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Ciro Immobile
Centre-Forward / Italy / Paris FC
40 OVR
Profile
Key strength: Link-up play
Target man
At 35, Italian striking legend Ciro Immobile finds himself in unfamiliar territory - wearing the red and blue of Bologna FC after his Lazio love affair ended. Sitting 10th in the Serie A table, Bologna are searching for attacking answers, and Immobile arrives as a €2 million 'target man' rather than the prolific poacher who once terrorized Italian defenses. His rating of 42 reflects the harsh reality of declining physical attributes - pace now at 55, shooting at 50 - but his link-up play remains his calling card. With competition from Thijs Dallinga and creative support from Riccardo Orsolini and Jens Odgaard, Immobile must reinvent himself. Gone are the days of 30-goal seasons; now the task is mentorship and intelligent hold-up play. Bologna's mid-table ambition could provide the perfect stage for one final Italian football chapter - less about the goals, more about the guile.