Pablo Piatti
Pablo Piatti 22 Winger Valencia
It’s a tough thing to be capable of genius because, sooner or later, someone’s going to ask you to do it consistently. Make no mistake, Pablo Piatti is capable of just such a moment of breathtaking, game-changing importance, but at Almeira, he was able to fly under the radar through some bad spells of form. An eye for a killer pass is only matched by a penchant for spectacular goals and Piatti has proved he has that something extra that might separate a great player from a mere good one.
This summer Piatti landed a transfer to Valencia and the promise of Champions League football coupled with a tilt at La Liga’s top three - a big step up from relegated Almeira. Replacing Juan Mata presents Piatti with some considerable boots to fill and this season is a huge one in the little Argentine’s career. Is this the moment when he could kick on to become something really special rather than just a player with a succession of YouTube moments?
At present Piatti remains a sporadically brilliant talent but nothing we haven’t seen before. Time to make your mind up Pablo and prove you can play at the highest level over a longer period.
“Despite his best efforts - and some of them were bloody brilliant - he couldn’t save Almería all on his own. With his move to Valencia the objectives and platform have changed, while with Juan Mata gone their fans need an idol – and no one at the club has more magic in their boots than Pablo” - David Cartlidge (Spanishfootball.info)
“Small and delicate but technically superb, good vision and impish movement, very good deep-lying playmaker. Basically a poor man's Messi” – Chris Mann (The Equaliser)
C …is for Champions league; can you do it consistently Pablo?
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Reader Comments (1)
Saw him last year for Almeria at Sevilla and he was absolutely breathtaking. No surprise that he moved on to a big club, but having signed him, Emery doesn't seem to have much patience with him (not one full game in the league yet) and you wonder whether he will ever get a decent crack there now, maybe he needs to go to a mid table side on loan in January and get in some games to get back on track.