Cyriel Dessers named amongst 2022/23 Serie A flops

Super Eagles striker Cyriel Dessers has been named amongst high-profile players to have had an underwhelming start to the 2022/23 Italian Serie A season so far.

After seven (7) rounds of matches in the Serie A so far, Dessers is yet to find the back of the net for his new club Cremonese with the club in the relegation places.

The Nigerian international moved to Cremonese on a five-year deal on a permanent basis from Belgian side KRC Genk at the beginning of the season after impressing for both Genk and Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord.

Dessers teamed up with fellow Nigerian striker David Okereke who also joined Cremonese this season, but the former Genk striker has found life more difficult with Okereke already opening his goal account. 

In rankings done by Italian news outlet Tutto Sport, Dessers was listed amongst the flops so far in a list that also featured other high-profile players like Nemanja Matic, Luka Jovic, and Samuel Umtiti.

The Italian outlet listed eleven (11) new signings in the Serie A this season who have flopped so far. They are: 

Felix Afena-Gyan - Cremonese

Cyriel Dessers - Cremonese

Mattia Destro - Empoli

Nemanja Matic - Roma

Luiz Maximiano - Lazio

Luka Jovic - Fiorentina

Andrea Petagna - Monza

Andrea Pinamonti - Sassuolo

Samuel Umtiti - Lecce

Harry Winks - Sampdoria

Joshua Zirkzee - Bologna

Tutto Sport also listed 11 new signings they have adjudged to be top signings in the Italian Serie A season so far. The players are: 

Augustin Alvarez - Sassuolo

Santiago Ascacibar - Cremonese

Assan Ceesay - Lecce

Boulaye Dia - Salernitana

Paulo Dybala - Roma

Josh Doig - Hellas Verona

Rasmus Hojlund - Atalanta

Sandi Lovric - Udinese

Ivan Provedel - Lazio

Nicolo Robella - Monza

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - Napoli

Cyriel Dessers will hope to break his goal-scoring duck this weekend when his Cremonese side take on Lecce at the Via del Mare on Sunday, October 2.