neio Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) Manuel Pucciarelli, apparently is coming to Melbourne FC - not sure which Melbourne team (I think there is a real translation issue) But I found this, if they are talking about Asian Champions League well it has to be us "In the interview with TMW, the market operator Fabrizio Ferrari talked about the future of Manuel Pucciarelli, released after the disappearance of ChievoVerona from the championships: "Melbourne? We have an opportunity abroad. We are close to a possibility in Australia. An opportunity for both sides: for Melbourne to secure a player with experience in Italy, for Manuel to play in the Champions League. It's a high-level league "." Edited September 18, 2021 by neio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 53 minutes ago, neio said: Manuel Pucciarelli, apparently is coming to Melbourne FC - not sure which Melbourne team (I think there is a real translation issue) But I found this, if they are talking about Asian Champions League well it has to be us "In the interview with TMW, the market operator Fabrizio Ferrari talked about the future of Manuel Pucciarelli, released after the disappearance of ChievoVerona from the championships: "Melbourne? We have an opportunity abroad. We are close to a possibility in Australia. An opportunity for both sides: for Melbourne to secure a player with experience in Italy, for Manuel to play in the Champions League. It's a high-level league "." I saw this and thought it has to be City, signing doesn’t make sense but the fact they said “Champions League” gives me a hint that it is us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Italian news outlet posted this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 24 minutes ago, Zanty said: Italian news outlet posted this Oh boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Fits the bill perfectly for a Luna replacement IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, Missing_Moy said: Fits the bill perfectly for a Luna replacement IMO True, on paper it looks like a upgrade with his CV, obviously he will have to work on his defensive workrates in our system but i am sure that he will be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Hardly played at all last season. Some YouTube Highlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Interesting signing. Not one that fills me with a lot of hope. A second striker isn’t really a position that we use and it’s a strange pick if he’s a back-up option. Luna was advanced for a midfielder but he wasn’t that attacking. Pucciarelli’s numbers aren’t terrific and it has been a while since he posted decent numbers for a season. But I was wrong on Hendry. I guess we’ll wait and see. Still need a midfielder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, Harrison said: Interesting signing. Not one that fills me with a lot of hope. A second striker isn’t really a position that we use and it’s a strange pick if he’s a back-up option. Luna was advanced for a midfielder but he wasn’t that attacking. Pucciarelli’s numbers aren’t terrific and it has been a while since he posted decent numbers for a season. But I was wrong on Hendry. I guess we’ll wait and see. Still need a midfielder. Apparently he's played a fair bit (and successfully) as an attacking mid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, fensaddler said: Apparently he's played a fair bit (and successfully) as an attacking mid. Yeah I see Transfermarkt says about 50 games as a 10 but he still seems like a strange option, to say nothing of his ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever City Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) Intriguing. Can't really see the need for him tbh does he have the legs for our style of football? If we are playing a three in midfield with Pucciarelli at 10 and this mysterious German midfielder alongside either O'Neil or Metcalfe. Interesting indeed. Edited September 18, 2021 by Forever City 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, Forever City said: Intriguing. Can't really see the need for him tbh does he have the legs for our style of football? If we are playing a three in midfield with Pucciarelli at 10 and this mysterious German midfielder alongside either O'Neil or Metcalfe. Interesting indeed. See this is what confuses me, Pucciarelli Metcalfe, German Midfielder in the midfield? Metcalfe playing defensive midfielder? I know he can do it but personally I prefer him as an 8, but then O’Neill on the bench? I thought he was solid last season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Prefer to wait until it's confirmed - if it is. Can't see that we need a player like this myself, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IssySG Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 What's interesting about this player is that report seems to suggest that he's 'close to signing', but heavily gives the impression that it isn't complete yet. That seems at odds with the information we've received insiders on this forum, and even the information that @Le Hack got from our membership team, that was we had already signed, with an announcement imminent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, IssySG said: What's interesting about this player is that report seems to suggest that he's 'close to signing', but heavily gives the impression that it isn't complete yet. That seems at odds with the information we've received insiders on this forum, and even the information