Clrnc there are plenty of top Italian players who was superb in PL. Aquilaini, Emi Viviano, Scamacca, Diamanti, Nocerino, Boriello etc
I think you're kind of proving my point there @Clrnc.
- Viviano? That keeper we got back in the day that never played a single game for us?
- Aquilaini was a really good player but didn't he hardly play for Liverpool and ended up being sent on loan a bunch of times because he couldn't adapt?
- Don't even remember Nocerino playing in the PL tbh.
- Boriello was an FM legend back in the day, not sure he reached the peaks he was expected to tbh, but regardless a good player in Italy. Don't remember him in the PL though mind you. Didn't even know he came over.
- Diamanti, I don't even know who that is.
- Scamacca is a recent one so I remember him well but he was only at West Ham for a season and was thoroughly disappointing, hardly scoring at all.
I guess what I'm saying is none of these guys were as good in the PL as you seem to be suggesting, definitely not on the levels of the ones I mentioned if I can't even remember them being in the league, let alone setting league alight.
Certainly not what I'd be thinking when I think of being superb in the league. For that you'd have to be at a playing at consitently good levels in the PL over a number of years. I can guarantee you none of these guys stayed more than a couple years though which kind of shows they either didn't adapt or didn't want to be here.
Edit:
Just checked these names out by the way.
- Viviano only "played" for us in the PL before leaving the country and never returning.
- Aquilaini had one season at Liverpool before he was loaned out for two years and then left.
- Nocerino had one season at WHU in the PL, and only played 10 games before leaving.
- Scamacca only played for WHU in the PL, making 16 appearances and scoring 3 goals.
- Boriello also played only for WHU in the PL, making 2 appearances and and not signing permanently after his loan ended.
- Diamanti had two spells in the PL, first with, you guessed it WHU and then with Watford. His first season he played 28 time in the PL. His second season, just 1. His loan at Watford consisted of just 3 appearances in the PL.
Even Balotelli, who isn't on either your list or mind or my list, despite some great moments, wasn't someone who you though was superb throughout his time in the PL.
