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Speaker: Welcome to the Italian football podcast.
Speaker: plan here. You know it's written by Carlo when the introduction to this segment is, did Lavovich make a mistake going to Juve over Arsenal? You mentioned Allegri earlier. Those two are undoubtedly tied at the hip. You can't take one, you can't bring this discussion into play without considering one of those things. So
Speaker: So, with that in mind... Isn't that with any event or discussion? Well, with that in mind, have at it. I didn't bring this up just as a reason to slack off Allegra. I brought this up because, you know, there has been a lot of reports going around in the last few days about Arsenal potentially coming back in for Blauwitsch.
Speaker: in the January market. We know that Arsenal tried to sign Vlawovic in January of this year, 2022, and Vlawovic basically told them he had no interest in going there. He never had an interest in going there, and he only wanted to join the Juventus, and he did join the Juventus for a lot of money, for 80 million euros.
Speaker: At the time, I think most people would agree and understood why he joined Juventus instead of Arsenal because Arsenal haven't qualified for the Champions League in six years or however long it's been and they've always been, didn't really look like they were building anything at the time. Now we fast forward nine months, Arsenal are top of the league. Yes, okay, they didn't get the Champions League last season but I think they
Speaker: I think they certainly will this season. They really are building a really exciting young team, playing well. And you look at Juventus, and it's just, whoa, it's just a total crisis and disaster there. But, you know, we don't need to, we've discussed it at length, we don't need to explain why. But I mean, in terms of Vlauvic himself, I mean, you know, you look at number one, how bad the team's doing, and he's thinking, well, am I at the right club? Then you look at him as a player, how is he doing himself individually?
Speaker: How is he developing as a player?
Speaker: I mean, he's got one goal in open play this season in all competitions. Since joining the event as well, which has got 13 goals in 29 games, which is fine. There's nothing bad about that. It's just under one and two. But it's way down. If you look at the numbers that he was doing with Fiorentin, I mean, in 2021, he's got 41 goals in the calendar year. And he's got the joint most Serie A goals.
Speaker: in a calendar year for, I think, 70 years, I think it was. I think the same as Ronaldo. And only Robert Lewandowski scored more goals in Europe's big five leagues in 2021. I mean, this guy was breaking all kinds of records and was establishing himself genuinely as one of the best strikers in Europe. I mean, that's not an exaggeration.
Speaker: And, you know, I look at how he's done since joining the event as a player. And I've said it before and I'll say it again, he has not improved at all since joining the event. And actually, I would probably I would actually argue that he's actually regressed. He certainly regressed in terms of numbers. I've just given you the numbers. But even like his overall game in terms of the weaknesses that he has in his game,
Speaker: haven't improved. I mean, I think his first touch with his back to goal and his link up play with others, I think these were areas that he needed to improve and he hasn't improved him at all. I think they've regressed. Certainly in this season, he's been really bad with some of his first touches.
Speaker: And, you know, there can only be, here he comes, there can only be one reason for that, and that's allegory. And, you know, if I'm Vlauovic, I'm looking at playing under allegory, and I'm thinking, am I under the right manager? I'm 22 years old, and this is a key part of your career. You don't develop during this time. It's very difficult to develop later on.
Speaker: Yeah. So if I'm Blavitch, I'm not saying I would regret it because the event is the event. So, you know, he's still young. He's got the career ahead of him. But I definitely would be asking the question, did I make the right choice joining you? Well, can't argue with that.
Speaker: No, you can't. I mean, I still think it's a little bit too soon to say anything, but I think the question does need to be asked. That's especially where Juventus are going in terms of the club as a whole, and it does feel like there's no direction. Or they've started a direction, but it's not exactly going to plan.
Speaker: I mean, Milik has been better than Blauwitsch, in terms of his overall game. I mean, if you take those two brilliant pre -kicks, and they were amazing pre -kicks, so, you know, that shows, you know, let's not forget that it's good. The class of the player is not up for debate. I still think that it's, I think he'll come good for Juver, and I think he will do good for Juver, but I think that he hasn't exactly gone according to plan. No, that's for sure.
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