Tbh, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s brought to be a striker long term. He’s got a great touch and has a sniper of a left foot. He’s tall as well.
I think he’ll be an option to play up top at the very least in the short term.
I loathe the idea that we’d be helping Juventus dig out of a financial hole but we need more goals in this team asap. Haven’t been wowed by him last season but Pirlo was out of his depth.
Its too bad that Juventus is currently being investigated by Italian regulators for doing dodgy swap deals because a dodgy swap deal of Pepe and this guy makes a lot of sense.
Titi allusions aside, I don’t really like him as a striker. But I think part of his appeal is that he isn’t a pure winger either. He has played CAM quite a bit in his career (especially as a youth player but some still at senior level) and with his physicality give us a different kind of option in that role to Odegaard, more like how Laca plays the role.
For me the best situation would be bring in a player like this while getting rid of one of Pepe or Martinelli (preferably Pepe), who bring similar qualities. Buy a starting striker and make Auba backup next year then for the three behind the striker you have ESR, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Kulusevski. That group gives you a lot of different options.