The former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi, Juventus has spoken of the market to Radio Sportiva:

"Diamonds has proven to be a player who solves the games - said Moggi -. And also to have the right DNA for Juve , is a warrior. Higuain is good player has nothing of the sample, however, are sold players made ​​redundant tenedno that Llorente has already arrived.

Must sell players made ​​redundant, maybe Vucinic, Vidal certainly not. Conte? wants to try it in Europe , but for me Juve this year has had some 'bad luck because he has found the best team seen so far: Barcelona and Real could gamble. But it is obvious that the Count wants a rose more competitive, because the current players were very squeezed. A pink cooler is necessary, it should be an example Pogba.

A Berardi of Sassuolo could be an interesting element. A publicly listed football clubs must do so, comply with budgetary constraints and create value. Ibra? And ' the good guy in the world, with me never had any problems, also because there was a very clear relationship between employer and employee. Zlatan is a person 'business' in the sense that adapts to the will of the employer provided who knows how to manage these situations.

Did he really say that Diamanti has Juve DNA?

:xavi:

Luciano Moggi approves of Juventus’ proposed move for Alessandro Diamanti, but he has doubts over Gonzalo Higuain.

Both attacking players have been paired with the Old Lady, but the club’s former transfer guru has differing views of the Bologna and Real Madrid stars.

“Diamanti has proved himself to be a player who can decide games,” Moggi told Radio Sportiva in an interview.

“He has also shown that he has the right DNA for Juventus, that of a warrior. As for Higuain, he’s a good player but he has nothing of a champion.”

Moggi, however, feels that the club should also be concentrating on selling rather than just buying this summer.

“Those players who are surplus to requirements need to go, especially when you consider that Fernando Llorente has already been signed.

“They need to sell players who they have in excess, perhaps people like Mirko Vucinic, and certainly not players such as Arturo Vidal.”

Spanish international striker Llorente will join on a Bosman once his contract with Athletic Bilbao expires in June.

This just shows how damaging the ageing process really is, the great mind of Moggi has fallen victim to time.


First of all, Diamanti is much older and less talented than Higgy. Who I don't even want.


And the Vucinic comment made me shake my head. We have players like him in excess? He is our most creative player bar Pirlo. And it's not even close. And Pirlo being a DLP and all does his work quite far away from the front men. We sell Vucinic and buy a goal scorer just watch as we fail to create chances in the CL.

Yeah we'd destroy the likes of Bologna about 5-0 but that's not important.

AbraKebabra Alacalamb wrote:This just shows how damaging the ageing process really is, the great mind of Moggi has fallen victim to time.


First of all, Diamanti is much older and less talented than Higgy. Who I don't even want.


And the Vucinic comment made me shake my head. We have players like him in excess? He is our most creative player bar Pirlo. And it's not even close. And Pirlo being a DLP and all does his work quite far away from the front men. We sell Vucinic and buy a goal scorer just watch as we fail to create chances in the CL.

Yeah we'd destroy the likes of Bologna about 5-0 but that's not important.

Diamanti IS more talented than Higuain. Yet thats the problem. Diamantini is revered for his genius and talent yet that genius and talent is so inconsistent, it has resulted in the demise of his career into the depths of provinciale teams, despite his heroics.

Which is the source of the problem as Moggi seems to be favouring raw talent over Higgy's efficiency and consistency.

I'd pick Marchisio as the more creative one over Vucinic as their positional difficulties even stretch the gap. Though VucVuc himself is quite creative and your best player in holding (trolling) the opposition with his hold-up play and release

I guess you could argue he's more talented in flashes. However, to me talent is only talent if you can show on a regular basis.


Marchisio can create, but he's by no means got what it takes to be feeding whoever would be coming in to replace Vucinic in Moggi's mind.

Vucinic is our only player that fits into our attack no matter who he's partnered with for a reason. He's got vision and he's a genius at linking up with strikers.

Without him and with 2 goal scorers upfront, we'd be relying in Pirlo to create. He gets too much attention from the opposition to be our sole source of creativity. When Pirlo was underperforming and Vucinic was injured, we had to keep bringing Mirko on to make our team tick.

actually Llorente is more creative than most people think, he is more of a false 9 than a poacher, dude is very skilled with the ball at his feet for his height, he plays more like Ibra than Higuain, definitely not at Ibra's level but can still act more as a SS if needed....

AbraKebabra Alacalamb wrote:I guess you could argue he's more talented in flashes. However, to me talent is only talent if you can show on a regular basis.


Marchisio can create, but he's by no means got what it takes to be feeding whoever would be coming in to replace Vucinic in Moggi's mind.

Vucinic is our only player that fits into our attack no matter who he's partnered with for a reason. He's got vision and he's a genius at linking up with strikers.

Without him and with 2 goal scorers upfront, we'd be relying in Pirlo to create. He gets too much attention from the opposition to be our sole source of creativity. When Pirlo was underperforming and Vucinic was injured, we had to keep bringing Mirko on to make our team tick.

Excellent points and very well thought out.

Its comes to the point where Mirko is misrepresenting on why he is so highly rated by his fans. He isn't prolific, but clutch. He isn't consistent, but consistently makes up for it through his imperious presence on what he can do right and that is create and draw out defenders through his calculative spots to hold the ball.

Higuain would perfectly compliment him, vice versa.

elmystique wrote:actually Llorente is more creative than most people think, he is more of a false 9 than a poacher, dude is very skilled with the ball at his feet for his height, he plays more like Ibra than Higuain, definitely not at Ibra's level but can still act more as a SS if needed....

This.

Llorente isn't at Ibra's level yet is within the same mould. Llorente' poaching instinct and clinical finishing is lacking yet makes up for it by so much more.

you guys must be smoking pcp. how can u say diamanti has more talent than higuain??? common bro.........

Back to the topic, i believe Moggi is getting senile...we have won back to back scudetti and this dude is still bitchin and moanin.....

Vucinic and Higuain partnership would be deadly. They would compliment each other perfectly.

As for Moggi and his comments he is a legend but his time has passed. I remember in years prior people used to get berated for using Moggi's comments to make their points and now we are supposed to listen to him when he says Diamanti has Juve DNA?

Diamanti is a provincial player and has been his whole career. He has never played for a big club and he is now 30 years old and we are supposed to buy him because he plays on La Nazionale and Moggi has praised him? If Diamanti is so good why has he NEVER played for a big club before? There has to be a reason. The reason is because he is an inconsistent player. Talented yes but very inconsistent and doesn't have a big club mentality or work ethic. He could be good for a few games in rhe World Cup but he will not help Juve for a full season or into the Champions League because he is a small club player.

I have big respect for Moggi but Diamanti is better than Higuain?I don't think so but if Moggi is serious he is probably right...

Llorente in the Ibra mold or creative lol... please. The guy is extremely inefficient, but better than most big guys with his feet. Think Giroud, not Ibra.