Gunner89 wrote: The league is the one place you can uniformly judge because all premier league players play the same teams bar 1.
The league is the one place you can uniformly judge because all premier league players play the same teams bar 1.
Except you were comparing Giroud to Mandzukic, who plays in a different league 😆
So, anyway, back to Mr Balotelli.....Are there any clubs out there that realistically will blow us out the water if he lets out his Milan frustration and has a storming World Cup?
If there are they'll probably be selling a striker to make room for Balotelli. So if it's Madrid or PSG we can get Benzema 🙁 or Cavani 🙂
You're off the Benzema wagon now as well?
It's odd, but I would feel a bit dissapointed if we signed him. I want one of the Uruguayans or a super talented younger player.
I was never on the Benzema wagon, definitely not this season anyway. He's a talented guy but I don't trust his will or attitude.
Ricky1985 wrote: So, anyway, back to Mr Balotelli.....Are there any clubs out there that realistically will blow us out the water if he lets out his Milan frustration and has a storming World Cup?
I can't see anyone being interested in blowing us out of the water if we want him.
Which raises the question, do we really want to take a risk on him? Do we really want to risk the team attitude and togetherness that has taken so long to achieve? For me, it's a no.
Atletico Madrid, but they are poor and can't afford to spend much. Maybe if they take the Costa money (assuming he'll actually leave) and reinvest it in Balotelli.
Klaus wrote: Ricky1985 wrote: So, anyway, back to Mr Balotelli.....Are there any clubs out there that realistically will blow us out the water if he lets out his Milan frustration and has a storming World Cup? Atletico Madrid, but they are poor and can't afford to spend much. Maybe if they take the Costa money (assuming he'll actually leave) and reinvest it in Balotelli.
But would he want to go there? I would have to imagine part of the appeal of coming back to England for Balotelli would be to get away from the dire racism situation in Italy. It's not like Spain doesn't have problems of their own in that regard...
Or England for that matter: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2582945/Premier-League-stars-reveal-racism-homophobia-rife-game.html
He'll go to the club that wants him the most, I reckon. Simeone is the kind of manager who would work wonders with him.
balotelli's attitude problems are way overblown. i wouldn't be motivated all the time if i got racially abused at work and my boss didn't care, either.
He was clearly promised big things when he signed for Milan too. Instead they continued to gut their squad and bring in free agents and had their worst season in modern history. Balotelli was one of the few players who actually contributed with something useful and he received an unproportional amount of blame for the turn their season took. There has been a racial element to some of the criticism he's had to deal with in my opinion. Antonio Cassano was madder than Balotelli will ever be and produced less on the field, and he never had to deal with this shit. People didn't camp outside his home or followed his parents around.
kamikaze wrote: balotelli's attitude problems are way overblown. i wouldn't be motivated all the time if i got racially abused at work and my boss didn't care, either.
Klaus wrote: He was clearly promised big things when he signed for Milan too. Instead they continued to gut their squad and bring in free agents and had their worst season in modern history. Balotelli was one of the few players who actually contributed with something useful and he received an unproportional amount of blame for the turn their season took. There has been a racial element to some of the criticism he has had to deal with too in my opinion. Antonio Cassano was madder than Balotelli will ever be and produced less on the field, and he never had to deal with this shit. People didn't camp outside his home or followed his parents around.
He was clearly promised big things when he signed for Milan too. Instead they continued to gut their squad and bring in free agents and had their worst season in modern history. Balotelli was one of the few players who actually contributed with something useful and he received an unproportional amount of blame for the turn their season took. There has been a racial element to some of the criticism he has had to deal with too in my opinion. Antonio Cassano was madder than Balotelli will ever be and produced less on the field, and he never had to deal with this shit. People didn't camp outside his home or followed his parents around.
Wham and Bam. (I agree).
Its really not just about milan its about him as a person and i think this highlights that he just does what he wants. Sure he was young but this is not normal.
RvP did pretty much the same thing when he was starting out here.
Monaco are linked.
Ibrahimovic's goal scoring record was quite similar to Balotelli at around his age, you just have to look at the quality of the player when someone like that becomes available.
Gurgen wrote: RvP did pretty much the same thing when he was starting out here.
I remember that game. Wenger was furious. He was waiting at the sideline and yelling at him. I've never seen him do that to a player before. He looked like he was about to slap him.
Rayman wrote: Ibrahimovic's goal scoring record was quite similar to Balotelli at around his age, you just have to look at the quality of the player when someone like that becomes available.
Ibrahimovic is also far more of a nutter than mario.
He has booted about 4 team mates and punched a few more as well.
Ricky1985 wrote: So, anyway, back to Mr Balotelli.....Are there any clubs out there that realistically won't blow us out the water if he lets out his Milan frustration and has a storming World Cup?
So, anyway, back to Mr Balotelli.....Are there any clubs out there that realistically won't blow us out the water if he lets out his Milan frustration and has a storming World Cup?
Fixed that for you Rick.
