Country: Scotland
Exactly this. His goals came in a purple patch. That seems to be the main criticism of Abraham but at least Abraham has done it domestically. Martinez may go on to be quality but it's a massive gamble at that price.This is a risky signing. I said this earlier on the group chat and someone was shocked with what I was saying. I told him to stop playing career mode, there a lot of factors that could contribute to him flopping here.
He’s a striker from the Italian league, they struggle in the PL often- as well as most players from there. He’s Argentinian, except for the rare case of Aguero they struggle acclimatising here a lot of the time.
Also, Martinez has proven to be quite a streaky and inconsistent player. I think the Barca and light City links made people think he’s the real deal ready to give a lot of goals and contributions right away but he won’t. He’d be a project and for 50-60m. We have much bigger problems to solve. I would rather spend 50-60m on AM, CM, or RB. We should be kicking the striker can down the road unless we somehow have the budget to fix all these positions now.