despite tough CB competition. 80 million euros and high wages for a CB is a bit too much, though, and it was reasonable to sell when he could be replaced for...

  13. Ferdi Kadıoğlu | signs for Brighton

    You should pass on Maldini and Zambrotta. There are many exceptions. As long as the player's club performances are also taken into consideration, such signings tend to be fine.

  14. Marcello Lippi's Juventus

    Will never forgive Mijatovics obvious offside goal in 98. Real won 1-0.

  15. Riccardo Calafiori | Signs for Arsenal

    Ogbonna for West Ham. Raggi for Monaco. Udogie for Spurs (although still too young). But none of the best ever moved abroad during their best years. Cannavaro and Zambrotta were already past their peaks when going to Real and Barca.
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