It is, of course, far too early to be panicking about Evan Ferguson’s spell at Roma. Thursday night’s Europa League encounter with Czech side Viktoria Plzen will be just his ninth game for the Italian giants and though he hasn’t scored yet, he’s hardly the first striker in Italian football for whom the engine took a little time to warm up. He’s definitely not the first at Roma.
Francesco Totti and Edin Dzeko are the club’s two greatest modern strikers, sitting first and third on their all-time scoring list. Totti scored just once in his first 16 games, Dzeko had one goal to show for his first nine. And though no two situations are the same – Totti was a 17-year-old kid breaking through, Dzeko was an established 29-year-old – their numbers weren’t much different then to what Ferguson faces now. Fair to say it turned out okay for them both.
So no, no need to panic.
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