Goodbye, Lucarelli
By: Martha | July 13th, 2007
As we discussed on Wednesday, Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk recently become quite interested in Livorno’s want-away goal king, Crisitiano Lucarelli. At the time, I dismissed the rumor as just that, since the destination was cold and in a faraway, low(ish)-level foreign league, and it was almost impossible for me to imagine Lucarelli playing anywhere outside Italy.
Which just goes to show what the hell I know, because as of last night, the striker is officially a Shakhar player. Lucarelli has reportedly signed a three-year deal (making him 35 when it ends) worth €3 million/year, which sort of makes the whole thing makes sense — if nothing else, at least he’s finally going to get paid. And despite losing their leading scoring and large-than-life figurehead, Livorno are probably not that sad to see him go, particularly since they now have an extra €8 million to spend on younger, less difficult players. Lucarelli will be the first Italian ever to play in Ukraine, and he better get his ass in gear — the season starts this weekend.
This makes me sad — what are the odds Ukrainian league games are going to be showing up on Gol TV any time soon? And, more importantly, what’s he going to do about that tattoo? I vote he turns it into a puppy. (Too bad “Wino forever” won’t work in this case.)
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well he’s the first Italian to play in Ukraine. He’ll probably have an easy adjustment since the coach Lucescu used to coach in Italy. I can see him scoring around 30 goals next season, but with the league’s co-efficient it probably wouldn’t be enough to win the european golden shoe.
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And so age, injury, and financial stability eat away at Italy’s bandiere, man by man …
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in mark wahlberg fashion, I got ‘Matha Foreva’ on my stomach. (bostonian accent)
But, if I was playing for any Italian team, including a C2 team, I don’t think I’d ever leave Italy, but, I know for a fact that Ukrainian broads are pretty mint.
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Anybody else find it not-so-surprising whatsoever that Lucarelli is the first Italian to play in a former republic of the USSR?
I don’t think this will exactly be a trend.
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Anthony, as my new favorite commenter, you’re officially invited on the Offside Trip to the Former Eastern Bloc Chris and I are organizing for the sole purpose of ogling the opposite sex. Signups will be in a few weeks.
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Chris, I hope he find his commie peeps and isn’t miserable there. I’m really worried this is going to end up tears, by which I mean a transfer back to Italy during the winter break. (Assuming they have one there. Isn’t it always winter in Ukraine?)
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Actually Ukraine is hotter than people think. It’s not as high up as Russia, which I assume is why the league runs through the winter and the Russian league runs through the summer.
I’m all for making a stopover in Ukraine to bring him an Italian goody bag.
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to quote Kramer from Seinfeld: “Ha ha, the Ukraine. Do you know what the Ukraine is? It’s a sitting duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It’s feeble. It’s time to the put the hurt on the Ukraine…”
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I’m gunna miss that big hunk! =(. Who’s going to be the 2nd top striker next year behind Totti?
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I’m gunna miss that big hunk! =(. Who’s going to be the 2nd top striker next year behind Totti?
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