We can get him for £40m possibly. Why not? Italian clubs don't have a lot of money and Torino is a pretty small club. The 100m is just his release clause and the papers using it to make the transfer sound sexier than it actually is.
Andrea Belotti
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Any Italian posters that can give us an informed opinion on him that goes beyond YouTube and video games?
Blunt answer is you can't attract Lewandowski or Suarez at this time, so you are gonna take an expensive bet on some prospect, be it Lukaku, Belotti or similar level: players approaching their prime, physically strong enough to thrive in the PL, not the finished article yet and needing to develop together with the team. You can't replace Ibra with them, that's for sure. High risk, good but not exceptional reward then. If that's it, why don't use Martial and Rashford together with an experienced and proven 2nd tier striker like Vardy plus someone like James behind them?
if we had Dzeko and Ibra this year, we would be near Chelsea
Excellent aerial threat, but considering we don't have a single player who can deliver a decent cross it seems somewhat pointless.
Very interesting:
- Andrea Belotti. Torino. 108 per goal. 2711 played. ...
- Edin Dzeko. Roma. 112 per goal. 2793 played. ...
- Mauro Icardi. Inter Milan. 119 per goal. 2867 played. ...
- Gonzalo Higuaín. Juventus. 116 per goal. ...
- Dries Mertens. Napoli. 101 per goal. ...
- Ciro Immobile. Lazio. 142 per goal. ...
- Marco Borriello. Cagliari. 143 per goal. ...
- Alejandro Gomez. Atalanta. 202 per goal
Dzeko would be in fact the best opportunity if we make a cost-benefit analysis imho, Roma may well offload him because Monchi is going to reset the club and needs fresh legs (and money). United may get him for £25-30m imho and fill the hole upfront for a couple of years.
Dzeko and Mandzukic are probably the best short term options.
Agreed. Hopefully that will change in the summer with the addition of a new fullback.
This is a major concern for me too - we have more issues to resolve than we'd like to admit.
Replace Ibra? Great, that's one job to complete.
But what about the fact that supplying said Ibra replacement is also a major job given we have nobody capable of supplying that striker with quality balls.
This is exactly the reason I don't want us to sign him. What is the point is spending so much money on a player that is good in the air if we can't supply him with good aerial balls ?
Imo we need to look at another striker that fits better in our current team, Belotti is a misfit, which probably means we will sign him and break the bank on him just to label him as a poor quality player 6 months down the line because he can't score goals for fun anymore at the PL getting no decent supply.
Daily Mail reckon we're bidding for him but i think it's the Express that are saying Chelsea are trying to hijack our deal. He'd be a good replacement for Costa and Conte will probably hold some sway. Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be another Drogba situation.
Reminds a bit of RvN.
I try not get drawn into transfer chit chat, but I find the idea of signing James Rodriguez and Jamie Vardy a bit of a bug out.
He looks like a really raw version of Costa, but technically he looks worse than Lukaku imo. So people who complain about Lukaku having a bad touch is in for a shock after watching Belotti.
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He's not Peter feckin Crouch, is he? He seems to be good at plenty of things - movement, finishing, pressing and defensive contribution. It's a weird argument that he'd be wasted because we wouldn't give him many header opportunities. I don't think we'd be getting him for that.
I'm not convinced this transfer is the best idea but him being good at headers is not among my concerns.
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That is the best approach.
No way we'll go for him, especially not for that much money
Seems like a Mourinho type striker. Strong, aggressive and good in the air.
I doubt anyone will pay close to that this Summer. And, Cairo probably understands that he can cash on him now, given the season he's having. If someone offered 40 - 50, he would definitely sell.
Looks really different with a beard.
His bread and butter goals from what I have seen are mainly converting good crosses with his head. I'am not saying he is a bad striker but take that out of his game because there won't be alot of good crosses and he simply isn't worth the huge price tag.
Hasn't impressed me from what I've seen of him.
He reminds me of Milito albeit not as good technically, and he's really good with both feet, always big plus for a striker
Don't know about his price, but I was reading an interview with Glik yesterday and the reporter was talking with him about potential transfers of Mbappe, etc. He said something along the lines of 'if Belotti has a 100 mln Euro clause, Mbappe will go for minimum the same'. Now I don't know if Glik knows his stuff (they used to be team mates at Torino, Glik was their captain) or he just read some report in a paper about his clause but this number seems to be popping up every now and then.
It is his release clause I reckon, its been reported widely. Doesnt really matter though, Torino will sell for less.
Diego Costa to China, means Belotti to Chelsea imho.
You are insane if you think Vardy is anywhere near 2nd tier quality; despite the crooked Ballon D'or results.
Bill Oddie and Tony Marshall upfront.Looks really different with a beard.
Lukaku
Reminds me a bit of Saha. He's all round good physically and seems like he could improve the team by replacing someone who's much more of a star than him (in this case, Ibra).
Would prefer Berardi even after the injury.
You will be pleasantly surprised if United sign him then.
Good chance to see him against a top defence in the Turin derby tomorrow.
Tbh I'm only judging him off the 2 Torino games I've watched all season and youtube videos, so I've not really seen him regularly enough to judge him that well.This post does not fill me with hope.
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