The other way to look at it is we switched focus from pursuing Vlahovic once we heard Martinez was available There's certainly reasons to think this could be the case here i.) As was said by a few sources in the past week, the plan was to have Vlahovic and Kane, not Vlahovic or Kane ii.) On the balance sheet it actually looks better value: Fiorentina were asking for £42m for Vlahovic who has had one good season and a handful of international appearances, while Martinez would cost £50m yet has had several good seasons in his career domestically and in Europe plus is a regular at international level, so the extra £8m does look like a better investment (on paper...) iii.) Inter have been linked with Vlahovic as a Lukaku replacement in the last couple of days
It would be Karma. Imagine Kane joins them and suddenly they end up just missing out on cups and titles.
I wouldn't, considering Silva's outright stated he would rather go to Spain or, at a push, Portugal More than anything else, I'd rather we told them to show their commitment and offer somebody they're not trying to bin off, so if they want Kane they better be prepared to let Phil Foden leave to fulfill his ambitions of playing for a club who wouldn't go out of business if ISIS blow up a fuel line
I think Silva just wants to be a regular starter in his preferred position. I can't see how he gets a move to either Spain or Portugal in the current climate. Maybe a loan with an option to buy or something? Even then...
Inter are in talks with Edin Dzeko, which is as damning a commentary on dire financial straits as I've ever seen.
On a different note, it has to be said Argentine players tend to have a toolset that's far more balanced than their Brazilian or Spanish ones for when they move abroad They have the skill to succeed in Spain or France They have the physicality to succeed in Italy and England (and, in Caniggia's case, Scotland) They have the pace to succeed in Germany or Holland In comparison look at how many Brazilians haven't succeeded in the Premier League (i.e. Robinho and Paulinho), or how it's a widespread belief in Italy that Spanish players can't hack it in Serie A
I think this coincides with Argentina being the most European-like (specifically Italian-like) country in South America
Most of the chatter is that we had agreed a fee for Martinez days ago but then Chelsea ramped up their offer for Lukaku and now Inter have no intention of letting their 2 star players leave in the same window. No matter when, where or how we arrange the parade, Chelsea will piss on it.
Man City too. Had they paid up for Harry we could have got Martinez by now and pissed on Chelsea's parade
If ENIC build a self-sustaining fusion reactor at new WHL that should kill about 100 birds with one stone.
Uruguay is similarly European, yet Uruguayan players are far more hit and miss in Europe, for example Forlan was great in Spain but a punchline in England, Godin was immense in Spain but terrible in Italy, Coates was poor in England but damn good in Portugal, and so on A large part of this could be traced to the roots of the two countries: in Argentina the largest number of people with European ancestry have Italian roots, which is why a lot of Argentine players qualify for Italian passports (case in point, Gio Lo Celso and Erik Lamela both have Italian passports) while a lot of Uruguayans have Italian roots, which is why both Forlan and Godin have Spanish citizenship (while Luis Suarez tried to get an Italian passport and failed)
Being serious, subtract CL football and add new WHL, and you have the same pitch I suggested for Zlatan in 2017,
Plenty of failed argentinians in the uk. Di Maria barely set the league on fire after a fast start. Lamela was so so Lo celso doesnt look great atm. Heinze probably goes down as a failure. Veron. Crespo (who i really liked but people say failed). Theres a few for thought
