Francesco Pio Esposito

[vasilios]

Real didn't have a buyback clause on Hakimi, but they had right of first refusal on him. So if they wanted him back they could have had him, just would have cost a bit more. And it's not like an extra 20mil or whatever means anything to them.

 

[Damageplan]

Gazzetta and Tuttosport.

Yeah I usually browsw Gazzetta and Calciomercato so it was probably Gazzetta. It just popped up on my feed on sempreinter too. And Pio Eposito would be offered to Como not real.
Apparently Real triggered the 12 mil clause already tho so at this point we can probably scratch this one as bs.

 

[RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot]

15mln

Plus 20% sell on clause that can be reduced to 5% with an additional million.

 

[Il Drago]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872845084947038394

 

[varmin]

I think that Seba is better player and we should have kept him, and sell Pio instead, but it is over now. Let's hope he can keep going same way and break in our squad soon

 

[.h.]

Based on trajectory so far Pio is looking much better, what makes you think Seba is better?

 

[_OC_]

I think that Seba is better player and we should have kept him, and sell Pio instead, but it is over now. Let's hope he can keep going same way and break in our squad soon

You do know that Pio is three years younger than Sebastiano, and this ongoing season alone has surpassed the highest amount of goals (9 in 17 matches) that Seba has ever scored in a senior league (6 in Switzerland and last season's Serie B), right?
No denying that Sebastiano is showing up for Empoli right now - five goals for that side in Serie A is nothing to scuff at - but Pio is, seemingly, breaking through at a younger age with more impressive numbers, being right now the second highest goalscorer in Serie B at age 19. Sebastiano has never come close to anything like that. Pio had 15 goals in 30 matches with our primavera at age, Seba had 3 in 13, and so forth...

Seba was expandable, although I don't think it's very unrealistic that we'll see him back here in a season or two, whilst Inter are, based on reports, shutting down every club reaching out for Pio. The club knows he's on a different level.

 

[.h.]

You do know that Pio is three years younger than Sebastiano, and this ongoing season alone has surpassed the highest amount of goals (9 in 17 matches) that Seba has ever scored in a senior league (6 in Switzerland and last season's Serie B), right?
No denying that Sebastiano is showing up for Empoli right now - five goals for that side in Serie A is nothing to scuff at - but Pio is, seemingly, breaking through at a younger age with more impressive numbers, being right now the second highest goalscorer in Serie B at age 19. Sebastiano has never come close to anything like that. Pio had 15 goals in 30 matches with our primavera at age, Seba had 3 in 13, and so forth...

Seba was expandable, although I don't think it's very unrealistic that we'll see him back here in a season or two, whilst Inter are, based on reports, shutting down every club reaching out for Pio. The club knows he's on a different level.

Also Serie B young player of the year for his first season, during which he barely scored. Making real improvements every year, if he goes to A next year I hope he scores 10-15 goals

 

[Kova10]

Would be fantastic to have both of them. Seba has always shown he’s a great fit for 3-5-2, even in pre season or whenever playing with us. Obviously he was too weak physically, but he has got the right attributes. He surged at Basel, Anderlecht, and Bari, and has always been stopped by injuries and stood in his way with 19 years for disciplinary reasons, which is excusable at that age.

As for Pio - who by the way was brutally unlucky to not score his 10th yesterday- he just seems to be far more mature, and is blessed to be playing alongside Salvatore who is certainly pushing his younger brother to perform at a high level. I think Pio is definitely very talented, but out of the three Espositos seems to have hit the best “right place right time” timing you cannot influence early in your career.

If possible I’d like to see Seba taking Arnautovic’s place next season and Pio playing one season somewhere in Serie A, to eventually go on and take over from Taremi in our squad. By the way I think that Salvatore wouldn’t be a bad choice as a seventh midfielder from how he’s performing the last seasons.

 

[Gaindé]

You do know that Pio is three years younger than Sebastiano, and this ongoing season alone has surpassed the highest amount of goals (9 in 17 matches) that Seba has ever scored in a senior league (6 in Switzerland and last season's Serie B), right?
No denying that Sebastiano is showing up for Empoli right now - five goals for that side in Serie A is nothing to scuff at - but Pio is, seemingly, breaking through at a younger age with more impressive numbers, being right now the second highest goalscorer in Serie B at age 19. Sebastiano has never come close to anything like that. Pio had 15 goals in 30 matches with our primavera at age, Seba had 3 in 13, and so forth...

Seba was expandable, although I don't think it's very unrealistic that we'll see him back here in a season or two, whilst Inter are, based on reports, shutting down every club reaching out for Pio. The club knows he's on a different level.

Both are good, I don't think we should compare them, different type of player with different trajectories, we need both of them.
Stop going for expensive trash like Arnautovic.

 

[RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot]

He has a physical advantage over his brothers that’s for sure. Dude is big and strong.

 

[KevinB]

Would be fantastic to have both of them. Seba has always shown he’s a great fit for 3-5-2, even in pre season or whenever playing with us. Obviously he was too weak physically, but he has got the right attributes. He surged at Basel, Anderlecht, and Bari, and has always been stopped by injuries and stood in his way with 19 years for disciplinary reasons, which is excusable at that age.

