Former striker Marco Borriello believes Lazio striker Ciro Immobile ‘doesn’t suit’ the Azzurri’s style of play and claimed Italian football is ‘not doing very well’ despite the success at the Euros.
Roberto Mancini’s Italy won the European Championship this summer, but former Milan, Juventus and Roma striker Borriello doesn’t think Serie A has ‘the appeal’ of other leagues.
“The European Championship has guaranteed us great international respect,” Borriello told La Repubblica. “But let’s not hide: Italian football is not doing very well. Serie A doesn’t have all this appeal.”
Ciro Immobile has been criticised for his performances with Italy, but the Lazio striker has scored 127 times in Serie A with the Biancocelesti.
“Immobile doesn’t suit the type of game the Nazionale play, but he will beat [Francesco] Totti’s record in Serie A,” Borriello added.
“I would like to see more of [Giacomo] Raspadori, who is a little [Sergio] Aguero. Then there are [Gianluca] Scamacca and [Moise] Kean.”
Borriello then joked about the favourites in the Champions League, as he believes Paris Saint-Germain will win in 2021-22.
“You don’t compete with clubs that have a state as their owner, such as Qatar or the United Arab Emirates,” he said. “If you have two of the best goalkeepers in the world, Sergio Ramos, the best four attackers in the world, in the end you’ll win.”