Saint IQ Posted 9 June, 2015 Posted 9 June, 2015 Apart from Zola and Di Canio (signed well over a decade ago), I'm struggling to think of a sucess story of an Italian in the Premier League. More recently they all seem to be flops, Theres Osvaldo, Balotelli, Aquilani, Bianchi, Dossena, Borini, Giaccherini, Diamanti and probably some more. In fact Pelle could be argued as the most successful italian in recent times Also players coming for big money from the Italian league always seem to fail to impress, I've already mentioned Mario and Aquilani but remember Veron went to United for huge money and was awful and of course our own Osvaldo and Ramirez. So it seems if you want to spend money wisely in this league, best off skipping scouting the Serie A as no matter how well they play over there, recent history says its very unlikely they'll replicate that over here Taking that into account I hope we aren't getting this guy http://talksport.com/football/leeds-united-set-transfer-battle-southampton-serie-star-150609150020? Leeds can have him!
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 9 June, 2015 Posted 9 June, 2015 Italy Italy[edit] Gabriele Ambrosetti – Chelsea – 1999–2000 Marco Ambrosio – Chelsea – 2003–04 Lorenzo Amoruso – Blackburn Rovers – 2003–05 Alberto Aquilani – Liverpool – 2009–12 Dino Baggio – Blackburn Rovers – 2003–04 Francesco Baiano – Derby County – 1997–2000 Mario Balotelli – Manchester City, Liverpool – 2010–13, 2014– Nicola Berti – Tottenham Hotspur – 1997–99 Rolando Bianchi – Manchester City – 2007–08 Patrizio Billio – Crystal Palace – 1997–98 Ivano Bonetti – Crystal Palace – 1997–98 Fabio Borini – Chelsea, Liverpool, Sunderland – 2009–10, 2012– Marco Borriello – West Ham United – 2013–14 Marco Branca – Middlesbrough – 1998–99 Benito Carbone – Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Bradford City, Derby County, Middlesbrough – 1996–2002 Pierluigi Casiraghi – Chelsea – 1998–99 Bernardo Corradi – Manchester City – 2006–07 Carlo Cudicini – Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur – 1999–2011 Daniele Daino – Derby County – 2001–02 Samuele Dalla Bona – Chelsea – 1999–2002 Paolo Di Canio – Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Charlton Athletic – 1997–2004 Roberto Di Matteo – Chelsea – 1996–2001[Note 47] David Di Michele – West Ham United – 2008–09 Alessandro Diamanti – West Ham United – 2008–10 Andrea Dossena – Liverpool, Sunderland – 2008–10, 2013–14 Stefano Eranio – Derby County – 1997–2001 Matteo Ferrari – Everton – 2005–06[Note 48] Gianluca Festa – Middlesbrough – 1996–97, 1998–2002 Emanuele Giaccherini – Sunderland – 2013– Stefano Gioacchini – Coventry City – 1998–99 Corrado Grabbi – Blackburn Rovers – 2001–04 Attilio Lombardo – Crystal Palace – 1997–98 Arturo Lupoli – Arsenal – 2005–06 Massimo Maccarone – Middlesbrough – 2002–04, 2005–07 Federico Macheda – Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers – 2008–12 Roberto Mancini – Leicester City – 2000–01 Vito Mannone – Arsenal, Sunderland – 2008–10, 2012– Dario Marcolin – Blackburn Rovers – 1998–99 Marco Materazzi – Everton – 1998–99 Vincenzo Montella – Fulham – 2006–07 Antonio Nocerino – West Ham United – 2013–14 Stefano Okaka – Fulham – 2009–10 Dani Osvaldo – Southampton – 2013–14[Note 49] Daniele Padelli – Liverpool – 2006–07 Michele Padovano – Crystal Palace – 1997–98 Christian Panucci – Chelsea – 2000–01 Graziano Pellè – Southampton – 2014– Alessandro Pistone – Newcastle United, Everton – 1997–2006 Rodrigo Possebon – Manchester United – 2008–09[Note 18] Fabrizio Ravanelli – Middlesbrough, Derby County – 1996–97, 2001–02 Giuseppe Rossi – Manchester United, Newcastle United – 2005–07[Note 50] Francesco Sanetti – Sheffield Wednesday – 1997–99 Davide Santon – Newcastle United – 2011–14 Matteo Sereni – Ipswich Town – 2001–02 Andrea Silenzi – Nottingham Forest – 1995–97 Massimo Taibi – Manchester United – 1999–2000 Paolo Tramezzani – Tottenham Hotspur – 1998–99 Marcello Trotta – Fulham – 2011–12 Nicola Ventola – Crystal Palace – 2004–05 Gianluca Vialli – Chelsea – 1996–99 Gianfranco Zola – Chelsea – 1996–2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_players
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Window Cleaner Posted 9 June, 2015 Posted 9 June, 2015 (edited) Apart from Zola and Di Canio (signed well over a decade ago), I'm struggling to think of a sucess story of an Italian in the Premier League. More recently they all seem to be flops, Theres Osvaldo, Balotelli, Aquilani, Bianchi, Dossena, Borini, Giaccherini, Diamanti and probably some more. In fact Pelle could be argued as the most successful italian in recent times Also players coming for big money from the Italian league always seem to fail to impress, I've already mentioned Mario and Aquilani but remember Veron went to United for huge money and was awful and of course our own Osvaldo and Ramirez. So it seems if you want to spend money wisely in this league, best off skipping scouting the Serie A as no matter how well they play over there, recent history says its very unlikely they'll replicate that over here Taking that into account I hope we aren't getting this guy http://talksport.com/football/leeds-united-set-transfer-battle-southampton-serie-star-150609150020? Leeds can have him! It's all about, pace and physicality and many players coming from Italy don't have either and very few both. Being a technical genius gets you nowhere when Wes Brown kicks you up in the air. It's not just Italians either, many Spanish,Portuguese and South Americans don't make the grade either. You need special talents to play well in the PL. Edited 9 June, 2015 by Window Cleaner
SNSUN Posted 9 June, 2015 Posted 9 June, 2015 What have the Romans ever done for us? He did sod all. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Gasmi And Abramovich gave us £7 million and Le Saux for Bridge. ;-)
saint-crinny Posted 9 June, 2015 Posted 9 June, 2015 First time round, calling Balotelli a flop at City is over the top for me - occasional liability, definitely, but not a flop. Scored some big goals in their first title-winning season. Not so many successes recently back a while back, plenty of good examples. Zola, Vialli, Di Matteo, Cudicini. Wasnt Vieira digned from Milan as well?
Saint IQ Posted 9 June, 2015 Author Posted 9 June, 2015 Pelle? Hes not done badly. Which is why I said you could argue he's been the most successful in recent times
Saint IQ Posted 9 June, 2015 Author Posted 9 June, 2015 First time round, calling Balotelli a flop at City is over the top for me - occasional liability, definitely, but not a flop. Scored some big goals in their first title-winning season. Not so many successes recently back a while back, plenty of good examples. Zola, Vialli, Di Matteo, Cudicini. Wasnt Vieira digned from Milan as well? And Henry and Bergkamp were signed from Italy, but they were sold because they didn't play well there whereas players like Veron Aquilani and Maccrone were signed for big money after impressing in Italy yet flopped in England. I also maintain Balotelli overall was a flop for City, was the weak link in many loses and Dzeko, Tevez and Aguero were all picked ahead of him
krissyboy31 Posted 9 June, 2015 Posted 9 June, 2015 The ones that Chelsea signed were generally excellent, the rest mostly meh!!
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