This is the new crack who will panic the next transfer windows in Ligue 1. Until two months ago, no one in France knew Joaquin Panichelli, and not much more in Argentina. They could be counted on the fingers of two hands. And again. If on the first hand, they are recruiters or people in the industry, on the second they are either Football Manager fans or liars. The situation changed after 10 days of the championship. The Strasbourg player is the current top scorer with 9 goals, including a double at the Parc against PSG.
We can add his acrobatic return in the Europe League against Jagiellonia Bialystok to complete the array. “He’s a top player, we worked with him a lot during the pre-season to try to make him run lessexplained Liam Rosenior after Strasbourg’s big victory against Auxerre on Wednesday evening, where, obviously, the 23-year-old striker scored. He knew how to channel his game towards decisive positioning. I am very happy to have him on my team.»
Barça loves him
The English coach knows it. The rating of the tall 1m90 striker has exploded, with European clubs already positioning themselves, aware of perhaps having a phenomenon before their eyes. Racing still lined up €16 million this summer to flush him out of Alavés, who had just loaned him for a season to Mirandés in the Spanish 2nd division. The Basque club took advantage of this season where he revealed himself (21 goals in 44 matches in all competitions) to sell him at a high price. Its value has almost doubled since this transfer.
In Italy, we watch Panichelli closely, at AC Milan in particular, but that’s not all. La Gazzetta dello Sport mentioned the interest of Chelsea, whose owners BlueCo are the same as in Strasbourg, need we remind you? Finally, according to Mundo Deportivoit was Barça who put themselves on alert. An attacker will be needed in the coming months to replace Lewandowski, at the end of his contract. The priority is called Julian Alvarez but he is inaccessible for Blaugranas finances. Panichelli would therefore be a lower-cost alternative, like Etta Eyong, also being courted.
