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FRANCO DI SANTO DROPS IN THE PECKING ORDER

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Argentine striker, Franco Di Santo is gradually dropping down the pecking order in German club side, FC Schalke 04. The 26-year old joined The Miners from fellow German club side Werder Bremen in mid 2015 for a transfer fee of £4.5 million. Coach Andre Breitenreiter signed the striker with the hope of having more attacking options but he is performing below expectations.

Di Santo launched his career at Audax Italiano before moving on to play at Stamford Bridge, England. He also played for Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic before moving to Germany where he played for Bundesliga giants, Werder Bremen.

Franco Di Santo was impressive at Werder Bremen scoring 17 goals in 49 games for the club. For FC Schalke 04, he has not performed as much. He has only three goals in the Bundesliga despite playing 27 games. He has done better in the Europa League having put five goals past the goal keeper in seven games. He scored a hat-trick on October 1st last year against Ast. Tripolis but he continues to struggle in the Bundesliga.

German news outfit Bild hinted that The Royal Blues might offload the striker during the summer. Klass-Jan Huntelaar is the preferred forward for the team, and has scored eight goals this season. Other attacking options are now preferred to Franco, based on his run in the league. Continue reading “FRANCO DI SANTO DROPS IN THE PECKING ORDER”

Franco di Santo is open to a Premier League return

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Franco di Santo’s contract with Schalke 04 reaches it’s end when the current season completes and it seems like the Argentine attacker has a number of possible clubs and teams that he can join if he decides to leave the German club.

The agent of Franco di Santo is Gustavo Goni and a few months ago, Goni stated that he had received offers from a number of different clubs who are interested in signing the 26 year old Argentine player who has already announced that he would like to make a return to the Premier League as he has ‘’unfinished business’’

‘’Now I have more experience. I found a new place where I can play happily and it gives me confidence. If I come back to England, it’d be a great revenge. It was very difficult playing in the team,’ he added. ‘If you look, there aren’t young players there. They are all on loan. But I have the best memories of playing there. However, Carlo Ancelotti kept me in mind. I remembered him as a winner. I left Chelsea because I wanted to play a little more’’ Schalke 04’s Franco di Santo said as he revealed his desire to return to the Premier League in the near future.

Chelsea is the former Premier League club that Franco di Santo used to perform in but his time in Stamford Bridge was not a memorable one as he struggled to get playing time ahead of Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka who were the main attacking forces of the team a few years ago.

Franco di Santo is hoping that in the future he will be able to return to the Premier League and prove his worth as he feels that this time around, he will not be spending time on the sidelines and things are going to be much more differently as he is more experienced and motivated to make it happen. Continue reading “Franco di Santo is open to a Premier League return”

Franco di Santo that the Argentine forward has managed to score 18 goals

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This is the first time in the entire career of Franco di Santo that the Argentine forward has managed to score 18 goals in a single season for any of his clubs. This current season is by far the best one that Franco di Santo has ever had.

The player himself admitted it as he is well aware of his current goal-scoring form which has helped Werder Bremen in climbing spots in the German League but the 25 year old forward is confident that he can still achieve much more as he responded to questions during a recent interview and said:

‘’It’s true, this has been the best phase of my career so far and everything’s coming together perfectly. However, I also know that I can achieve even more if I keep working hard on myself. And that’s what I’m going to do’’ Werder Bremen’s Franco di Santo said during an interview

When Franco di Santo was questioned about the possibility of making a return to Chelsea, the player stated that he is currently happy performing with Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga but continued on by saying that he wants to show people in England what he can do after all of the experience that the player has gained. Continue reading “Franco di Santo that the Argentine forward has managed to score 18 goals”

Franco di Santo returns from Injury

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Argentine striker Franco di Santo made his much awaited return back from injury and he featured in the friendly against MSV Duisburg.

The match ended in a disappointing 3-1 defeat for the team struggling against relegation in the Bundesliga. Werder Bremen had won the last two friendly matches by the same score – 3-2 – but there was no repeat of the same after allowing their opposition to score more than two goals yet again. The club will have to improve a lot defensively if they are to climb out of the relegation zone. Werder Bremen are in the 16th place after having managed to take only one point per game so far.

They returned to the league action on 1 February with a home match against Hertha Berlin. Head coach Viktor Skripnik has been given a huge boost with the return of Di Santo, who has scored seven goals in just 11 matches this campaign. Continue reading “Franco di Santo returns from Injury”

Werder Bremen will retain Franco Di Santo for this Winter

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Franco Di Santo is not going to be sold out this winter by his club Werder Bremen.

Talking to a website yesterday, Mr. Thomas Eichin, the Bremen GM, ruled out any chances of the exit of Di Santo.

Di Santo has had a heck of a time in Bundesliga this season. Playing 10 matches for Bremen, he has already shaken the net 6 times.

Because of his brilliant recent form, the Argentina international is getting recognized internationally now and the big clubs from Europe are said to be planning to grab him.

But, according to Eichin, Di Santo is in the long term plans of his club and thus, there is no question of him being let go.

In Eichin’s words, “Franco is going to here in 2015-16 too, no doubt. He is a guy who has fully matured as a player now. The next few years would be his best years and thus, we don’t want him to leave.”

“Obviously, when we get finished with the season, we will ask him what he thinks about his future and I am pretty sure, he will commit to the club for long.”

The current contract of Di Santo at Bremen will expire at the end of the next season. In all probability, he will be offered an extension when the ongoing season ends.

Before signing for Bremen last summer, Di Santo had been playing in England. He played for clubs like Chelsea and Wigan Athletic there, but, he never really found his feet.

The Argentinean’s strike rate at Chelsea as well as at Wigan was pretty ordinary, but, as soon as he went to Germany, he started blossoming.

In total, Di Santo has struck on 11 occasions for Werder Bremen in 34 matches. Out of those 11 goals, 10 have come in the top division which is Bundesliga.