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It's hard to make assumptions, but we have facts to work with. 1) Vidal is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of the world, the best box-to-box there is; 2) His contract ends in 2 years; 3) Bayern approached him, he accepted the offer and informed Marotta, who decided to sell. 4)...

He deserves the benefit of the doubt, of course. But we are all following the process. We have enough info, including Marotta's own words, to say that we know how this is working. Vidal is already sold, regardless we find a good AM or not. The ending may be good, but the process looks wrong...

Look, if this goes through, the simple fact Schalke is ready to sell the guy and bet in Shaqiri is a bad sign for us. They are basically saying they believe more in Shaqiri than in Draxler, a guy they developed and that they see training and playing everyday. This is worrisome by itself.

When you sell one of your best players, a pillar of the team, one of the top3 most important players for the 4 scudetti, and you sell him out of nowhere, for a disappointing price, and without a replacement aligned before you do it... It's only normal and expected to be pissed / unsatisfied...

This guy is a big gamble. A 25M + 4M wages gamble. Doesn't make too much sense. Also if you search the market before selling Vidal and find out the he will be replaced by a gamble, you just don't sell the guy. High risk, high reward deal... I'm really unsure about this.

You are completely overreacting lol.. I didn't say half of these things. I'm just stating the obvious: right now we are not only weaker, but considerably weaker. We do have means to overcome it though, and a lot will depend on the AM they bring in and other factors - Dybala's development...

I wouldn't blame Marotta directly, Llorente's salaries are too high. It seemed fair when he got it, but he declined too much.

Tevez was our source of creativity and he had the best year of his carerr in 14-15. He decided a lot of games on his own. To be fair I don't think he would be able to keep the level this year. He was replaced by Dybala, a talented kid who is a big question mark. We don't know if, how and when...

I actually don't believe he'd be attainable for 30M. It would make sense if 37M was his evaluation 2 years ago, but that was only the price set at the contract clause. His actual price was higher. Now if he wants to move to Juventus, 40/45M may be a possibility, given his poor showing the last...

Again? Thx

Just pray Morata becomes a leader of this team in year 2, again we contend in Europe, and Madrid signs Aguero or renew Ronaldo's contract and move him permanently to the CF position. This, along with a huge salary increase offer from Juve and the contract renewed, could allow him to refuse...

Gotze actually makes sense. I've been lurking Bayern forums and most people are fed up with him. He played a lot last season and didn't do good. It's been 2 years already, he came with the highest expectations of being the most talented player of a new great German generation and he...

Nope, it's spread on all papers, just like when they discovered Vidal accepted Bayerns' offer (tuttosport broke it), and then when all papers talked about Juve wanting Gotze (gazzetta broke it). The Draxler thing was broken by Di Marzio but all papers are buying it. It's probably true, it makes...

It would be perfect if the Vidal mess didn't happen. :(

Dybala interestingly said that in Argentina, while on youth setup levels and also on professional level at Instituto, he used to play as an AM. He said he became a CF at Palermo, but he's familiar with the position and would be glad to be a CAM. Yes, Zaza definitely isn't an SS. But being...

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Thanks - - - Updated - - - Thanks. But when I read direct style football, I struggle to see a team like Juve applying it against Serie A teams parking spacial buses

Just sign Draxler on an expensive loan with obligation to buy and a recompra clause lol (he won't go back anyway) Gotze 40M + Draxler 5M loan (price fixed on 20M) + Sandro 15M = Vidal 40M + Llorente 12M + Isla 8M Selling Vidal suddenly becomes the new Zidane deal...

Had we not spent 18M for Zaza, a 4th striker, you can put this money together with Vidal's sale. Damn

2 questions: 1) Is Mandzukic a fast paced striker? Honest question. Does he have good agility/mobility? 2) You say Gotze is proven in both countering and play building. The first on Dortmund, OK. But didn't he play more as a SS/winger/inside forward there? Also, he has struggled in 2...