夏季第一签!!Davide Petrucci's signing for Manchester United angers Roma
- Manchester United last night came under fire after signing one of Italy's most promising young strikers.
Just days after they were pipped by Arsenal to the signature of 17-year-old Cardiff midfielder Aaron Ramsey,United snapped up Davide Petrucci, 16, who scored 14 goals in 19matches last season and was the top scorer in Roma's youth team. He hasalso starred for Italy's under-17 team.
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Unitedwill pay Petrucci £95,000 a year and will cover the cost of regularflights home to Italy. The deal is the maximum permissible offer for ayouth-team player. Roma will receive around £200,000 in compensationbut the move has caused fury.
"It is a nightmare,"said Il Romanista, a newspaper dedicated to Roma. "Manchester Unitedhave dealt us another low blow, stealing Petrucci from under our noses,probably the best product of our youth system. In three to four years,he will be worth 100 times as much."
Petrucci, whocomes from the San Basilio suburb of Rome, has been compared to a youngFrancesco Totti and could have made the first-team squad next year.However, Roma offered him a contract worth only £16,000 a year, thebasic youth-team deal. Petrucci was also said to be concerned that hehad not already been called up to the first team. Totti made his debutin 1993 when he was 16.
Bruno Conti, Roma'stechnical director, said the club were unwilling to improve the termsbecause it would upset other youth-team players who had already signedsimilar deals, including Riccardo Brosco, a defender who has alreadybeen promoted to the full squad.
Conti said Petrucci would have been given opportunities to show his value next season.
Romahave a history of developing youth players. Daniele De Rossi andAlberto Aquilani have come through the system in the past two years andare now playing for Italy.
Roma are unable tocontest the signing, since Italian rules state it is impossible tooffer a professional contract to anyone under 17. Petrucci's birthdayis in October.
Meanwhile, Patrice Evra has signedon for four more years at United. His contract extension is worth£75,000 a week. "United is more than a club, it is a family," saidEvra. "I'm proud to be a part of it."
红魔20万英镑签新托蒂 罗马最强新人成翻版罗西
- 《每日电讯报》披露,曼联已经抢先签下了罗马青训营的希望之星戴维-佩特鲁奇……
就在阿森纳签下17岁的拉姆西之后,曼联就签下了罗马青训营培出的天才射手戴维-佩特鲁奇(Davide Petrucci),上赛季他为罗马青年队仅用了19场比赛便打入14球,也顺理成章地成为了意大利17岁以下青年队的核心人物。这笔交易,让人很自然想起曼联当年超低价抢走帕尔玛超级新人罗西的成功案例。
戴维-佩特鲁奇
《每日电讯报》披露,意大利小将在曼联的年薪达到了9.5万英镑,曼联还将承担他的家人往返意大利与英国之间的正常机票费用。这样的待遇对于青年球员来说已经是最高级别的待遇,当然,作为培养费,罗马收到了可怜的20万英镑的补偿费。
《罗马人报》对此事的反响强烈,“这简直就是噩梦,曼联的交易给了我们重大的打击,在我们眼皮底下‘偷走’了佩特鲁奇,他可能是我们青训营中最好的球员。再过上3-4年,他的身价会狂翻100倍。”
佩特鲁奇本赛季在罗马青年队表现优异,已经有人将他与当年的托蒂相媲美,他也被告知自己下赛季会跟随罗马一线队训练和比赛。然而,当罗马仅仅提供给他一份年薪1.6万的合同后,一切都开始发生变化。
布鲁诺-孔蒂,罗马的竞技部总监,在他看来,俱乐部之所以仅仅提供1.6万的年薪给佩特鲁奇,是考虑到整个青训营的年薪结构,如果给予佩特鲁奇一人高薪,很可能造成其他球员的不满。罗马青训营是在意大利的名气仅次于亚特兰大青训营,他们近几年培养出的德罗西、阿奎拉尼都已经是国家队的常客,而奥卡卡等新秀也正罗马的卫星俱乐部茁壮成长。
其实这样的问题早在几年前就出现过,英超球队对意甲俱乐部培养出的天才球员给予高薪诱惑,仅仅给俱乐部以极少的补偿费,曼联曾签下罗西、阿森纳也曾强挖卢波利,未与母队签订职业合同前,意大利年轻球员可以随时换东家。此外,西甲也是,巴萨的 法布雷加斯和皮克就分别被阿森纳和曼联低价买走。而像罗西和皮克,虽然几乎没有在曼联建功立业,但是曼联通过强挖新人并且再次出售,都卖出500万欧元左右的高价,获得几十倍的收益。 佩特鲁奇到底是另一个罗西,还是能在曼联闯出天地,让我们拭目以待。 |