Serie A Scout Watch 13/14

by Casciavit Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:59 am

So here starts another season, a different one in Serie A that is, many teams have changed and many players have come and some have left. Clubs have added star power to there team (Higuain - Napoli , Tevez- Juventus, Gomez- Fiorentina) while some high profile players have left there team (Jovetic- City, Marquinhos- PSG). But, behind all the star signings and all the star selling', Serie A boast something that many leagues may be jealous of:

The foreign and national young talent in Serie A.

The point of this thread is to discuss and follow the progress of the U-23 players in Serie A and any European competitions they may be participating in.

Last season's thread: http://www.goallegacy.net/t24165-the-serie-a-young-talents-thread

Here are the top 10 U-23 players in Serie A atm in my opinion.

Spoiler:

by M99 Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:27 am

I voted for Balotelli. Dude shifted to a net level for both national team and club after transfer to Milan and I don't see his fire extinguishing. Great job on the poll and thread Casciavit Thumbs up

One thing that is a bit sad is lack of young defenders with the exception of De Sciglio after Marquinhos' departure to PSG (might as well name this future PSG legends thread Serie A Scout Watch 13/14 Lulcas11

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Some more promising youngsters to look out for (all 23 or under):

Miralem Pjanic-Roma-Bosnia & Herzegovina
Mattia Destro-Roma-Italy
Allesandro Florenzi-Roma-Italy
Tin Jedvaj-Roma-Croatia
Kevin Strootman-Roma-Netherlands
Ricardo Saponara-AC Milan-Italy
M'baye Niang-AC Milan-France
Andrea Poli-AC Milan-Italy
Simone Zaza-Sassuolo-Italy
Ishak Belfodil-Inter Milan-Algeria
Manolo Gabbiadini-Sampdoria-Italy
Jorginho-Hellas Verona-Brazil/Italy
Nicola Sansone-Parma-Italy
Nicolas Lopez-Udinese-Uruguay

by lszanto Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:34 am

Kovacic. The kid is seriously class. Be prepared for him to do a "Gundogan" and everybody will rate him as one of the best CM's in the world pretty soon.

by M99 Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:43 am

Agree, Kovacic is brilliant. He will be best midfielder of Serie A alongside Pogba in a few years (inb4psgbuyshim) and I sincerely hope Inter does not screw up with him like they did with Coutinho. Mazzari has a bed record with youth but with Kovacic, Belfodil, Icardi that's too much talent to ignore. Inter gonna finish much higher than 9th this season I can guarantee you that.

by S Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:33 am

Jealous ?

Casciavit pls.

They are plenty of great young talents in other leagues such as Bundesliga for example.

Nice introductory post though Thumbs up

Anyways like i said in that other thread,watch out for Sassuolo's Domenico Berardi.Seems like a fine young talent.I mentioned Kurtic too but he's already 24.
Sassuolo as a team play a very exciting brand of football infact.I think they're worth a watch this upcoming season.

by Kaladin Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:28 am

Great post Cas Thumbs up

As for the one who's going to have the best season, i'm going with Insigne. Already Rafa expressed his love for the player and stated that he will get the best out of him

by ErPupone Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:06 pm

Well this poll is just unfair lol. Balo, despite still being young, shouldn't be here.

Anyways, I'm expecting De Sciglio to step it up in order to claim his starting spot with the national team, he has all the cards in place to do so. He mainly has to practice that first touch onto his left foot and his crossing, after that he'll be good to go.

by ErPupone Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:12 pm

For surprise/breakout performance of the season, hopefully I'm not jinxing it but I'm banking on Roma CB, Tin Jedvaj, our fastest center back at this point in time.

by Juveman17 Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:50 pm

Insigne will break out and shine under Benitez. I expect him to reach new heights under a manger who is known for playing youth.

by Casciavit Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:23 am

Thanks all Very Happy

Personally think Kovacic and Insigne will both have great seasons.

by Lupi Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:02 am

Florenzi has improved a lot and he is destined for greatness

by M99 Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:54 pm

Luis Muriel bagged a brace vs Siroki Brljeg in Udinese's 3-1 victory in the first leg of Europa League play off Smile