that @Le Hack got from our membership team, that was we had already signed, with an announcement imminent. Maybe we have 2 signings one being Pucciarelli and the other being this other via midfielder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 2 hours ago, IssySG said: What's interesting about this player is that report seems to suggest that he's 'close to signing', but heavily gives the impression that it isn't complete yet. That seems at odds with the information we've received insiders on this forum, and even the information that @Le Hack got from our membership team, that was we had already signed, with an announcement imminent. Some of the articles made it sound like he was being shopped around to Australian clubs with the preference of "Melbourne FC" (presumably because of perceived financial capacity) as opposed to him actually being signed by us or any other club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 11 minutes ago, malloy said: Some of the articles made it sound like he was being shopped around to Australian clubs with the preference of "Melbourne FC" (presumably because of perceived financial capacity) as opposed to him actually being signed by us or any other club. Yea it is kinda hard to tell with the Italian to English translations it doesn't exactly all add up, from the article I read it is certainly close. But I am hoping to see this other international midfielder first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever City Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 On the plus side thank goodness for some concrete transfer rumours! We've been deprived for so long. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 11 hours ago, Zanty said: Yea it is kinda hard to tell with the Italian to English translations it doesn't exactly all add up, from the article I read it is certainly close. But I am hoping to see this other international midfielder first Don’t we have any Italian hairdressers who can sort this out for us? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, haz said: Hardly played at all last season. According to transfermarkt hasn't played much football at all for several seasons. Has a lot of time on the bench, and two long periods out injured. If it's true then it seems odd to me considering the players we've already got on the books. Not particularly enthusiastic at this stage. Edited September 18, 2021 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, jw1739 said: According to transfermarkt hasn't played much football at all for several seasons. Has a lot of time on the bench, and two long periods out injured. Sounds perfect for us then, 3 year deal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 If he does come, I'm sure he will be perfectly fine. 200 games in the Italian 1st and 2nd division is a fair achievement. Positionally it seems odd, but I think the club will be very mindful of having some reserves who can play multiple positions with the uncertainty of covid, and especially with having so many members of our front third having possibly international duty and who knows what that looks like in coming months 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeVader Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 It doesn't seem as bad as it seems if he does come to us. Many imports come to the a-league with bad CVs and come out to be a star. Berisha, Luna, Novillo was just a few French div 2 seasons wasn't he?? And if the a-league decides to be the only league in the world to have games whilst the socceroos have games overseas again, you could potentially lose Mcclaren, Leckie, Nabbout and even Atkinson. Not to mention if the under-23s you lose Tilio. The more attacking options the better especially if we get an injury or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, DukeVader said: It doesn't seem as bad as it seems if he does come to us. Many imports come to the a-league with bad CVs and come out to be a star. Berisha, Luna, Novillo was just a few French div 2 seasons wasn't he?? And if the a-league decides to be the only league in the world to have games whilst the socceroos have games overseas again, you could potentially lose Mcclaren, Leckie, Nabbout and even Atkinson. Not to mention if the under-23s you lose Tilio. The more attacking options the better especially if we get an injury or two Everything is uncertain with COV-19 around, but APL has said that it will observe international breaks in the future (or at least for next season). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Everything is uncertain with COV-19 around, but APL has said that it will observe international breaks in the future (or at least for next season). We will observe international breaks but it’s the 2 weeks hotel quarantine that hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 2 hours ago, DukeVader said: It doesn't seem as bad as it seems if he does come to us. Many imports come to the a-league with bad CVs and come out to be a star. Berisha, Luna, Novillo was just a few French div 2 seasons wasn't he?? And if the a-league decides to be the only league in the world to have games whilst the socceroos have games overseas again, you could potentially lose Mcclaren, Leckie, Nabbout and even Atkinson. Not to mention if the under-23s you lose Tilio. The more attacking options the better especially if we get an injury or two Leckie and Maclaren said that they are not competing for the socceroos until international border restrictions