It's such a shame, his miss in the WC final and his short stint at Chelsea has made people forget how good he actually was. He had eight seasons where he scored at least 20 goals. That's for Real, Napoli and Juve. You don't get those numbers by being average. In fact, he is part of a generation of strikers that were truly lethal. The last great generation of top strikers. The likes of Suarez, Aguero, Benzema, Lewandowski, Cavani, Kane, Falcao, etc. The likes of Higuain, Lukaku, Giroud, Immobile, Costa, etc. Often don't get mentioned in the same breath. Just goes to show how high the standard was for strikers back then.
He was the best for 3 years
It's such a shame, his miss in the WC final and his short stint at Chelsea has made people forget how good he actually was.
He had eight seasons where he scored at least 20 goals. That's for Real, Napoli and Juve. You don't get those numbers by being average.
In fact, he is part of a generation of strikers that were truly lethal. The last great generation of top strikers. The likes of Suarez, Aguero, Benzema, Lewandowski, Cavani, Kane, Falcao, etc.
The likes of Higuain, Lukaku, Giroud, Immobile, Costa, etc. Often don't get mentioned in the same breath. Just goes to show how high the standard was for strikers back then.
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