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I don't see that that tells us much. The Prem is harder and faster.
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Well since he was perennially injured in Italy in times past, I think it tells us his chronic recurrent problems are past (as it was claimed they would be). So it tells us much.
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It tells us something, but not "much". We don't play our football in Italy.
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JJ you're being deliberately obtuse, I suppose to to with your clear bias on this player. Set it aside and look at the injury record of the player. His problem wasn't to do with the particular demands of a particular league, but to do with a body that was breaking down (in any league!) So the fact that he had a season free from any significant injury worries (his first such season in many years) tells us "much" about his body, and that his recurrent injury problems seem to be in the past. This is an issue that has precisely nothing to do with the premier league.
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I don't want any player who wants to be elsewhere. You call that "bias" because you like him and have nailed your colours to that particular mast. I'll let others judge which of us is really guilty on that charge.
Ditto, with respect, on the charge of deliberate obtuseness. If he plays in the Prem with any regularity, that will place greater demands on his body than he'll have ever faced before, including during the season just finished by which you place so much store. That injury-free season has some significance, but I said as much above. What I'm questioning, as well you know, is whether it has as much significance as you claim it does for us in this league. If you seriously think that's not relevant, again I'll leave others to judge which of us is right.