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Forza Italian Football are reporting our interest in Alberto Paloschi. This may well be a realistic option for us.
Premier League side Swansea City have joined the queue of Serie A sides eager to sign Chievo striker Alberto Paloschi.
The Swans recently appointed Francesco Guidolin as their new coach, and the former Udinese boss has reportedly expressed his desire to bring the 26-year-old to Wales in an attempt to improve the team’s scoring record as they have only found the net on 22 occasions in the 2015-16 season.
According to Sky Sport Italia, Swansea have increased their previous offer to €8 million plus €2m in bonuses in order to beat Atalanta, who have seen their bid of €7m plus €1m in bonuses rejected.
Sampdoria have also been linked to the player, as they could soon lose their forward Eder, with the likes of Leicester City and Inter keen on the Brazilian-born Italy international.
Paloschi has scored eight goals in 21 Serie A appearances so far, closing in on his 2013-2014 record of 13 league goals.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 11:20 - Jan 28 with 3744 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 08:54 - Jan 28 by Daggyjack
Don't think Guidolin headhunted him, we put in a £4 million bid for him just before Christmas. However, if Guidolin didn't rate him, I doubt if we'd be bidding for him now.
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This, although a friend's son-in-law is Italian and watches Serie A more than the Prem rates him as "alright".
Must have something about him though else other Italian clubs wouldn't be after him. But yes, The Don not saying no speaks volumes.
Also on BBC website, so must be pretty strong indicators that he's seriously considering the move. They always triple-check before repeating tittle-tattle.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 11:31 - Jan 28 with 3677 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 11:20 - Jan 28 by DafyddHuw
This, although a friend's son-in-law is Italian and watches Serie A more than the Prem rates him as "alright".
Must have something about him though else other Italian clubs wouldn't be after him. But yes, The Don not saying no speaks volumes.
Also on BBC website, so must be pretty strong indicators that he's seriously considering the move. They always triple-check before repeating tittle-tattle.
Which other clubs in Italy have shown an interest in signing him?
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 11:41 - Jan 28 with 3606 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 08:54 - Jan 28 by Daggyjack
Don't think Guidolin headhunted him, we put in a £4 million bid for him just before Christmas. However, if Guidolin didn't rate him, I doubt if we'd be bidding for him now.
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Wouldn't be surprised if the appointment of FG had maybe swung this deal in our favour when others were reportedly interested. He may even have spoken to him or his agent. Whatever the reason, this could be an interesting one.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 11:56 - Jan 28 with 3480 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 11:41 - Jan 28 by Griffting
Sampdoria wanted him as a replacement for there main striker if he went to Leicester but the guy turned Leicester down.
There's been some discussion on here about where he can (or should?) play. Is her more of a withdrawn striker playing behind the main front man? Or is he suited to playing the main front role himself? Has your friend who watches Italian football regularly commented?
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 12:00 - Jan 28 with 3443 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 11:56 - Jan 28 by Sheffieldjack
There's been some discussion on here about where he can (or should?) play. Is her more of a withdrawn striker playing behind the main front man? Or is he suited to playing the main front role himself? Has your friend who watches Italian football regularly commented?
Sorry butt, that's all I know. Bit of a disturbing stat tho. He's been caught offside more times than any other player - except one. Guess who that one is?
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 12:12 - Jan 28 by DafyddHuw
Sorry butt, that's all I know. Bit of a disturbing stat tho. He's been caught offside more times than any other player - except one. Guess who that one is?
Stinks of another Gomis to me sadly. We have already got 1 striker who can't stay onside, I don't fancy another.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 12:19 - Jan 28 with 3290 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 12:12 - Jan 28 by DafyddHuw
Sorry butt, that's all I know. Bit of a disturbing stat tho. He's been caught offside more times than any other player - except one. Guess who that one is?
Yeah, I've picked that one up elsewhere. Hopefully it will be an area where Paloschi improves with us rather than driving everyone mad like Gomis does with his lazy offsides which are very irritating.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 12:37 - Jan 28 with 3191 views
8M gets you a 12-15 goal a season striker at best for a team like us, i believe that given a run and taking into account his work rate when we have and have not got the ball then he is capable of getting that tally of goals.
