Napoli gave Liverpool a 4-1 thrashing on Wednesday night in their first match of the group stage and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia deserves a lot of credit for his performance against them.
His start to the season in Napoli has been nothing short of spectacular, but had Tottenham’s Fabio Paratici had his way on two separate occasions, his career could have taken a very different turn.
According to Sport Witness, Fabio has ‘tried to sign’ the Georgia international twice in recent years. First, before moving to Spurs, the director of football attempted to bring the player to Juventus, according to Calciomercato. According to them, Kvaratskhelia ‘arrived in Italy a year late’ because the Italian ‘had practically blocked him from Rubin Kazan,’
The second time, ‘he tried to bring him to London (Spurs), but only on loan’. his didn’t work out since Napoli were willing to pay the full asking price to sign him on a permanent deal.
He went on to sign for Napoli and now has 4 goals and an assist in 5 games for the Italian giants. Spurs went on to break the bank and sign Richarlison instead for a whopping £60m deal which has also worked out well for them. The Brazilian opened his Spurs account with a brace against Marseille in a 2-0 win on their Champions League return.
Surely we cannot buy everyone that is brought to the table . Most of the time its b/s anyway , when is it “a punt “compared to a ‘proper buy ‘ .
Lets be honest , you’d still have Grealish if you could but plainly he’s not a £100m player .
Even the rarest observer would say his move to City was the most extravagant purchase in Prem history , a huge sum for a talented but untested player in the big games with big opposition . At the mo , he’s a thumbs down ??
Imagine if we actually brought in the guys Conte wants, or even the ones Paratici settles for, rather than the cheap punts, sorry, ones for the future?
A typical Levy low ball approach
With the exposure this young lad is getting,we wouldn’t be able to compete for his services.Non story.
I think Paratici will last longer than Conte,but his preferred purchases will always be restricted by the tightfisted transfer maestro Levy.That may well force him out eventually.
This guy looked great against Liverpool. Would be nice to have him too! Paratici seems to be a great judge of talent. He won’t last long under Daniel I fear.