da pixbet： Mauro Zarate has it all. Top-notch skill, the ability to score goals and a shoal of vociferous support at all the clubs he has played at.
da betsul： But as he completes a £1.6million move to Serie A outfit Fiorentina, is this just another case of a young footballing talent corrupted by an ego to match?
Zarate’s move to back to Italy somewhat resonates what a large part of his career has been about – ongoing club changes – he just can’t seem to settle. He’s a player laden with talent, and when he first broke onto the scene at hometown club Velez Sarsfield aged 17, he took the league by storm.
In his first full season, he shared the top-scorer award with no other than Rodrigo Palacio, now at Inter Milan.
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So much was hoped from the youngster and when he completed a move to Qatari outfit El-Sadd for £14million, many were scratching their heads. This move was motivated by money, and it sets the tone for the rest of Zarate’s career.
This was the time to make a big move, this was the time to move to a recognisable league where he can dominate headlines. A move to money-rich Qatar was never going to do this and he was quickly shipped to then-Premier League Birmingham City.
He endeared himself to the Bluenoses and for the first time in his career, people were beginning to shout his name from the terraces. Unfortunately the Blues were relegated and we completed a loan deal to Lazio- where he would have the best spell in his career.
He excelled and was playing the best football of his career, which was beginning to take off. But off-field-antics soon appeared in Zarate’s game and after making an alleged fascist salute whilst on the bench against Bari, Zarate was slated in the Italian press.
Keen to clear their name, Zarate was sent on a fruitless loan to Inter Milan for a year and upon his arrival back at Lazio, he was repeatedly fined and frozen out of the side for poor attitude and lateness.
This was a pattern that continued to emerge for what was an evidently talented but uncontrollable young man. He had talent beyond his years, but an inability to put a cap on his explosive attitude.
A return to homeland club Sarsfield did the trick, where he finished top scorer in the 2013-2014 season. Fortunately for Zarate, Premier League outfit West Ham were set to gamble on the Argentinian bad-boy and give him his permanent chance in the biggest league in the world.
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After a goal on his debut, it looked like things may have finally settled down for Zarate, but the Hammers sent him straight on-loan to neighbours QPR, where again, things nosedived.
After being left out of the starting line-up, Zarate voiced his displeasure, with his inability to control his emotions visible yet again for the umpteenth time in his beleaguering career. This resulted in more time on the bench and another spell where his reputation was tarnished.
And that brings us back to the present day. After some good form under Slaven Bilic at West Ham, he was ultimately sold again for £1.6million this month to La Viola.
At 29, Zarate should now have the head on his shoulders needed to compete at the top level. He’s a player that can perform when he wants to and it’s now-or-never for one-time Argentinian wonderkid.
One can only imagine where he would be playing now if he had the same attitude as his fellow countryman – Lionel Messi.
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