Confirmed Transfers 2012/13 Thread (aka the mesh shirts gets Kensington excited thread)

Unfortunately for Marotta, a lot of the buying was done by Secco.

Truth is that the market sucks out there. There are no great strikers available. Just a bunch of clones.

 

And I disagree and you know so. The quality is not much different, if any. I watched the Super Coppa last night. I did not see anything special about Cavani that would have made a difference for Juve. It is not as if there are a ton of balls played into the penalty area that our strikers miss. We just don't play that way.

 

Bari have become the latest Serie B side to be paired with available Juventus goalkeeper Nicola Leali.
The custodian, 19, joined the Bianconeri in a €3.8m move from Brescia at the start of July, but he’s set for an immediate loan switch.
Given that the Old Lady have Gigi Buffon and Marco Storari on their books, Lealiwill be offered no playing time with La Signora in 2012-13.
Crotone and Lanciano had showed some interest in the Italian, but it appears that Bari are also assessing taking him on loan for the next 12 months.

 

Last night was not the first time that I watched Cavani and it was not the first time that he did not impress me. He is not this great striker some of you make him out or wish him to be.

I said a lot of the buying was done by Secco, not all. Marotta, like Moggi, is not going to hit 100%. That is why I do not criticize him like some here. I remember when we got Krasic. Some here and some in the media claimed him to be the next Nedved. What a ********ing joke. Elia was another miss no doubt. Just did not fit here. But some of the players, like Melo, that some of you wish would be sold for outrageous sums is just not going to happen.

 

Who is Melo?

Cavani is a good striker, nothing else. He would do well at Juve but be no different than what we have now. He brings nothing new to the table. Why you think otherwise, I have no idea.

 

Isn't that all you want out of a player?

 

i dont think cavani is that consistent and he's kind of like an ibra "minnows killer" although he can have some big games too but overall im not too impressed, just cuz he has a good goal tally at napoli who plays counter attack futbol (mostly due to lavezzi) it doesnt mean he can do the same at juve, which is NOT a striker centric team. He is if anything just a tad bit better than matri. I like to see how he'll do with lavezzi gone
and again theres the uruguay ex in olympics

 

I want that out of all players who wear the bianconero. But for us to shell out 20 million or more for Cavani is a waste of money. It does not improve us significantly, if at all.

I am not alone.

 

And that won for Napoli the scudetto, CL, Coppa Italia, Super Coppa ....

 

He's scored 49 goals in 68 games in 2 seasons at Napoli. Try to wrap your head around that. 49 goals in 68 games against Serie A defenses. Also, he's scored 5 goals in 8 Champions League games (let's not forget what group they were in), and 12 goals in 18 European matches overall with Napoli. To call him a "minnow killer" is absolutely false. He kills more than just minnows. Let's compare that with Ibrahimovic's 2 years at Milan - 42 goals in 61 games in league play and 9 goals in 16 European matches. Cavani's strike rate is actually higher than Ibrahimovic's in league play, and better than Ibrahimovic's in Europe.

Whether you think he'll fit or not is one thing, but to say he won't produce is just flat out wrong.

 

Why does it matter what he costs? Is it your money?

 

like i said he's better than ibra in the minnow killer dept. but like i said lets see how he'll do without lavezzi

 

It has everything to do with bringing him to Juve. We are not bringing a player to boost his stats. We bring players to win championships. That is the entire point.

 

If Cavani comes and gets Vucinic minutes, we are looking at maybe 15 goals. The system we play does not feed the striker with a lot of chances. I think Cavani could be a good work horse in Conte's system but it will be a lot of what we see already in Matri. So unless he is brought on board and the game plan changes where he is the focus of the attack, don't expect a lot out of him. And I doubt the tactics will be changed for a player who is nothing special anyway.

 

This is why any player should be brought to Juve ....