Calcio mercato: Desperate old lady seeks older man

No, don't be mistaken this is not a dating advert for me to you lot out there. It's a reaction to Juve's mercato so far and their signing of Luca Toni. For a club that has invested heavily in their midfield over the last two summer mercato's its rather strange that they have yet to actively add a true world class forward to their attack. Quagliarella is without question the closest forward they have in that regard but with his serious injury ruling him out potentially for the rest of the season Juve fans have been left with a totally out of form Amauri, an injured Iaquinta and an ageing Del Piero who despite his undoubted quality cannot be expected to carry Juve to the Scudetto on his own. Now the Juventini have the prospect of watching Luca Toni upfront, potentially tommorow night against Napoli and that probably won't fill them with confidence especially in light of their 4-1 drubbing against Parma. How they would love to get their hands on just one of Napoli's upfront pairing of Cavani and Lavezzi. 

Now, don't get me wrong. Luca Toni has had a decent career and one that blossomed late at that. After becoming somewhat of a journey man through the Peninsula going through clubs in 'Christian Vieri fashion' at Modena, Empoli, Bresica and Vicenza amongst other's Toni finally came to prominance at Palermo before moving onto Florence where he amassed an amazing 31 goals in 38 games for the Viola. A move to Bayern in 2007 came to pass and he enjoyed great success there topping the scoring charts in his first season in Bavaria. But, things have gone down hill since then and after falling out with Louis Van Gaal and failing to impress significantly at both Roma and Genoa one wonders why Juve, in a potentially defining moment of their season, have turned to a player who since his return to Italy has only hit the back of the net 8 times. Considering Milan picked up Cassano, Ibrahimovic and Robinho for their forward line for this season the difference does seem to look at the moment as significant. The upshot is that Juve will probably need to do more this mercato if they aspire to the title.