We got lucky with Mich with the fee we paid and Bony could have easily not worked out and many fans were saying early on that he was not up to it. We wont get another Michu at 2M and as our time in the premier league goes on, we will find it harder to find goalscorers and ones who fall into our fee structure. We will have to take gambles on players like Paloschi in hope we can get another Michu or Bony.
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 13:25 - Jan 28 by jasper_T
£8m for an average at best player from a worse league than ours is just like £5m for an average at best player from a worse league than ours.
He's not good enough to start for us except in need.
In fairness i'd say that Serie A is more competitive than the Portuguese league.. Paloschi i'd heard of before we were linked and was also produced by an elite club in AC Milan. Eder or the other hand.. Not saying he's the saviour, just saying he's probably better than Eder.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 13:47 - Jan 28 with 2831 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 13:21 - Jan 28 by jasper_T
Seen enough of him to not be excited by the prospect. Another Eder signing, cheap enough wage but more up front than he's worth.
Hopefully Guidolin can find use for him. Not been the case for most of our squad players so far.
Can I ask how you've seen so much of him?
I mean, enough that you believe that our manager who has managed in the top flight in Italy for 30 years or so, and has had this guy playing for him for two seasons (a guy who, incidentally has represented Italy at every age level up to 21s and has been twice called to train with the senior squad in the past couple of years, and had his formative years at one of Italy's top clubs) is wrong in believing that he will be a good signing for us at the price?
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:07 - Jan 28 with 2743 views
Would be a perfect signing from what I can see. Scores goals most importantly, but he is fast, strong, aggressive, plays with a real fire in his belly.. We need this man in our team. Only 26 - so we should get a return on our investment at least in a couple of years. For the reported £7-8 million on such low wages this is a no brainer..
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:02 - Jan 28 by londonlisa2001
Can I ask how you've seen so much of him?
I mean, enough that you believe that our manager who has managed in the top flight in Italy for 30 years or so, and has had this guy playing for him for two seasons (a guy who, incidentally has represented Italy at every age level up to 21s and has been twice called to train with the senior squad in the past couple of years, and had his formative years at one of Italy's top clubs) is wrong in believing that he will be a good signing for us at the price?
I follow Serie A. Have done for years. Seen more highlights of him than full games (because Chievo) but when the highlights video posted here starts with him fluffing a one on one well, that's tells a story on its own.
I've seen more of him than I had of Eder and I called that as a disaster (some credit there to my Portugese contacts admittedly ).
He's not a bad player but I wouldn't start him over Ayew, or even Routledge if we play the diamond system we have been with wide strikers. If the reported wage is accurate he'll be a good squad player, but the upfront fee is steep given our cashflow situation.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:30 - Jan 28 with 2635 views
We need to recognise where we are and what is realistic for us right now. We aren't going to attract a 20 goals a season striker even if we could afford one. A player like that wouldn't accept a relegation clause and would want guarantees about leaving cheaply if we go down. That's simply.not going to happen so we look for players that aren't pulling up trees where they are but will suit our style and we can hopefully get the best out of them all within our budget.
Gayle and Paloschi both fit that description and we have to hope that Guidolin can get the best out of them. I'm very hopeful.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:29 - Jan 28 by jasper_T
I follow Serie A. Have done for years. Seen more highlights of him than full games (because Chievo) but when the highlights video posted here starts with him fluffing a one on one well, that's tells a story on its own.
I've seen more of him than I had of Eder and I called that as a disaster (some credit there to my Portugese contacts admittedly ).
He's not a bad player but I wouldn't start him over Ayew, or even Routledge if we play the diamond system we have been with wide strikers. If the reported wage is accurate he'll be a good squad player, but the upfront fee is steep given our cashflow situation.
Completely disagree and you need to remember where we are at as a club. Seen plenty of Chievo myself and Paloschi would be an upgrade on what we have. More importantly, we need to freshen things up and Paloschi (& Gayle hopefully) will provide this. I would see Ayew, Paloschi and Gayle as being the main three. Well done on your prediction with Eder though, it's a shame Huw didn't have the same Portuguese connections as you.
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