German Pezzella: one of the most promising young CBs in South America

Name: German Pezzella
Age: 20
Height: 1.82 m
Nationality: Argentine & Italian
Position: CB
Club: River Plate
Number of senior club appearances: 0
Number of international U20 appearances: 11
Notes: U20 Argentina captain
Transfermarkt.de price: 50,000 Euro ()

Nice bit of scouting, i think we'll see him in Serie A soon.

You should do Lucas Ocampos next!!!

Don't try to hide him!!!

I'm guessing that there's no chance we can steal him for the Italian national side, if he turns out to be good enough?

Stealing an U-20 Captain from a position Argentina desperately need might sour relations a tad.

With the current quality of CBs available to Argentina I would be very surprised to see him join Italy, given that he probably knows that if he does well his competition is probably harder in Italy than for Argentina. Additionally, he's flying very under the radar right now due to not debuting yet for River Plate so I doubt he'll go to Italy soon. This also makes it hard to assess how good he truly is, since we don't get a chance to watch him often.

Is he a ball playing CB?

Definitely, though in the end it should be a decision of the heart, not the head.

Have you been following him for long? 1.82m is quite short for a centre-back, however from the video it looks like he's less susceptible to being left behind by a fast, tricky attacker because of it. I'd obviously need to watch a few full matches to get a real feel for his style though, he looks comfortable on the ball though, thanks for the report.

I'm actually quite surprised, generally you get hype for players that are too young (17 or so) and/or are overpriced and not good deals (Lamela, Damiao, Casemiro, Piazon).

Nice job

dostoevsky wrote:Have you been following him for long? 1.82m is quite short for a centre-back, however from the video it looks like he's less susceptible to being left behind by a fast, tricky attacker because of it. I'd obviously need to watch a few full matches to get a real feel for his style though, he looks comfortable on the ball though, thanks for the report.

Only for the last few months since I catched him playing in the U20 WC. He was injured then, and I believe he has yet to recover. Once he does, he is expected to make his way into the debut, because the CBs River has right now are frankly terrible.

@Nick: I'm not sure, I've only watched one and a half games by him so it is hard to tell. He does have good control of the ball, but I'm unsure about his passing skills.

@Chino: most CBs take a longer time to develop

So apparently I've done some research and he is no longer injured, but his partner CB Pires, who was also very good at the U20 is. No idea why he's not been played, and most River fans are perplexed by this same question.

An Argentian defender? Sorry, but I dont see a bright future.

No surprise another Italian

50,000

http://www.forza-roma.com/42022/la-roma-ha-opzionato-german-pezzella-e-segue-cirigliano

Yeah Roma is linked to him, Sabbatini, work your magic!!!

Verratti now this

Sabatini

I just checked the River forums, there's tons of butthurt over Cirigiliano and Ocampos, but no one had heard of Pezzella being linked out til now

Either way yes please, I want to see him get some playing time.

relevant question, what do any argentinians here know about lisandro lopez from arsenal? apparently we've been scouting him for like a year now...

Pezzella definitely sounds like a good prospect. Future Nesta understudy?

che wrote:relevant question, what do any argentinians here know about lisandro lopez from arsenal? apparently we've been scouting him for like a year now...

All I know about him is the goal he got nominated for the Puskas award. Sorry I can't be much help.

Shame to see that Pirez is injured.

chinomaster182 wrote:I'm actually quite surprised, generally you get hype for players that are too young (17 or so) and/or are overpriced and not good deals (Lamela, Damiao, Casemiro, Piazon).

Nice job

ahahahaha Lamela not being a good deal

che wrote:relevant question, what do any argentinians here know about lisandro lopez from arsenal? apparently we've been scouting him for like a year now...

he's coming to Brazil... ggnore.

I had no idea this thread existed, I even made one very similar to it a month or two after

https://goallegacy.forumotion.com/t11246-german-pezzella

Roma will sign Pezella

metinsk wrote:Roma will sign Pezella

where did you hear this? I could come if it's true! :dance: