Apparently we are also after Genoa midfielder Andrea Bertolacci as reported in the Italian press following quotes by the Genoa owner. Looks good.
Reminds me a bit of Abdi and has similar stats on FIFA and FM and thus it's a yes from me. Abdi 2.0 in.
Anyone know what type of mid he is ? AM you think Nath ? He missed only 4 league games for Genoa last season, those being through suspension or minor injury. He played in 34 games, starting 31 of them. So a first team regular for Genoa who came 6th in Serie A last season. Received 2 full caps for Italy this season and at the age of 24 still coming into his prime. Still have to pinch myself that we are even being linked to these type of players.
He looks the absolute **** based solely on this video. [video=youtube;Nw8Ykz2aEeA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw8Ykz2aEeA[/video]
http://m.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-...ini-bertolacci-verso-il-ritorno-a-roma-690133 Genoa is moving on several fronts. Enrico Preziosi met in the evening Walter Sabatini, ds of Roma with whom he talked about the future of Andrea Bertolacci . The parties reached an agreement in principle because the player will become wholly owned by the Roma. The feeling is that the agreement that it would become all red and yellow, allowing him to return to the club where he grew up, is at hand; Genoa afternoon asking 7.5 million, while Roma will offered five. The distance was then reduced in the evening, with a figure that might be fixed at six million plus bonuses. A svelatlo is Sky Sports .
Based on roughly 5 games I've seen him in he's absolutely quality. Genuinely caught my eye first time I saw him, searched him & saw Udinese were after him. Not suprised to see he's signing for Roma, belongs at that sort of level.
He has not signed for Roma. Will he? Highly doubtful. main priority is the Belgian they had on loan from Calgari.
True but I believe the price is the stumbling point there, think it's about £20-25m. This guys a completely different player though. I'm not gonna try and spell his name (ok I will - naingglaolan) is more of a holding mid.
There's something not right here. That quote from the Genoa president is almost exactly the same (give or take a bit of google translate errors) as the one about Perotti but this time perotti's name has been removed: "Bertolacci it will go away , it is inevitable. Perotti has three requests, Valencia, Inter Milan and Watford." "Bertolacci? It will go away because it is inevitable. I received three requests: Valencia, Watford and Inter"
As I pointed out on the Perotti thread one of the media sources has guffed up the quote. We just don't know which.
