Even though I find White's transfer fee ridiculous, I do believe that outsiders to Serie A could have a similar feeling about paying 70mln for Chiesa a year ago or current evaluation of Romero at 60mln.
You guys are ridiculous, never satisfied. Pissed with Marotta or Cherubini penny pinching, pissed with Paratici spending millions. When will you realize that you rely on reports from guys like Di Marzio or Romano who behave like they had a plug installed in each club HQ all over the world and...
On the other hand there are plenty of world class players who played at the highest level late in their thirties like Xavi, Iniesta, Modric, Ronaldo, Buffon, Chiellini, Scholes, Giggs, Maldini, Zanetti etc.
Accepting a loan + option for our only valuable asset that we can sell this summer from BVB who just received a fortune for Sancho would be a truly great deal.
You will never have a world class player on every position. Even if you have a lot of them, it doesn't guarantee you success as we could see with Belgium recently. Italy has a nice set of players at a very high level already (Chiesa, Barella, Bastoni, Locatelli) and some promising like Zaniolo...
Not only Milan paid a heavy fee for the initial loan, in the Rovella deal we sold Genoa Portanova and some other youngster for more than 10mln. Players with little experience in Serie C.