"He is the new Zidane. He is very strong and complete. Within two years he will be worth as much as Messi. He won't be moving away from Palermo, neither in January nor in June."
Pretty hefty praise. Time will tell if he is doing a president's job in hyping up the value of his player or whether the next world star is waiting in the Sicilian city. With fairly extortionate price tags attached to him in rumours of a move to City, it seems he doesn't need to do too much more to raise Pastore's price.
Zamparini's words came after Palermo's 3-1 away win to upcoming Eastlands visitors Juventus last night. Pastore impressed with silky feet and vision - as well as tucking away the first goal of the night. He is an attacking midfielder, or support striker (not positions City are desperate to fill), probably closest to Silva in style out of our current players. Although unlike Silva, he is 6'2". The only slightly worrying thing about him is that in his posture and his hair he bears some resemblance to Georgios Samaras.
I have seen him twice this season for Palermo and he seems to be the creative fulcrum of the team. He also made a couple of appearances at the World Cup in the summer. On these limited viewings, he certainly looks the part.
Secondly, on ex-player watch, Bojinov is lamenting the reputation Parma have built up this season. Bojinov started and scored in the opening game of the season, a 2-0 win over Brescia, but believes teams have come to fear Parma, after a few shrewd summer signings, and that no team is brave enough to let them play. Sounds familiar to me. Bojinov was replaced in all of the first three games of the season, and lost his place to Hernan Crespo for the last game - only to come on at half-time as Parma recovered from a goal down.
Robinho is yet to start for Milan and has only featured in the 2-0 defeat against Cesena and for three minutes in their draw against Lazio.
Watched Pastore play last night reminds me too much of Samaras.
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