Barzagli

I feel I must take this up again. for three years straight now I seen people talk about us signing him. Looking at Tony's thread the clear majority see him feature in our central defense next season. Personally I don't get it, have you all watched him play?

Palermo have one of the worst defenses in the league and they failed season after season because of that. He is slow and not particulary technical, but great in the air. I seen so many quick and technical forwards humilate him that it is not funny, even slow and technical forwards like Del Piero have done it.

As I see it he is the defender you need when defending low and not suffering from counters. We if any team suffer from counters. so I don't seem him as a good fit either.

We have a player like him already in the squad too, he is called Kaladze. Possibly not as good ni the air, but with better technique.

There is not doubt that I would rather go for Zapata, someone that have impressed more and have the right characteristics. In fact I would pay twice as much for him than I would for Barzagli.