The Little Aeroplane Flies Home

By: Martha | July 13th, 2007

At long last, Vincenzo Montella is going back to Sampdoria, the club he left eight long years ago for stardom with Roma. After spending the second half of last season on loan with Fulham — an arrangement that started blazingly well but faltered rather quickly when he struggled to get on the pitch — the striker is now returning to the club for whom he scored more than a goal per game during a three-year stay in the mid-late 90s.

While it’s hard to imagine anyone begrudging Montella a fantastic end to his career, this is a bit of a crapshoot (albeit a cheap one) for Samp. He’s 33 years old now and, from a realistic standpoint, anything he gives has to be considered a bonus. That said, since Francesco Flachi is now gone (stupid recreational drugs), Samp are in desperate need of strikers and must be beyond thrilled to have Montella back.

Even if you don’t care about Samp, how great would it be to see Montella really take off (pun mostly unintended) this season, after months of exile on the Roma and (eventually) Fulham benches?

Category: Roma, Rumors & News, Serie A

Tags: Roma, Rumors -amp; News, Serie A

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• Francesco |  July 13th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

  
  
  

  I’ve always liked Montella. He was always a good striker with good talent and technique, he was just unfortunate to have so many great strikers ahead of him in the National Team pecking order when he was in his prime.

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• kari |  July 14th, 2007 at 2:55 am

  
  
  

  I’ve supported Montella since 1999. This is very good news.I hope I can see him fly again more often.

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• Sofia |  July 14th, 2007 at 3:29 am

  
  
  

  nothing really to do with the post but martha if you need some new ideas for WAG i found a forum dedicated to footballer’s families:

  http://www.soccerpulse.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17121&st=750

  dont know if you have been there already

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• Martha |  July 14th, 2007 at 6:05 am

  
  
  

  Sofia, I’ve been there before but not for a while, I’ll dig around and see if I can find anything useful — thank you!

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• TT rob |  July 19th, 2007 at 3:18 pm

  
  
  

  montella is my favorite player and roma is my favorite team why can t they be together

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