Lukaku is not a top striker though.
Gonzalo Higuain | BBC: Joins Juventus
- Thread starter Sean_RedDevil
- Start date
- Status
Quite so, Higuain pretty much guarantees that they will be the leading force in Italy for a few more years. With Pogba or not, I don't think he improves their CL chances that much
At the same time, Juve has a 'bottling' mentality when it comes to UCL/European Cup (having lost 6 out of 8 finals), so I guess that he'll fit there.
Atalanta, Empoli, Crotone, Pescara etc should be scared. Barca, Bayern and co shouldn't.
Higuain is better, proven in Italy and on top of that Everton will hold onto him unless they receive an offer for ton of money.
I'm sure they could get Aubemeyang for that price or even less. Maybe even Benzema. Diego Costa seems to be leaving Chelsea as well. Cavani?
Someone on the previous page suggested Juve can sign a better striker with less money.
I would like to know who that striker is?
I would like to know who that striker is?
Auba? I don't think he's for sale otherwise surely City could've spend that money on him.
Benzema I can't see leaving Madrid for Juve.
Diego Costa is a year younger and still would be worth a lot of money(and probably want to go back to Spain).
Ridiculous amount of money 
We may have bottled 2 or 3 finals but a final comes down to luck mostly. Consistently getting to finals proves we have been one of the best teams in Europe over the years.
So i really dont see that as bottling. We bottled it against Dortmund but they scored from every chance they had early on. Real Madrid beat us with an offside goal in 98. We lost to Milan on penalties. We should have had a penalty against Barca last season at 1-1 but it wasn't given.
If you dont have luck in a final you will not win it unless you completely dominate the opponent but even Bayern dominated Chelsea and still lost in the final.
Trust me if Pogba is staying every team will fear us. We won't have a weakness in that team.
As Napoli are about to blow Higuain money on Lacazette, Arsenal fans are wondering where their world class striker signing is coming from.
Proven in Italy lol
Id take Lukaku over Higuain. €100m odd for a 28 year old striker is mental
Is Higuain really worth this 100m???
No but he's the best striker we can buy right now.
Considering how often Higuain fails when it matters, I'd say the same of him.
What's so funny?
He's accustomed to the league and won't require adaptation - settled, knows the language, etc...Auba was off the market the minute Hummels signed for Bayern. Juve could have offered every cent you guys throw at them for Pogba and it would not have made a difference.
He's definitely one of the better strikers around there is no denying that. Having him and Dybala up front will do a lot of damage to teams.
I'm not denying that. Lukaku with Dybala could do similar things. My point is if I were you, I'd prefer Lukaku or Lacazette.
Juve are buying the best striker in the league - one of the best strikers in the Europe - from a rival club that knows they are likely to be flush with cash any day now. This was always going to be a heavily inflated deal. But all in all Juve have done some good business this window, regardless of them potentially losing Pogba.
Lukaku is average though.
He is statistically the best striker in the Italian league....by far. The 2nd highest goal scorer is not even close.
If Juve want to win everything (and I think that his their plan), it's money well spent.
What's so funny?
The Italian league is a tier below the other big leagues. There's a good chance Higuain's numbers are inflated as a result. I'm not says he's a bad player by any means, but I think if Lukaku played for Juve he would score a shedload.
This would be a great time to give Juve a crank phone call saying we're dropping our interest in Pogba.
Mate, 100m for a soon to be 29 year old is insane, unless it's Messi or Ronaldo like I said earlier. I understand what you're saying in the sense you're weakening your opponent, but there are better strikers out there for them to buy and they'd still walk that league given the state of the two Milan teams etc.
It's a ridiculous sum of money as that's still excluding salary.
Ah but then Bonucci to City for €65m
They have money to spend after we pay them over 120 m €
Higuain is proven in the Italian league.
Lukaku and Lacazette are not proven.
Juve are a club with huge aspirations, so they need proven quality; not punts.
IMO Lukaku and Lacazette are not good enough for a team aiming to win titles and the CL. I will stick to that opinion until they perform on the big stage or start winning titles/medals.
Their owners/top brass would all suffer from heart attacks.
Yeah right.
Im also not sure i'd shell out a 100mill euros on a soon to be 29 year old in Juve's position.. but easy come easy go eh?
It's funny though how so many of us (me aswell at first) were puzzled at the reported fee for Pogba. Endless arguments by each side whether he is worth it. Now Juve are paying that for a striker approaching 30 albeit a very good one in all fairness 
I've got to visit that Juventus forum
Isn't it amazing what one transaction can do to the transfer market. I think when Real signed Kaka and Ronaldo in 2009 they kind of broke the mould for the value of top players. If we sign Pogba for 100m and Juve hand 80% of that money to Napoli, what will Napoli do? Probably buy a 60 million player and so on. It's like a chain reaction.
I've got to visit that Juventus forum
Isn't it amazing what one transaction can do to the transfer market. I think when Real signed Kaka and Ronaldo in 2009 they kind of broke the mould for the value of top players. If we sign Pogba for 100m and Juve hand 80% of that money to Napoli, what will Napoli do? Probably buy a 60 million player and so on. It's like a chain reaction.
He wouldn't do anything in Serie A. Italian defenders would have a field day with him.
How is Lukaku not proven in England? Established 20 goals per season striker.. With a far lesser support cast too.
If they had of signed Ronaldo first they would have probably got him for £50 million. When they signed Kaka for £60 million United made sure to milk them.It's funny though how so many of us (me aswell at first) were puzzled at the reported fee for Pogba. Endless arguments by each side whether he is worth it. Now Juve are paying that for a striker approaching 30 albeit a very good one in all fairness
I've got to visit that Juventus forum
Isn't it amazing what one transaction can do to the transfer market. I think when Real signed Kaka and Ronaldo in 2009 they kind of broke the mould for the value of top players. If we sign Pogba for 100m and Juve hand 80% of that money to Napoli, what will Napoli do? Probably buy a 60 million player and so on. It's like a chain reaction.
Statistically the Italian league is amongst the four top leagues still (and has been for quite some time) the league with the lowest amount of goals per game. If there is anything where the Serie A is equal to the other three it is defensive organisation, cohesion and tactical discipline. The EPL is in terms of defensive quality certainly not as great right now to argue in favor of a substainable higher difficulty to score goals.
The famous Serie A quality defence where a player like Higuain scores 36 in 35 leagues games, and is the leagues all-time record goal-scorer Serie A.
Yes, we should spend that on Jamie Vardy instead.
Players who have not managed to score 36 goals in a season lately:
Ibrahimovic, Tevez, Dybala, Bacca, Icardi, Cavani, Di Natale.
Higuaín is clearly doing something exceptional. Not sure he is worth 94 m euros, but he is one of the top goalscorers in the world right now.
I guess it is other qualities that count in Serie A than in the EPL. The EPL strikers are all very physical and that seems to be a big success there. The Serie A striker probably has to be very sneaky... (That is why the older guys still are very successful there - Luca Toni still had a lot of success)...
Shades of Liverpool throwing the bank at Carroll after selling Torres for 50M. A player that is nowhere near to be worth that sum just being bought because the club received a massive lump of cash.
- Status