Verona’s Luca Toni believes traditional centre-forwards are “no longer in fashion”.
The 38-year-old has scored 303 goals across 647 appearances in his career, spearheading the Italy side which won the World Cup in 2006.
“Nowadays strikers are no longer in fashion,” Toni told Undici magazine.
“There are no longer out-and-out strikers like me or [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic, now there are all these false-nines and not many Italians coming through.
Verona’s Luca Toni believes traditional centre-forwards are “no longer in fashion”.
The 38-year-old has scored 303 goals across 647 appearances in his career, spearheading the Italy side which won the World Cup in 2006.
“Nowadays strikers are no longer in fashion,” Toni told Undici magazine.
“There are no longer out-and-out strikers like me or [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic, now there are all these false-nines and not many Italians coming through.
“I couldn’t tell you who my heir is. When I was in the national team, all the strikers were getting 20-25 goals a season, now we don’t have one who plays as a starter for a big team.
“If you get 15 goals for a club it’s a party.”