Yeah, he doesn't strike me as the kinda player that's going to bang in tons of goals like Sonny or Kane, but it does seem like he doesn't let the big occasion overawe him. in fact he seems to have the ability to upset the opposition team by some weird combination of shithousery and being pretty dangerous on the ball.Hey mate, very good Q/point. I think you could say he has the ability and potential to deliver on big occasions and it’s true that without him they probably wouldn’t have won the Conference League.
I can’t however lie and say that he is a reliable goal scorer in big games as he’s not scored a huge amount of goals in his career but I do remember off the top of my head he has scored big goals in the league in previous seasons before his injury against Milan and Napoli and I think a few in the CL against Porto or another Portuguese team also a few seasons back.
He’s a very talented player who can create something out of nothing or a moment of magic, part of the concern with him is that he’s not delivered big performances and goals as regularly enough as he was doing before his ACL but the Confence League goals were certainly a step in the right direction. That being said I don’t think he’ll ever be a player who scores you a ton of goals.
He can be a bit fiesty and picks up quite a few yellows especially last season and one red I think I remember.
I think if Conte does want him it’ll be more because he would offer us some creativity and a type of player we don’t currently have as well as being a bit of a punt on him returning to his pre ACL form in which case he’d be absolutely fantastic for us, I wouldn’t say conte would be looking at him solely for his mentality but yea ability wise he can on his day produce a big performance for sure.
Hope that helps / answers your question somewhat. @Ghost Hardware might want to add more
I see we are slowly in the acceptance stage. ?
The problem is Roma want a loan with obligation, not option. The way I see it is he is a much higher risk than Maddison would be as he is not proven in the premier league. If he was available at a decent price then it mitigates that risk to some degree. Roma want 60M Euros for him though, which is a similar price to what we could probably get Maddison for at much lower risk. On top of this there is his injury history, two ACL's, what are the chances of a third????Trix was only saying yesterday there would be plenty of these loan options for clubs willing to take a chance on someone. Zaniolo fits that description given his injury issues. He’s still young and has loads of room for improvement and if Conte wants him I cannot see any big downside on a one yr deal with an option.
People pitching this as us picking him over Maddison when the itk we have says he may not even be available this summer.
Yet we bought ndombele,If Conte is all in for him, why not? I imagine we would do a deal that suits all parties. We aren't stupid, every transfer incurs a risk, especially this one given his injury record.
can’t wait to come back to this post when you realise he’s really not good.A good number of posters will be eating their words if he does indeed sign. Great player and seemingly one Conte wants.
Things have changed quite a bit at the club since we signed Tanguy and I honestly can't see us making such a mistake again.Yet we bought ndombele,
can’t wait to come back to this post when you realise he’s really not good.
It was a player who was due at Hotspur Way who supposedly didn't come because their agent wasn't able to make the trip. Looking back it may have been BissoumaSorry now if it’s been posted earlier in the thread but wasn’t there an agent from Italy due to come over earlier in the window that was postponed last minute? Wonder if it was to do with this guy and so suggests we have been looking at it for a while?
As opposed to Arsenal who are building a team of midgetsWe're building a team of giants
The best ever buddy! He could change his name to Erik Rabona and no-one would begrudge him!!The lad could rabona with the best of them though! ?