Comments on: Completely Awesome Viola Rumors

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:44:32 +0000

Jeez. Plus, Zlatan is, like, really tall. He can’t possibly have a a Napoleon complex.

By: chris g

chris g — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:19:08 +0000

Dude, there is only one Zlatan.

You know Zlatan?

By: Gianfranco

Gianfranco — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:29:37 +0000

So Chris, Sneijder and Ibra are like lost brothers except Ibra is cool and Sneijder is just a prick

By: chris g

chris g — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:42:01 +0000

He’s a cocky prick and he was before he got really good. Very much a Napoleon complex supposedly.

Judging by the relative youth and impressionability of some of the team, I’m sure this is a wonderful purchase for the Viola.

I also just saw it on goal.com. Which makes everything I just said 100% false.

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:30:06 +0000

While he blows in every way compared to Quaresma (with whom I have an unhealthy and difficult to explain obsession), that’d be a great buy on paper. The clubhouse cancer this is terrifying, though, esp since the team really seemed to come together last season — you’d think an aspect of Fiorentina’s market-smarts would be avoiding the players who destroy things from the inside (filthiness in video games notwithstanding).

Do you know details about why everyone hates him, Chris?

By: chris g

chris g — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:15:02 +0000

It’s likely going to be Wesley Sneijder from Ajax for 12-13m.

He’s very talented but rumor has it he’s a clubhouse cancer. He’s not well-liked in the Netherlands.

For what it’s worth, one of my college roommates used to play with Fiorentina on FIFA and he picked up Sneijder and the team was absolutely disgusting. He fit well on the game. Obviously, Della Valle took that into consideration.

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:46:00 +0000

Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about that. It was passport fraud, he either had a fake Italian passport, or had obtained one based on false statements. He was cleared at the time (it was when he was with Lazio), but a bunch of other South Americans were banned, I think. But yeah, some lingering element of it was sorted recently — did he pay a fine, or something?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:59:42 +0000

Wasn’t Veron’s italian legal battle just recently cleared up? Something about passport fraud, or maybe transfer fraud?

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:21:33 +0000

I’ve been trying to hold off on reporting that to see if anything else comes up on it, Gianfranco, but it may go up later today. I’m sort of embarrassed to say I’d like to have him back, but then I’m contractually required to be a big whore for the Argies. (And I think Veron would beat Adriano with one hand tied behind his back.)

tmc, if Quaresma ended up at Fiorentina I very well might die of joy. It’d be interesting to see if Prandelli could help him sort out his attitude — dare I even imagine Mutu as something of a mentor?

By: Gianfranco

Gianfranco — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:11:52 +0000

It is out of my jurisdiction to report the Veron to Inter rumors, but I think if he does come back he should have to fight Adriano to see whose stays at Inter, imagine the PPV revune on that brawl.