From: Alkamista on
Looks like everyone and their grandmother is trying to sign this kid
right now. What's the story with him...how has he performed in the
Argentine national shirt?
From: Google Beta User on
On May 5, 12:24 pm, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like everyone and their grandmother is trying to sign this kid
> right now. What's the story with him...how has he performed in the
> Argentine national shirt?

WEHT to Lavezzi? He was pretty hot property last summer.
From: The Scrutineer on


"Google Beta User" <wanyikuli(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f9147477-7af5-4beb-bc22-bead1ce3d579(a)d19g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> On May 5, 12:24 pm, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Looks like everyone and their grandmother is trying to sign this kid
>> right now. What's the story with him...how has he performed in the
>> Argentine national shirt?
>
> WEHT to Lavezzi? He was pretty hot property last summer.

Napoli signed Fabio Quagliarella last summer, so he fell in the pecking
order when opting for a lone striker, and he is not a prolific scorer so
that doesn't favour him in any way.

As for Di Maria, he has a reported 35 million pound release clause, and has
the ADDED pressure of being Argentina's next superstar, as backed by
Maradone!!!

From: Google Beta User on
On May 5, 12:47 pm, "The Scrutineer" <vla...(a)bigpond.com> wrote:

> > On May 5, 12:24 pm, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Looks like everyone and their grandmother is trying to sign this kid
> >> right now. What's the story with him...how has he performed in the
> >> Argentine national shirt?
>
> > WEHT to Lavezzi? He was pretty hot property last summer.
>
> Napoli signed Fabio Quagliarella last summer, so he fell in the pecking
> order when opting for a lone striker, and he is not a prolific scorer so
> that doesn't favour him in any way.
>
> As for Di Maria, he has a reported 35 million pound release clause, and has
> the ADDED pressure of being Argentina's next superstar, as backed by
> Maradone!!!

What's the lineage of "next Maradona's"?

MARADONA-->Balbo-->Ortega-->Aimar-->Veron-->Saviola-->Riquelme--
>Aguero-->Messi.....?

Time in between seems to be getting shorter and shorter.

Interestingly as far as I can recall, Tevez has not had the "next
maradona" pressure.
From: Alkamista on
On May 5, 1:05 pm, Google Beta User <wanyik...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 5, 12:47 pm, "The Scrutineer" <vla...(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> > > On May 5, 12:24 pm, Alkamista <alkami...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Looks like everyone and their grandmother is trying to sign this kid
> > >> right now. What's the story with him...how has he performed in the
> > >> Argentine national shirt?
>
> > > WEHT to Lavezzi? He was pretty hot property last summer.
>
> > Napoli signed Fabio Quagliarella last summer, so he fell in the pecking
> > order when opting for a lone striker, and he is not a prolific scorer so
> > that doesn't favour him in any way.
>
> > As for Di Maria, he has a reported 35 million pound release clause, and has
> > the ADDED pressure of being Argentina's next superstar, as backed by
> > Maradone!!!
>
> What's the lineage of "next Maradona's"?
>
> MARADONA-->Balbo-->Ortega-->Aimar-->Veron-->Saviola-->Riquelme--
>
> >Aguero-->Messi.....?

Veron was highly touted never but never mentioned in that regard.
D'Alessandro was, big time.