As for Pio - who by the way was brutally unlucky to not score his 10th yesterday- he just seems to be far more mature, and is blessed to be playing alongside Salvatore who is certainly pushing his younger brother to perform at a high level. I think Pio is definitely very talented, but out of the three Espositos seems to have hit the best “right place right time” timing you cannot influence early in your career.

If possible I’d like to see Seba taking Arnautovic’s place next season and Pio playing one season somewhere in Serie A, to eventually go on and take over from Taremi in our squad. By the way I think that Salvatore wouldn’t be a bad choice as a seventh midfielder from how he’s performing the last seasons.

Seba did not surge in Belgium. He was dismissed because he didn't score and had an absolute horrible attitude.

I reckon Empoli must be the first team aside from us that he did not showcase this trait. Disciplinary reasons should not be excused, life as a footballer is a dream for billions of people.

We have not been a club to produce a lot of youngsters into valuable assets, and this is not going to change. At best, Seba Esposito will gain us some money.

 

[varmin]

I don't follow the numbers only. Seba looks to me more suited for our system as a SS, while Pio is more like pure striker. I don't watch him apart from the highlights to know how much he is involved in building, but now we are not a team, which needs and relies only on a goalscorer, how when Icardi was here, for instance.

 

[Il Drago]

Seba did not surge in Belgium. He was dismissed because he didn't score and had an absolute horrible attitude.

I reckon Empoli must be the first team aside from us that he did not showcase this trait. Disciplinary reasons should not be excused, life as a footballer is a dream for billions of people.

We have not been a club to produce a lot of youngsters into valuable assets, and this is not going to change. At best, Seba Esposito will gain us some money.

Seba had been on a positive trajectory in the last 18 months before joining Empoli. Decent 6 months at Bari and then an entire good season at Sampdoria.

He didn't suddenly click at Empoli.

 

[Gaindé]

We have not been a club to produce a lot of youngsters into valuable assets, and this is not going to change. At best, Seba Esposito will gain us some money.

Then let's close all the young player teams because it's a waste of time and a huge waste of money as well seeing how much we invest heavily in it.

I'll never understand this type of opinion.

Also as said above anybody who actually followed Sebastiano saw that he was important for his two previous clubs on loan.
Pio is showing interesting characteristics we should start building a plan to integrate him in the squad. In fact we should have had a plan right from the start but we were busy signing the Caicedo and Arnautovic of the world.

 

[Kova10]

Seba did not surge in Belgium. He was dismissed because he didn't score and had an absolute horrible attitude.

I reckon Empoli must be the first team aside from us that he did not showcase this trait. Disciplinary reasons should not be excused, life as a footballer is a dream for billions of people.

We have not been a club to produce a lot of youngsters into valuable assets, and this is not going to change. At best, Seba Esposito will gain us some money.

1. Let’s simply agree to disagree on the youth thing.

2. Definitely it is excusable to have your phases between the age of 18 and 22-23 I would say. We are too used to see als these Barca boys and Mbappes and Harland’s as the standard, but they are not, because they are one in millions.

3. His stints were all at least okay, if not even successful. He had 28 games at Spal with 18 years, then went on to collect 7 goals and 9 assists for Basel even though he was excluded multiple times for injury and disciplinary reasons. After that - I have to correct myself - his stint at Anderlecht didn’t go well, but he became the most important player of a Bari team that fought for Serie A. Same thing the season after where he was one of Sampdorias best players, only to be interrupted by injuries.

What we see at Empoli is not a coincidence but rather the result of many seasons where it has shown that he can perform at a very high level. Do I think that he will ever be our leading striker? He has a long way to go and I wouldn’t say, but sure as hell will he be enough to replace someone like Arnautovic. Oh, and let’s not forget this guy is still 22 years old.

 

[KevinB]

Then let's close all the young player teams because it's a waste of time and a huge waste of money as well seeing how much we invest heavily in it.

I'll never understand this type of opinion.

Also as said above anybody who actually followed Sebastiano saw that he was important for his two previous clubs on loan.
Pio is showing interesting characteristics we should start building a plan to integrate him in the squad. In fact we should have had a plan right from the start but we were busy signing the Caicedo and Arnautovic of the world.

Where do I say it's a waste of money?

I'm all in for more Dimarco's, even Balotelli's and would even accept more Zaniolo's. But we have to be realistic here. Our youth program is currently only at best a program that leads to some profit.

What's the point in having Seba and Pio here now, where they will play 20 mins Max and the occasional Coppa game. They need consistent game time. Which we cannot provide. Yeah I know Arnautovic/Correa/Taremi get some game time and yes, we could invest it for better players.

Well, let's see if Seba can prove me (and others on here wrong). But imo he's more on track to become the next player we offload for some profit.

 

[.h.]

This is where an u23 team comes in helpful tbh. You'd drop Arna, and then use Pio as a backup for a season while he gets really good Serie C time, and then after that you transition him to 3/4th striker. But yes I agree we don't want to ruin careers with 20m cameos every 10 games. They need to play to develop. Pio I am excited about though and clearly so are the club.

 

[IM21]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1877846915057963334