I don't understand why everyone is not more excited about the possibility of this transfer happen. I admit, I am very skeptical about this happening at all but if it does, this has to be one of the biggest signings we have made for a very long time.
One of my friends is a big Madrid fan and is always coming over to my house whenever Madrid is playing so I've seen a lot of him. He has a great touch, his finishing is probably as good as it gets with either his right or left and in a variety of different types of finish (not only tap ins), he's very fast and has that knack of being in the right place at the right time. Not really one to play on the wig but he's more than capable of cutting in from either wing. His link up play is decent but as a striker my main concern is scoring goals and he pretty much guarantees goals. My friend was telling my that since he made his debut in La Liga the only players who have scored more goals than him are Messi and Ronaldo despite playing a lot less minutes than every first choice striker in the league in that time. Haven't seen him do much in terms of headers but then again we're not really a long ball team although in the last season we seem to be resorting to long balls and crosses quite a bit compared to the past.
All in all I think he could well be a very important addition to the squad for me if true and I would much prefer him to Jovetic. I'd probably even prefer him to Rooney (without going into the whole former united player who is a scumbag talk) as he'd be better suited to a lone striker role and will get us more goals. For me Rooney is more effective playing off the striker in a free role and what we urgently need is a striker rather than another support striker. Don't get me wrong Rooney is a great player. I just feel that we need something different to what he can offer before looking at players with that kind of skill set.
I'll have to ask my friend for any good video links to show you what he's capable of because I honestly think he could be amazing for us.