Kingsley Boateng scored the winner in AC Milan's 1-0 victory against Sao Paulo in the Audi Cup. Andrea Petagna scored in the 5-3 defeat vs Manchester City where Stephan El Shaarawy also bagged a brace. Niang, Vergara, Cristante, Poli and Pacifico played for Milan too.

by InteristAli Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:50 pm

Kingsley boateng scored not petagna against San paolo...
Btw how did cristante play that game for those who saw it? How about petagna? Vieri type player I've heard

by Kaladin Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:54 pm

Petagna linked up extremely well with ES, sending him on goal. Has been really good in this cup, there are even murmurs that they might give him the #9 shirt

Cristante distributed nicely against Sau Paulo although he did get caught a couple of times

by M99 Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:11 pm

How did Icardi and co fare against Chelsea InteristAli? Which youngsters played?

by Juveman17 Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:26 pm

ES is Petagna staying this season?

by M99 Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:30 pm

@juveman: Yes, he is, and he will be in the senior squad.

by Juveman17 Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:35 pm

Nice you guys are going to havw Petagna, Cristante (my boy), Kingsley Boateng, Poli, De Sciglio, Saponara, and Niang. ffs its like a baby sitter club

by nichabr Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:23 pm

juveman17 wrote:Nice you guys are going to havw Petagna, Cristante (my boy), Kingsley Boateng, Poli, De Sciglio, Saponara, and Niang. ffs its like a baby sitter club

Theirs more too Pacifico for defence(played really well a lot of composure) but I highly doubt he will make the senior team this season.

by Juveman17 Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:38 pm

Damn that's really crazy

by InteristAli Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:13 am

@M99 I didn't see icardi in the game but for a couple of instances in the first half as chelsea played us off the park, he did score an offside goal though...

Jesus played and he was fine, just needs to be more composed cuz he's a bit wreckless, other than that Belfodil played the last 15 minutes and showed flashes of trickery

Oh and keep an eye on Olsen, a regista with an awesome pass, hope he gets more playing time. Kovacic unfortunately didn't play as he's still injured

by Casciavit Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:45 pm

Lamela's move to Tottenham is imminent.

The Milan youngsters didn't do very well. They were quite disappointing.

Albertazzi played well for Verona, today.

by M99 Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:48 am

Jorginho was good too.

by Casciavit Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:53 pm

Weekly news regarding youngsters:

Insigne has signed a new and improved contract for Napoli which will make him stay until 2018 and he'll be earning €700,000 per campaign, plus bonuses. For anyone wondering why he didn't start, it was because he was suffering from an illness earlier during the week.

Seems like Lamela really doesn't want to leave Roma, some reports are claiming that he was crying while saying his goodbyes. But Roma are sort of forcing a move since they apparently need money..? He'll be having his medical on Thursday.

Ljajic to Roma is official. He'll be Lamela's replacement but he will be playing LW and Gervinho will move RW. Disappointed that we missed out on him. But was always going to be likely since Fiorentina are mad at our supposed way of trying to get him earlier this summer.

Milan are getting linked with Eriksen, I assume we would make a serious move for him if we beat PSV today. If we do buy Eriksen where will that leave Honda? Also with the cash injection we get from possibly qualifying, I expect us to make a serious move for Sakho unless Roma buy him. Sad

Alexander Merkel really wants to leave Udinese, his reasons are that the Guidolin doesn't really see him as starting material. He said if Hoffenheim were to make a move for him he would accept.

According to his agent, Obi will not be leaving Inter.

Fiorentina have signed U21 Croatian intentional Ante Rebic.

Inter have signed Saphir Taider, from Bologna.

Juve's Boakye may be heading to Spain..?

Also y'all should keep an eye out on Kingsley Boateng. Seems like the coach really likes him and I think he'll be a starter this season.

by Casciavit Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:57 pm

Only 1, under 23 player scored this match week and that was Luis Muriel. He scored in the 61st min. against Lazio, final score was Lazio 2-1 Udinese.

DAT Muriel Serie A Scout Watch 13/14 Datass

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