Comments on: Fabio Grosso Joins Lyon

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:38:36 +0000

True, that picture is grossing me out though, im sick of looking at his nugget pouch. I havent even seen him play for Lyon yet, and he should buy me dinner before he gets in his undies in front of me.

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:10:36 +0000

Good news is that he knows French! Let’s cross our fingers and hope he settles. And at least we also have Belhadj.

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:07:47 +0000

True Chris, but it doesnt mean im content with him. He appears on the surface to not be an ideal import. Maybe i just dont trust italians abroad, they seem to struggle. Especially after being at Inter, the land of Moratti and his illusions of granduer.

By: chris g

chris g — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:13:37 +0000

In Grosso’s defense he was very good at Palermo before the WC, but having bad season’s at Inter is just what happens. It’s where a lot of careers go to die, for some reason.

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:11:38 +0000

Olivera will move back to Spain, and Zaragoza seem to be a realistic canidate, especially since Ewerthon is rumored to be switching to Stuttgart, while the Millito brothers look to be headed out. Sergio Garcia can not be relied upon to bag all the goals, so Olivera seems like an ideal canidate.

Grosso will have some adapting to do, and I dont like the fact that Auluas was willing to buy someone who had such a poor season. The World Cup does not give a good indication of a player, its a series of isolated incident really. how many great players go to the WC and dont have a good tournament but are still chugging away in their leagues. And likewise, how many nobodies show up to the WC and “WoW” the critics, transfer to a bigger club and then dont do much. English clubs ring a bell, they usually buy every player who did well at a WC under the sun and they all end up flopping or going back to the mediocre player they always were. Grosso may do a decent job for Lyon, but he is a very short term signing, I cant see him sticking around for more then three years, Italy is tought for Italians to leave even if Lyon is two hours away.

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:59:05 +0000

Grosso will be in Lyon for his medical tomorrow.

I hope he doesn’t find playing in France too awkward. But the great thing about being in Lyon is that Milan is only an hour or two away by car.

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:57:24 +0000

Oh, right ! I forgot him…
But Monaco isn’t really in France lol

By: Salieri

Salieri — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:28:09 +0000

Vieiri played in Monaco quite recently

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:50:05 +0000

I was wondering who was the former italian player in Ligue 1.
Wasn’t it Ravanelli, with Marseille ??? That’s a long time ago !

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:26:43 +0000

Chris: ^^ What Matthew said. Also, Lyon have overpaid before – we spent nearly 5 million on Fabio Santos, when we could have gotten cheaper EU nationals that were just as good. John Carew and Elber (and possibly Baros – the verdict is still out) weren’t worth the money, and it’s up to Keita now to prove he’s worth 18m. Lille made a lot of money on Keita, because they bought him from Qatar for three million and then sold him two years later for six times that.

Matthew: Thanks for saying what I wanted to. On one hand, I too want Lyon to spend money – we have a lot of it lying around – but on the other hand, Aulas is saving for that stadium.

Allez Lyonnais: I wasn’t being sarcastic but sadly serious. Oliveira is Milan’s (fourth? fifth?) choice striker, and yet I’m sure he’d turn us down to go play in the UEFA Cup with Zaragoza. Well, not everyone can be open minded like Grosso and Tiago.