Leo Bonatini ?????

by davidsNC Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:22 am

Leo Bonatini- has anyone heard about this kid/ juventus signing him? i had heard a rumor, but then saw the below. if anyone knows anything about him, i'd love to hear what you think

http://www.myjuventus.net/2012/07/leo-bonatini-first-goal-for-juve.html

by S Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:46 am

18 year old Brazilian Forward who we signed from Cruzeiro..

I heard we paid around €5m for him and he may probably be loaned out to Brazil for game experience..

I'll post a Youtube vid i found and you can make your own assessment of him..

Spoiler:

by S Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:47 am

This is post from a Brazilian guy on Juventuz forum with his opinion on Bonatini.

Leo Bonatini is widely regarded as one of Cruzeiro's top young promising players. Cruzeiro usually brings up a lot of talented players, such as Ronaldo Fenomeno, Maicon, Luisão of Benfica, and others. Their youth teams are always very strong.

I've seen him play a little in World U-17 championship last year (or South American Championship, can't remember). Bonatini at first was not in the first team, but always the first to come in. He eventually took the starting spot from one of the forwards in 4 finals. He banged a few goals in the tournament.

The kid is reasonably tall (around 1.83cm I'd say), thin, pretty quick, have a knack for scoring goals. Good finisher. I haven't seen any dribbling skills. Classic forward.

I'd say it's a decent gamble. I don't see WC potential in him from the little I've seen, but he can become a good/very good player.

by davidsNC Sun Jul 29, 2012 1:20 pm

thanks, surag! i had heard something like what you said in your first response. however, the link i put up-sorry, didn't put the vid up correctly- has him in a juve jersey scoring for the primavera.

if we did, in fact, sign him for ~ 5 mil, it makes every reason that marotta gave about why we didn't sign paizon sound like a pretext... not complaining. i just think it's interesting

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