Llorente, eh? Well, what do you know. To the YouTube! Brb.
EDIT: Doesn't seem to be working at the moment. So ... what kind of striker is Llorente, exactly?
If I had to summarize my impressions, I'd say he's a classic striker. He's a huge beast of a player--very tall, great in the air, fantastic headers. Great on set pieces; an obvious target man in set pieces and a reference point in attack. He's not a great dribbler, by any means. He won't be pulling of faints outside the box, but the ball sticks to him and he maintains possession using his physicality and positioning. He's really good in taking a touch and turning to fire. He's got a great daisy cutter. He's the type of striker who has a sense of where he needs to be in the box at all times to pick up the junk that gets spilled and get himself in positioning.
I think if you want a Serie A reference, he reminds me a lot like a (much, much) more mobile version of Luca Toni when he was playing for Fiorentina (and Bayern). Or maybe Cristiano Lucarelli circa 2004, except infinitely more skilled.
Anyways he's definitely more Dzeko than RVP, I think.
Over the past three years he's been reliably prolific across all competitions with this past season being obviously the best: 23 in 50, 19 in 41, and amazingly 30 in 53. A goal per game ratio of 1 goal for every 2 games. Juventus is not Bilbao. We have players who can give him better service--Pirlo, Giovinco, Vidal and Marchisio, and lets not forget the crosses that Lichtsteiner can launch in from the right--albeit in a much stingier league like Serie A. Nonetheless, he easily has the potential to knock in fifteen or more goals. Which is always going to be a lot for a team like Juventus who spends a lot of time attacking from their midfield.
