In the last several years in our midfield, 19 yr Pogba exploded into a superstar, Rodrigo Bentancur has steadily grown into a top class CM since arriving at 19, and even Vidal was only 24 when he arrived and turned into a top 3 CM in all of football while here. We haven’t been good at developing...
That’s why taking a chance on a youngster like Tonali with world class potential for only ~30 mil seems like such a no-brainer.
I sure hope this isn’t Verratti 2.0
A good half-season and now Kulusevski has been far more impressive lol. They both had good first halves. But they don’t play the same positions, and Tonali plays a role that young players rarely dominate in.
And yes, Italians are important. Because of squad homegrown and association grown...
He looks as good as Serie B/U-20 Verratti did all those years ago imo. And I’d rather not be missing out on every single one of these young, high potential Italians, from Verratti on forward. Sure, the kid could flop, but he could also be the backbone of our mid for a decade with no worries...
There’s also the possibility we piddle around over an already established world class mid like Pogba, who fucks around half the summer transfer window like a twat only to decide on Madrid or Barca and by that time Tonali has been snapped up. :sigh::sad:
Our finances are much better than when we lost Verratti, we have a lot more appeal now, a team full of stars, etc.
If we actually go in hard for him, and don't fuck around, he should be ours, easy peasy.
But.... we do like to fuck around. :scared:
Today, no. But going forward as he reaches his potential, definitely imo. Quality, that is.
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That’s a bit of an exaggeration about Barella. The kid isn’t dumb, certainly not more so than our dear Rodrigo who takes a plethora of dumb cards and is all too often rather rash. Barella has...
Barella obviously. Would walk straight into our starting XI. Already as good as, if not better than, anyone we have aside from Pjanic, and only getting better. It’s no coincidence that Inter struggled while him and Sensi were out.
Bentancur-Pjanic-Barella would be fantastic.
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We’ve missed out on every promising young Italian CM in recent years. And just this last year Inter signed Sensi and Barella who have both looked very good under Conte. I would have loved to get Barella.
Tonali is an absolute must considering all these misses imo, a player who could be...