The Brazilian joined at the end of the transfer window and, despite not getting many starts, has become popular with the fans – particularly for his three goals in the last three games.
He has bags of talent and has already showcased that with some excellent skills in the centre of the park – as well as a brilliant assist for Wilf Zaha against Burnley with an inch-perfect pass.
On the FYP podcast recently Kevin Day compared him to Attilio Lombardo when the Italian played for Palace in 1998 – almost a bit too good.
This makes me remember the Bald Eagle with wistful glee, swanning about the Selhurst pitch, bald as a coot, without a care in the world. He really was class, but the way Moritz playfully knocks the ball about does bear some resemblance to the Italian, who I met once at the Palace training ground when I was about 14, intending to get a photo and a signed shirt. Instead I got a lecture on stationery. The conversation went like this:
Me (handing Lombardo a pen): Attilio, could you sign this please and could I have a photo please?
Poses for photo my mum takes
Attilio: Pen no work.
Me: Huh?
Attilio: Pen, it no work. You need pen work.
Me: Oh. Right. Erm…
I get home to find a photo on my camera of a bemused Lombardo holding a pen in my face. And no signed shirt.
Oh well!
