Jim_UK

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Nothing of this is writen in stone and it's no guarantee that a Spanish player won't be a success in Italy but lately it has really been the case.

The last Spanish players in Italy were huge dissapointment.
Jose Mari came to Milan as the most exciting Spanish talent and left as an average striker. Half of Europe was after Javi Moreno who scored 24 goals in his last season in Alaves before Milan finally took him to Italy. In Milan he scored a total of 2 goals.
Gaizka Mendieta was a superstar who took Valencia twice in the CL final. Lazio payed 48m Euro for him..... actually, they payed 48m euro for a player who played only 28 matches for Lazio, scored 0 goals and became a bencher after only half a year. Another super talent from Spain who failled in Italy was De la Pena. He spent only 1 year in Lazio and then he was loaned to Marselle and Barcelona...he played only 16 matches and scored 0 goals in Italy
The other Spanish players in Italy include Farinos (Inter). Inter's bench isn't so warm anymore after he left Inter for Mallorca.

Josep Guardiola is the last one. He did play some good matches in Brescia, but he was 30 when he came to Italy and he was playing for a relegation candidate. Still, he wasn't a star even in Brescia. Played only 24 matches in 2 years and was banned for using Nandrolone.