Mer Somma!
A loan in review : Davide Somma
By Slevin Morgan
March 22 2010
As it stands, Davide Somma it set to leave Sincil Bank during this week as his loan spell from Leeds United comes to an end, now we look at whether his loan spell was a success or not, whether we would like him to stay and how we can see his future developing. Anyone who thinks that Somma hasn't had an impact at Sincil Bank is an idiot. Scoring five goals in five games, his average of a goal every 90 minutes is by far the best average achieved by any City striker throughout their career. The fact he is now our joint top goalscorer after a month says it all about the impact he has had.
There has not been one striker we've had at this club in recent times that has been a more natural goalscorer at Sincil Bank for sometime. People talk about Simon Yeo being a natural goalscorer (conveniently forgetting he only scored one League goal in thirteen months for us at one point), or mention the likes of Jamie Forrester, GTF, Mark Stallard and several others as being a natural finisher, but based on the month that Somma has been at the club, not one of them comes close to Somma's ability.
For me personally, Somma has overtaken the likes of Chris Herd in terms of whom should be City's priority at getting in the summer. I rate Herd extremely highly, but would gladly miss out on him if it meant getting Somma, however, the common denominator that they share is that they are both likely to be extremely expensive.
Therein is the problem. Whereas the fans want Somma, the management want Somma and even Somma might was to come himself, it will get down to the old problem of money. With Somma being out of contract in the summer at Leeds and barely getting a look in there, as well as being 24, he could easily come on a free transfer, but the wages would be extremely high.
With a clearout expected in the summer, a lot of wages are expected to be freed up, but whether we'll have enough to get both Somma and a decent keeper in, is very much up for debate.