DBasia.news – The former Juventus striker, Luca Toni, gave a statement on the right striker criteria to accompany Cristiano Ronaldo in the Bianconeri’s attacking line. The 42-year-old agrees more if the Old Lady brings Gabriel Jesus than Harry Kane.
Luca Toni is a former Italian national team striker and has scored 31 goals for Fiorentina for a season. He knows a good criteria for a striker and how they move in the penalty area.
Between Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) and Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Toni prefers Jesus as Ronaldo’s tandem at Juventus because of his style of play. Jesus moves more to find space, while Kane circulates more in the penalty box area like Ronaldo.
“Harry Kane? A true center forward, who fills in the area like some other strikers. He is technical, good at playing with the team and especially deadly in the last few meters. He scores a lot of goals. And at the age of 26, he still has room for growth,” said Toni to Tuttosport.
“He (Jesus) is fast, technically, he needs assists. From these strikers, the Brazilian is ‘the least attacking’ but he will be the most suitable to play with Cristiano Ronaldo as CR7 is not a pure center forward, but he is the person who ultimately scores more goals and he has to score even more. “
“Too many strikers, like Kane, who I think is the best under 30s, not necessarily being a good tandem for Ronaldo. I see Gabriel Jesus as a far better tandem, he also scored many goals, opened up space for colleagues, happy to press and is only 22 years old, “he explained.
Ronaldo has scored 25 goals in all competitions from 32 seasons with Juventus. That is a fair amount considering his 35 years of age. Toni did not hide his admiration.
“What amazed me was the number of games he played. Age itself didn’t matter, I played in Serie A until I was 39 years old, but it was one different thing to play games per week like I did and everything else to be on the field every three days like him. He’s really a machine, “concluded Toni.