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Cannavaro Makes Triple Signing
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AS Roma, complete with their new found money have moved quickly to snap up 3 players from the Barclays premier League.
Raul Albiol joined AS Roma from Manchester United for a fee thought to be about £7,000,000, a bargain for a top quality centre back. The solid defender joined Manchester United in the Summer of 2012 for a fee of £10,000,000. He made just 5 appearances in an injury hit 6 months in which he never established himself as a starter for the club. He is said to be delighted at joining AS Roma and for the chance to be able to prove he is good enough for Vicente del Bosque to include him in future Spain squads.
Gary Nevilles Verdict - The centre back is much needed due to Roma's lack of quality centre backs. Currently there are only 3 centre backs in the first team squad, Astori, Benatia and Britos so the addition of Albiol was a much needed one. Also £7,000,000 is a great deal for a player of his quality. I give him an :
8/10
Christian Benteke also joined for a huge fee of £30,000,000. The huge powerful striker joined AS Roma from Aston Villa having joined from Genk at the start of the 2012/13 season. Aston Villa made a huge £23,000,000 profit on the towering striker, fantastic business for them. Benteke is hopeful of becoming Roma's target man and becoming Belgium's number one striker. He said the allure of potential Champions League football next season was the clincher in a deal where he will earn £70,000 a week.
Gary Nevilles' Verdict - A beast of a man and a great addition to the Roma strike force. The powerhouse that is Benteke can score with his head and his feet and is lethal inside the penalty area. However I feel Roma already have a strong front line. I give him a :
9/10
Roma activated Mohammed Diames' release clause in his contract for a tiny fee of £3,500,000. The powerful centre midfielder who is strong in the tackle joined from Premier League side West Ham. Mo is said to be chuffed with the deal and is extremely happen to join Roma and is looking forward to playing alongside legends such as Daniele De Rossi and Francesco Totti. Diame is commonly played as an anchor man or defensive midfielder but he can also play as a deep lying playmaker.
Gary Nevilles Verdict - Mohammed is a good signing but not a great one. He has only been signed as a backup so wont get a lot of game time. I feel Roma did need more depth in the defensive midfield position and £3,500,000 is an absolute bargain. I give him a :
7/10
AS Roma have released a press statement which reads the following :
"We are delighted to have snapped up these 3 fantastic players. Raul Albiol is an experienced centre back who will add an elder players wisdom to a realtively young players. Mohammed Diame will be understudy to Daniele De Rossi as we felt we were lacking in this department. Christian Benteke will become our main target man and we are hopeful he can fire us to the top of the table. Peace Out."
Will be up then!
