Cristian Zapata

Viva Zapata!
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anyone seen him play? I rate all of Mancini's players so I assume he wouldn't buy an average player, but I don't watch a lot of Serie A to form my own opinion.
 
Zapata is a mirror image of a footballer like Richards, who is a true center back but can go wide. He is strong, fast, and is not afraid of a tackle, but can look lost on a pitch sometimes. Sometimes gets lazy in matches I have watched on TV, but recovers pretty well. Young which is good and I would take him over Ruiz.
 
Cristian ZAPATA - I believe most people will have heard of this guy, and if honest they'll be as surprised as me that he is still at Udinese. Last season though he had a tough time with injury and only managed 17 appearances. To be fair to him though, before he came back Udinese looked weak across the defensive line and you could see they missed the stability he brings with his vision. He seems to read the game a bit like Tony Adams used to, not having to rely on pace but having the knowledge of being in the right place at the right time. Another player with age on his side at 22, and may be a decent option as i believe Udinese failed to make europe this season.

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Hopefully he is over his injury problems.
 
Being 'linked' again.

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For fucks sake not another defender.
Whilst I think Toure is not big or quick enough for a CH AND that his brother
needs to put a shift in, we need :
Attacking Midfield Who can score goals.
Attacking midfielder with pace to get forward.

These should be priorities.
 
Sill searching fo r a ball playing CD. Like Hummels, but there could always be better
 
Zapata is another versatile defender who can play centrally or on both flanks. But we have Boateng who can allegedly do that even if he hasn't really adapted to being a full-back in the Premier League and seems more comfortable in the center. Zapata would be a squad player, not much more, but if we are selling off some of our defenders like Bridge, Onuoha, and Lescott then there is no reason we shouldn't add one or two squad players.
 
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