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Forza Italian Football are reporting our interest in Alberto Paloschi. This may well be a realistic option for us.
Premier League side Swansea City have joined the queue of Serie A sides eager to sign Chievo striker Alberto Paloschi.
The Swans recently appointed Francesco Guidolin as their new coach, and the former Udinese boss has reportedly expressed his desire to bring the 26-year-old to Wales in an attempt to improve the team’s scoring record as they have only found the net on 22 occasions in the 2015-16 season.
According to Sky Sport Italia, Swansea have increased their previous offer to €8 million plus €2m in bonuses in order to beat Atalanta, who have seen their bid of €7m plus €1m in bonuses rejected.
Sampdoria have also been linked to the player, as they could soon lose their forward Eder, with the likes of Leicester City and Inter keen on the Brazilian-born Italy international.
Paloschi has scored eight goals in 21 Serie A appearances so far, closing in on his 2013-2014 record of 13 league goals.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:39 - Jan 28 with 3777 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:29 - Jan 28 by jasper_T
I follow Serie A. Have done for years. Seen more highlights of him than full games (because Chievo) but when the highlights video posted here starts with him fluffing a one on one well, that's tells a story on its own.
I've seen more of him than I had of Eder and I called that as a disaster (some credit there to my Portugese contacts admittedly ).
He's not a bad player but I wouldn't start him over Ayew, or even Routledge if we play the diamond system we have been with wide strikers. If the reported wage is accurate he'll be a good squad player, but the upfront fee is steep given our cashflow situation.
You need to get in touch with Guidolin then to let him know. He's obviously basing his decision on seeing this guy every single day for two seasons whereas he should have been looking at a youtube highlights reel.
The difference with Eder is that your Portugese contacts may well have known more about the player than Monk did - in fact, I'd bet on it. In this case, Guidolin knows the guy inside out so can't see why we could even compare the two situations.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:46 - Jan 28 with 3745 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 13:25 - Jan 28 by jasper_T
£8m for an average at best player from a worse league than ours is just like £5m for an average at best player from a worse league than ours.
He's not good enough to start for us except in need.
Nonsense, we were never going to get someone with a prolific scoring record for a price the club could afford. Also, he has had an ok scoring record this season in a league that is generally much more defensive than our own.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 15:03 - Jan 28 with 3629 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:52 - Jan 28 by ThurrockJack92
Nonsense, we were never going to get someone with a prolific scoring record for a price the club could afford. Also, he has had an ok scoring record this season in a league that is generally much more defensive than our own.
True ten/twenty years ago but these days there isn't much difference in the average goals per game between the big European leagues. 0.1 to 0.15 more in England than Italy, something like that.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 15:22 - Jan 28 with 3552 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 14:29 - Jan 28 by jasper_T
I follow Serie A. Have done for years. Seen more highlights of him than full games (because Chievo) but when the highlights video posted here starts with him fluffing a one on one well, that's tells a story on its own.
I've seen more of him than I had of Eder and I called that as a disaster (some credit there to my Portugese contacts admittedly ).
He's not a bad player but I wouldn't start him over Ayew, or even Routledge if we play the diamond system we have been with wide strikers. If the reported wage is accurate he'll be a good squad player, but the upfront fee is steep given our cashflow situation.
Here's a video of Aguero fluffing a one on one, that tells a story on it's own. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want him anywhere near SCFC...
...or, maybe we shouldn't take just watching highlights as the full story. After all, a frightening number of so called professional pundits seemed to be under the impression that Shelvey was any good! Again, I'd defer judgement to the guy who managed said player for two years to decide whether he'd be able to do a job for us.
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 16:43 - Jan 28 by Daggyjack
Glass half empty guy I take it?
If he was a real pessimist he'd have uttered those three little words.
Olly...Gonner...Solksjaer. He took loads of Mouldy players to the piggery.
Somehow, I reckon Guido's judgement is better. Not that many will wait to find out before making a judgement, obviously. I hope the guy scores in his first five minutes on the pitch or look out. Actually, scrub that, even that won't be enough for many.
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 17:39 - Jan 28 by monmouth
If he was a real pessimist he'd have uttered those three little words.
Olly...Gonner...Solksjaer. He took loads of Mouldy players to the piggery.
Somehow, I reckon Guido's judgement is better. Not that many will wait to find out before making a judgement, obviously. I hope the guy scores in his first five minutes on the pitch or look out. Actually, scrub that, even that won't be enough for many.
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As far as improving the squad is concerned, it looks as if Paloschi needs to show that he's an improvement as compared with Gomis and/or Eder. I reckon that there's no way that Guidolin would have brought him in if that wouldn't be apparent fairly quickly. Let's hope therefore that Paloschi will be given some time to show his mettle.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 17:47 - Jan 28 with 3091 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 17:39 - Jan 28 by monmouth
If he was a real pessimist he'd have uttered those three little words.
Olly...Gonner...Solksjaer. He took loads of Mouldy players to the piggery.
Somehow, I reckon Guido's judgement is better. Not that many will wait to find out before making a judgement, obviously. I hope the guy scores in his first five minutes on the pitch or look out. Actually, scrub that, even that won't be enough for many.
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He scored within about 20 seconds of his debut for AC Milan.
We'd still have some on here saying ' I could have scored that', or 'he looks a bit sluggish to me, lucky he didn't have to move far to get the goal' or even more likely 'Gylfi did all the hard work".
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 17:54 - Jan 28 with 3058 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 17:47 - Jan 28 by londonlisa2001
He scored within about 20 seconds of his debut for AC Milan.
We'd still have some on here saying ' I could have scored that', or 'he looks a bit sluggish to me, lucky he didn't have to move far to get the goal' or even more likely 'Gylfi did all the hard work".
One thing i'm hoping for with this guy more than most things.. a good chemistry with Gylfi. Someone he can play those lovely 1-2s with would be nice.
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Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 18:19 - Jan 28 with 3001 views
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 17:47 - Jan 28 by londonlisa2001
He scored within about 20 seconds of his debut for AC Milan.
We'd still have some on here saying ' I could have scored that', or 'he looks a bit sluggish to me, lucky he didn't have to move far to get the goal' or even more likely 'Gylfi did all the hard work".
I know Lisa, that's what I was thinking. Unless he has a debut like Leon Knight, he'd better look out. That's a good example actually....great debut, nightmare long term whereas Wilfried Bony, slated by some for months but turned out to be a star for SCFC.
Alberto Paloschi - realistic prospect? on 18:40 - Jan 28 by Daggyjack
I know Lisa, that's what I was thinking. Unless he has a debut like Leon Knight, he'd better look out. That's a good example actually....great debut, nightmare long term whereas Wilfried Bony, slated by some for months but turned out to be a star for SCFC.
Again, I'd defer judgement to the guy who managed said player for two years to decide whether he'd be able to do a job for us. 
Your figuring it out for yourself will bring me joy. 
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