Ezequiel Lavezzi

[OLD_Lewy]

He is/was good, but:

1. 29 years old
2. Doesn't have stamina to last a full match apparently
3. Doesn't score much for a player of his talent, not a calm finisher

For £18M mooted in the papers, we can do better, I think.

like who? i havent really seen lavezzi but its getting to that stage where i want a player in who'd improve our options before its too late

 

[Hansern]

He seems to have regressed a bit at PSG from his Napoli days.
18 mill is way to much.

 

[peterhague]

He's tended to impress me when I've seen him. Has that bit of flair our attack perhaps now lacks. I think he'd be a good signing for £15-18m, although I'd like another striker as well.

 

[Squiggles]

Always liked Lavezzi a lot when I saw him at Napolli.

He worked hard, made right decisions, had good first touch, and was fully committed. Haven't seen him a couple of years, though. If he's not lasting 90 minutes in France then he won't work in England.

 

[Modo]

I really hope we don't sign him.

 

[keniget]

I think he'd possibly be a stopgap option for about under 8M or something but anything approaching 20M is utterly absurd and can't have any truth to it.

Either way, I wouldn't be looking to sign this guy. There are enough players out there that would be better for us.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

First time I watched him was in the WC.

5 min after he came on I knew Argentina was not going to win the WC, not with strikers like that...



(almost wrong phew)

On the other hand, I think it was against Belgium, when the manager took him off (he was playing wide left or right), and they immediately lost all their threat.

But yeah, 29 years old + 18m + high wages - doesn't make sense for us to do this deal and I don't think we're doing it. Probably his agent or PSG's agent just trying to move him.