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Liverpool have signed a new centre-back from Parma, but how excited should their fans be about 18-year-old Giovanni Leoni?
JJ Bull takes a look 🧠
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50 Comments
Hojlund was bought based on potential
italians have been saying he's the best defensive prospect since bastoni. never seen him but big endorsement
I'm a Liverpool fan but I'm keeping my feet on the ground with this one. Everything said about Leoni was once said about Phil Jones.
This guy pronounces fernandes as fernanj, and then pronounces barzagli as bar-zag-li. Surely he's trolling us.
Are you allowed to show people's passport information on social media like that?
I think he's like a cm shorter than virgil
Please make a scout report on Juma Bah, on loan at Lens.
looks like garnacho
So how is he being compared to Cannavaro if he's slow? Or is he already tax-dodging?
Nah Circati who is keeping him out of the team, will be better.
Leoni was a beast against Lukaku in the last match at Serie A last season
he is a matip replacement. haha
As a Liverpool fan who watches a lot of Serie A this signing is so exciting. He really does have the potential to become the next global talent as a defender, and being mentors by VVD will make him the best in Europe imo!!
If Van Dijk could train Khusanov we would have seen the next Maldini
They should have Bajcetic and Leoni play together often
Liverpool paying the asking price for a player? Shocking!
To far to say that we've bought an 18 yo MALDINI?👅
I was convinced the moment I saw the clips of him bullying Lukaku off the ball in 1v1 duel
I think it’s a move to 3atb for liverpool
Arsenal bought Saliba at 17 for around the same price tag and look how that's turned out
Why sell quansah then 😭😭
The player who would have been a much more natural successor was Huijson
But he went to la Liga
This is just a dumb clickbait title, no teenager who has started under 20 games is an heir to anyone, let alone VVD one of the best defenders in the history of this game (or at the very least the history of the prem)
If city signed an 18 year old for 30m people would complain
Surely the real question should be when will Southampton unearth the next VVD?
But is he fast enough?
The fact Inter Milan, AC Milan and Napoli were keen to sign him is telling.
* Don’t push your horses
He has ball knowledge
Thank you for mentioning one of my favorite players, Andrea Barzagli
Unlikely – u don’t get much for £20m these days. Hes also unlikely to a patch on Lenny Yoro is who a Rio/ Varane regen.
Italy needs to restart nurturing attacking prowess 😅
He feels more like a Sebastian Coates signing at the moment. He came in as a future superstar but failed to hit the mark when he came to Liverpool
Sounds more like future De Ligt imo.
As an Italian, he is considered as a decent prospect. That’s it. He hasn’t proven anything so stop overhyping a kid. ABSOLUTELY NOBODY in Italy has compared him to Barzagli and Cannvaro. Especially because he’s completely different in every aspect, so what are you on about?
Another Italian talent who'll end up back in Serie A soon enough.
It won't work out.
Should've stayed in Serie A for another couple of years
Wow! Liverpool are spending money, interesting.
nobody knew who Van Dijk was also..
Juve and Inter were after Leoni, trying to lower the price in whatever way possible. In comes an English club, pays full price and another Italian prospect is out of Italy again.
I thought our Tonali was the future Italy Captain, after captaining AC Milan at 22?
Lacking pace at 18 doesn't bode well
Cubarsi is underrated
6”5, this guys an absolute monster for his age, wish him well YNWA
Leoni is a RCB! Van Dijk is LCB – stop acting dumb, we know you can at least read a positions table if nothing else.
Bro that jersey is flames 🔥
England training their next biggest rival in their own country. Forget Euro and World Cup, and fiotvall will not ever returning home
Slow, smart, and a bit fighty? Yep, sounds like Barzaghli
Once upon a time, Juventus signed a 19-year-old future Frank de Boer to be mentored by the legendary Chiellini and Bonucci. Now rumors say the kid is turning into the next Harry Maguire.
You can't teach pace.
I'm worried about his lack of pace and agility. Passing skills you can upgrade, but not pace and agility.
If this was United he would be expected to come in and change the team over night and if not starting the first week he’s a waste of 30 million and every former Liverpool player would be screaming for his execution on the pitch.