Lorenzo Lucca has been on English soil for simply over every week, however has already earned a brand new nickname following his switch from Napoli to Nottingham Forest: ‘Pizza Crouch’.
Nottingham Forest followers give Lucca a brand new nickname
Lucca left Napoli after simply six months through the January switch window so as within the . The five-time Italy worldwide joined Sean Dyche’s aspect on an preliminary mortgage deal till the top of the 2025-26 season with an possibility to purchase within the area of €35m-€40m.
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The 6’7 centre-forward has already drawn comparisons and an endearing nickname nodding to former England worldwide Peter Crouch, additionally famously standing above two metres in top. Including in an extra Italian twist, supporters on-line have already begun referring to Lucca as ‘Pizza Crouch’.
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Forest have performed two Premier League matches for the reason that Italian’s switch went by means of on January 23. He was not within the squad for the 2-0 victory over Brentford two days later and was named as an unused substitute for the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace over the weekend.
Previous to his Premier League swap, Lucca had recorded one objective from 16 outings in Serie A.