01 Jun 2016 11:44:21
Am I the only one that's concerned about this Bacca deal?
It's a lot of money for a 29 year old in my opinion especially when Lacazette is 5 years younger and more prolific.
01 Jun 2016 12:19:22
he's scored goals in Italy and Spain which are better leagues than the french league, I think Bacca is class he won euro cups at seville has scored goals for one of the biggest clubs in Italy, doesn't matter to me if he's 29 so is payet if he comes in scores goals for us and gets us 2 or 3 positions higher because of it he's worth every penny I'd say it's lot less risky than paying out 10 over million more for a player that's only scored one international goal and only played in ligue 1 myself.
01 Jun 2016 13:43:16
Hel be 30 by the time the new season starts I think hel b a good signing just hope we keep hold of Sakho as well and no more then a 3 year deal for bacca ⚒.
01 Jun 2016 13:52:11
It seems (according to the Italian press) that Carlos Bacca's agent may well be flying in to discuss terms further. Apparently he is on 8.5m euro's a year. Quick maths that's approx £6.7m and approx £130k a week? I'm sure IRONMIKE will shed some light on this but it does seem a little excessive. This summary was done on CARLOS BACCA in Apr 2016
Costing Milan €30 million, he was a second choice after Milan's efforts to sign Jackson Martinez—then of Porto—fell through at the last minute. That's a lot of money for any player, so has Bacca lived up to his hefy price tag? In a word, yes. Very much so.
Through 32 games this season, Bacca is tied with Paulo Dybala and Mauro Icardi for second on the Serie A scoring chart behind the superhuman season of Gonzalo Higuain. According to WhoScored. com, his 14 tallies are good for 33 percent of Milan's total scoring output.
Bacca has been one of the most accurate strikers in the league. If that alone isn't enough to justify his price tag, it's worth noting just how many more goals he could have had if his teammates had done better this season.
Bacca has been scary accurate this year. According to Squawka. com, he has found the target with 66 percent of his shots, that’s 2 out of every 3. As little as six weeks ago, he was putting shots on goal at a 70 percent clip.
A comparison between the Colombia international and the rest of the top five in the scoring chart shows just how accurate he's been. None of the other four men have an accuracy rating of more than 56 percent (and that's Higuain and how much is he worth) .
If you look just at the numbers, it would be hard to blame you for wondering how he has only 14 goals if he's been so efficient he's been. That's an indictment not of Bacca, but of his teammates.
Bacca isn't the kind of player who creates his own shot. He's a pure finisher, attacking the space left him by the defense and depositing the ball in the net. As seen by his numbers, he's exceedingly good at that, but if the ball never gets to him in those positions, his impact on the game decreases. And that's been the problem. Bacca's teammates haven't been able to give him the quality or service he requires—and quite frankly deserves. WhoScored clocks him at only 1.8 shots per game—only third on his own team.
By contrast, Higuain's league-leading total of 30 goals has come on 5.4 shots per game. Dybala has taken three per match. That's a clear indictment against Bacca's teammates and their inability to get him the ball. If they managed it a little more, his goal total would very well be a lot higher.
€30 million is a heck of a lot of money to pay for any player. Fortunately for Milan—especially considering how badly their first choice, Martinez, flopped at Atletico Madrid before being moved to China in the January transfer window—Bacca has proved worthy of both the club and his transfer fee. Unfortunately, his teammates this season haven't shown that they deserve him and he is the reason Milan were not lower in the league.
01 Jun 2016 13:56:15
OH and Arsenal were looking at Higuain for £48m and he is 28 :-)
01 Jun 2016 15:20:09
I got to be honest of all the strikers we've been linked with bacca is the one I'd want, I think he's exactly what we need quick and a great finisher imagine payet and lanzini ( possibly tore) supplying him and the knock downs from big Andy I think ted get a rake of goals as for the age thing the better we re now the easier the future will be, more prize money and players wanting to come etc.
01 Jun 2016 15:45:12
Agreeeeeeeeed. let's hope that the "Chinese Buying Milan Shares" issue doesn't hinder the process.
06 Jun 2016 13:35:09
At 30 you start losing pace.