ease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 I still reckon he will end up at Western United. We always wanted a more experienced CF as a back up to JMAC and this one can also play AM. He will be fine on A-League level. Gives you also the flexibilty to switch to 4-4-2 when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 4 hours ago, neio said: If he does come, I'm sure he will be perfectly fine. 200 games in the Italian 1st and 2nd division is a fair achievement. Positionally it seems odd, but I think the club will be very mindful of having some reserves who can play multiple positions with the uncertainty of covid, and especially with having so many members of our front third having possibly international duty and who knows what that looks like in coming months He averaged 68 minutes per game in Serie A and 43 in Serie B. 26 goals and very good disciplinary record - just 13 yellows and one red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr MO said: I still reckon he will end up at Western United. We always wanted a more experienced CF as a back up to JMAC and this one can also play AM. He will be fine on A-League level. Gives you also the flexibilty to switch to 4-4-2 when needed. https://kick360.com.au/experienced-italian-forward-reportedly-in-negotiations-with-melbourne-city/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJV Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 18/09/2021 at 4:12 PM, Harrison said: Interesting signing. Not one that fills me with a lot of hope. A second striker isn’t really a position that we use and it’s a strange pick if he’s a back-up option. Luna was advanced for a midfielder but he wasn’t that attacking. Pucciarelli’s numbers aren’t terrific and it has been a while since he posted decent numbers for a season. But I was wrong on Hendry. I guess we’ll wait and see. Still need a midfielder. Interesting, I think this could be a very smart signing. On paper he is a massive upgrade over Luna, with over 130 Serie A games and almost 80 in Serie B under his belt, and still at a good age. Around 50 matches or so as an attacking mid in there for 11 goals isn't really that terrible. Depends on what else he can bring with his game. However, the fact that he can play both as an AM and as a center forward means he can serve as a potentially good back up option if J Mac goes down with an injury, instead of shoehorning Cola,Leckie or Nabbout up top. My only concern would be lack of gametime over the past 2 seasons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 2 hours ago, TJV said: Interesting, I think this could be a very smart signing. On paper he is a massive upgrade over Luna, with over 130 Serie A games and almost 80 in Serie B under his belt, and still at a good age. Around 50 matches or so as an attacking mid in there for 11 goals isn't really that terrible. Depends on what else he can bring with his game. However, the fact that he can play both as an AM and as a center forward means he can serve as a potentially good back up option if J Mac goes down with an injury, instead of shoehorning Cola,Leckie or Nabbout up top. My only concern would be lack of gametime over the past 2 seasons Yea people should know by now in the aleague not to question cvs people with great cvs have come and failed and others who have quite poor cvs have done really well. Only thing which confuses me is this other international midfielder we have supposedly brought in, if true then surely he’s been brought in as a squad player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 It's happening 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluka Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 Also J Mac’s IG suggests kit reveal is today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever City Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 Does Pucciarelli have German heritage??? @kingofhearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marn11 Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Forever City said: Does Pucciarelli have German heritage??? @kingofhearts His Great Grandmother was born in Munich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 Merely announced as Luna replacement, do we really still a need German midfielder? Benny left so perhaps another full back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) Positions that still need to be filled - a back up left back and if I'm being greedy I wouldn't hate if we got a back up striker who is different sort of like when Matt Simon went to Sydney (I don't want Matt Simon) give us a different look late in games if we need it. Edit - don't worry about defensive mid, I forgot we had Gomulka Edited September 19, 2021 by neio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted September 19, 2021 Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 Pinched from Twitter, but squad as it stands. Looks pretty good to me tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marn11 Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, bt50 said: Pinched from Twitter, but squad as it stands. Looks pretty good to me tbh. Probably just require a couple of depth signings now. A LB/CB and maybe another midfielder if we think there aren't any kids ready to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 19 minutes ago, bt50 said: Pinched from Twitter, but squad as it stands. Looks pretty good to me tbh. Looks quite formidable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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