From Harry's press conference: Zapata was a player we talked abut. He's got a big future. But at the moment he's not what we're looking for.
Yep, we don't want a player running around scoring goals unchecked. We need a few midfielders to run around in circles.
Brilliant, the twat of a manager pulls out because hes too young and wants to sign "a more experienced forward". Cue some crap, injury prone 30 something that hasnt been good for years.
I find this all rather strange It seems that we are not looking for a young, enthusisatic up and coming player with bags of potential which we may be able to sell on in a few years for a good profit then. Persuambly then we will continue with our usual target, an overpaid has been, injury prone who is just content to take the cash until his inevitable retirement.
This is interesting. I think it is likely we decided there was no chance of a work permit and chucked it in rather than waste more time. But if this was Harold's call on talent we have a real benchmark on his eye for a player. If Zapata is knocking them in for Napoli (or whoever) all season then bags a few for Columbia at the World Cup, I won't be helping him scrape the egg off his face. Mind you on the evidence of the video he didn't look half as good as Austin to me.
