Not really that bothered anymore. And seriously, there is no guarantee he'll do better than Defoe and Ade anyway. Like most Brazilian flair players I think he needs to 1-2 seasons in a lesser league to ease into life in Europe.
I would be amazed if he did better than both Defoe and Adebayor to be honest. All it takes is a quick glance at his record to see he has become wildly over rated by some. He no way justifies a supposed £20m+ price tag.
He is also pretty far from being a flair Brazilian player.
Not sure be can be labeled as wildly over rated, he is a very good player with an excellent record (if you're wondering why his goal return in Serie A this season was low it's because he was injured for half the season).
A very good player in Brazil, with the potential to be a good player outside of Brazil. But £20m+ is too high an asking amount and we're not in desperate need of him now.
Yes we are. We have 4 goal keepers and two strikers. If one striker gets injured, we don't exactly have many options, not to mention that Defoe is 30 now.
I'd rather we go all out for Moutinho or get on someone like Ganso, we desperately miss VDV.
Ganso signed for Sao Paulo 2 and a half months ago, he's not going anyway for the foreseeable future.
I remember 4 months ago every one here was praising this lad and his skills, fans were furious when his price went up after the Olympic games and we did not sign him as it was expected.I would be amazed if he did better than both Defoe and Adebayor to be honest. All it takes is a quick glance at his record to see he has become wildly over rated by some. He no way justifies a supposed £20m+ price tag.
He is also pretty far from being a flair Brazilian player.
I remember 4 months ago every one here was praising this lad and his skills, fans were furious when his price went up after the Olympic games and we did not sign him as it was expected.
Now 4 months later you write him off ? far from being a Brazilian flair ? what have exactly happened since August that you have all changed your minds ? Defoe started to score ?
I remember 4 months ago every one here was praising this lad and his skills, fans were furious when his price went up after the Olympic games and we did not sign him as it was expected.
Now 4 months later you write him off ? far from being a Brazilian flair ? what have exactly happened since August that you have all changed your minds ? Defoe started to score ?
I never rated him that highly before though. I wrote him off to a degree long before the Olympic Games based on what I had seen.
He is far from a Brazilian flair player is what I said. The reason why people think he could be suited o the English game is his style, direct, quite physical etc. He is certainly not in the Kaka, Ronaldinho or Robinho category who are flair players.
He isn't a bad player by any means just not worth £20m and I don't think he is good enough for us and where we want to go.
As far as I know he plays in a different roll on the field. he is a striker and the names you have mentioned play behind the striker or as attacking midfield/wing position, any way except for Robinho they do have more flair then him and brasil_spur have said we were desperate in the summer.I never rated him that highly before though. I wrote him off to a degree long before the Olympic Games based on what I had seen.fre
He is far from a Brazilian flair player is what I said. The reason why people think he could be suited o the English game is his style, direct, quite physical etc. He is certainly not in the Kaka, Ronaldinho or Robinho category who are flair players.
He isn't a bad player by any means just not worth £20m and I don't think he is good enough for us and where we want to go.