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A loan move possible for him in January? He’s young, but played little and scored less. Could be his agent is drumming up interest? Hardly likely to go on a scoring spree even if we do sign him. But given that Ayew isn’t scoring, then wd be another option maybe?

I like him. I really do. But there would be several problems with this:

1. He's very young and, although he will probably be amazing with time, he's not a striker to start hitting goals immediately after arrival. His record is of 20 goals in 81 matches in the last 2 years for Sampdoria, AS Roma and the Czech national team. That's not very different from Benteke's 18 goals in 70 matches for Palace. But, yes, it differs because Schink is just 22 years old and will further develop, probably even able to sell him for 40-50 million in a couple of years. He also runs more than Benteke, is able to play on the wing too and has done it for Roma a few times, pulling his goal ratio down cause it's more difficult to score from that position.

2. He would cost a fortune!! Even if he comes on loan. What if he settles in nicely and you have to pay the 35+ million they'd be asking? Would you? Cause Roma paid for him 8 million 1 year ago. If he is sold by January 2020, they will further pay Samdoria 20 more million or half the fee for which is sold, whichever is bigger. Even if he is not sold, by February 2020 they would still need to pay Sampdoria a further 20 million.
So, 20 million+ the 8 million they paid, with a little profit on top, I think they will ask for more than 35 million for him. He's young, has re-sale value, comes from a great team, you can sell him for more in the future, those will be their arguments.

3. Health problems? 1 year ago, Juventus passed on signing him after a medical showed heart problems. They said he failed it, the Sampdoria president said he was fine and they're exaggerating. In the end, Roma took him if Juventus didn't. But he's been injured quite a lot.

4. He's not in shape. He would need months of adjustement. He has played only 250 minutes this season without scoring or assisting at least once. He would eventually come true, but Palace needs a striker who can score ASAP if we are going to avoid relegation with certainty. I'm not trying to compare him with Sorloth, cause he's a totally different quality, but he would need pretty much the same amount of time to adjust.

If you really want to get a fine player, listen to me. GET EL SHAARAWY from Rome!

The guy has 24 goals in his last 99 matches! 1 in 4 without even playing as center forward. As center forward he has 8 goals in 17 matches. He has been used as winger in a 4-3-3 formation the last 2 seasons. He is 1,80, good height to play all positions up front, has tremendous work ethic, runs a lot, shoots great, is in awesome form this season and it continues from the previous season, just 26 years old, Rome willing to let him go for a mere 10-13 million (he just stayed with them in the summer cause they couldn't sign Malcom who went to Barcelona). But he's amazing and takes his chance every time he gets on the pitch. Hasn't had an injury in a long time, is fit, fights with players twice his size, has the spirit, has the determination needed to make in the Pemier League, would be great right from the start, would be sold in 2 years for 30 million after scoring double digits every season. El Shaarawy-Zaha partnership would take this team to top 8 in the Premier League.

Edited by mattteo (08 Nov 2018 8.04pm)

I like him. I really do. But there would be several problems with this:

1. He's very young and, although he will probably be amazing with time, he's not a striker to start hitting goals immediately after arrival. His record is of 20 goals in 81 matches in the last 2 years for Sampdoria, AS Roma and the Czech national team. That's not very different from Benteke's 18 goals in 70 matches for Palace. But, yes, it differs because Schink is just 22 years old and will further develop, probably even able to sell him for 40-50 million in a couple of years. He also runs more than Benteke, is able to play on the wing too and has done it for Roma a few times, pulling his goal ratio down cause it's more difficult to score from that position.

2. He would cost a fortune!! Even if he comes on loan. What if he settles in nicely and you have to pay the 35+ million they'd be asking? Would you? Cause Roma paid for him 8 million 1 year ago. If he is sold by January 2020, they will further pay Samdoria 20 more million or half the fee for which is sold, whichever is bigger. Even if he is not sold, by February 2020 they would still need to pay Sampdoria a further 20 million.
So, 20 million+ the 8 million they paid, with a little profit on top, I think they will ask for more than 35 million for him. He's young, has re-sale value, comes from a great team, you can sell him for more in the future, those will be their arguments.

3. Health problems? 1 year ago, Juventus passed on signing him after a medical showed heart problems. They said he failed it, the Sampdoria president said he was fine and they're exaggerating. In the end, Roma took him if Juventus didn't. But he's been injured quite a lot.

4. He's not in shape. He would need months of adjustement. He has played only 250 minutes this season without scoring or assisting at least once. He would eventually come true, but Palace needs a striker who can score ASAP if we are going to avoid relegation with certainty. I'm not trying to compare him with Sorloth, cause he's a totally different quality, but he would need pretty much the same amount of time to adjust.

If you really want to get a fine player, listen to me. GET EL SHAARAWY from Rome!

The guy has 24 goals in his last 99 matches! 1 in 4 without even playing as center forward. As center forward he has 8 goals in 17 matches. He has been used as winger in a 4-3-3 formation the last 2 seasons. He is 1,80, good height to play all positions up front, has tremendous work ethic, runs a lot, shoots great, is in awesome form this season and it continues from the previous season, just 26 years old, Rome willing to let him go for a mere 10-13 million (he just stayed with them in the summer cause they couldn't sign Malcom who went to Barcelona). But he's amazing and takes his chance every time he gets on the pitch. Hasn't had an injury in a long time, is fit, fights with players twice his size, has the spirit, has the determination needed to make in the Pemier League, would be great right from the start, would be sold in 2 years for 30 million after scoring double digits every season. El Shaarawy-Zaha partnership would take this team to top 8 in the Premier League.

An excellent and very informative post. Sounds like he would be a good end of season investment if we could afford him. But Matteo is quite righ, he wouldn’t come good and ready to play for quite a while, so would not be the dynamic goal scorer we need.

Edited by mattteo (08 Nov 2018 8.04pm)

El Shaarawy looks like a brilliant player. Only problem (as usual with good players) is cost and wd he want to come to Palace?