Owzat wrote:Waldo wrote:Got my doubts...
Flopped in Spain and flopped in Italy but we expect him to come to England and hit the ground running??
Not a good choice IMO.
I'm not sure 8 goals in 20 games for Real Madrid counts as a "flop", not prolific but 0.400 goals/app when 0.500 is accepted benchmark for a very good striker.
His spell in Spain was a flop at the beginning, he had a nervous start, a bit like Crouch with us, but then he improved.
Despite improving, Florentino had to bring a lot of new names in the summer and they never really counted with him, just like with almost the rest of the Dutch in the team.