Rodrigo De Paul goes to Atletico Madrid. Applause to Udinese and Gino Pozzo for the operation. Nobody could hope that the Argentine would play another season in Udine. To the Friulian fans, however, more than the sale of the ten the names of the strikers paired with Udinese are of interest: van Hooijdonk, Bajic and Okaka. We have said what we think of number 7 and we repeat it: he had his time in Udine where he was only useful in the first season when, with two braces in the last three days, he saved Udinese and his booty up to that point. miserable moment. That Okaka there, who with his sprints dragged a couple of defenders behind him, we have never seen him again.
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On van Hoojidonk we are not unbalanced, age is certainly on his side, but scoring so many goals in the Dutch second division is not this great calling card. As for Bajic, he dragged Ascoli to salvation, but we reiterate it: Serie B is one thing, A another.
The history of Udinese, after Di Natale retired, says that if he suffered it is because there was no finalizer to solve the “dirty” matches, those with teams that come to Friuli to close. After greeting De Paul, Udinese will have to be built on a more linear maneuver, but one that has a double-digit player as its terminal. This is not an opinion, but a fact comforted by the numbers of the last two seasons. Pussetto and Deulofeu? Key pawns in the team to come, but veterans from long stops who cannot be asked for the moon immediately. No, you need a striker, the real ones.
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