He's old as shit. Blame Allegri all you want but this overpriced mercenary is on the guy that bought him.
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Nowhere did I imply this, whereas your rebuttal seems to perhaps imply the opposite? Otherwise I'm not sure what you're taking issue with what I said. See below for more.
Allegri has had continuity with these players though. Many around here, myself included, wanted him to get a second year to establish himself and build something but as 0 improvement has been exhibited in our play even with a full transfer window, I'd be comfortable thinking that his lack of form is more down to poor tactical setup and a lacking or at times seemingly non-existent plan going forward as opposed to his age. I don't understand why this is seen as a contentious opinion considering the last two years of matches we've watched.
And again, add the "legal" bullshit.
Damn right 
. The man is a professional and one of the best players of the past decade or so. Even now, 5th highest amount of goals scored and second highest assists even with some uncharacteristic injury struggles for half the year. Not bad at all.
Allegri has had continuity with these players though. Many around here, myself included, wanted him to get a second year to establish himself and build something but as 0 improvement has been exhibited in our play even with a full transfer window, I'd be comfortable thinking that his lack of form is more down to poor tactical setup and a lacking or at times seemingly non-existent plan going forward as opposed to his age. I don't understand why this is seen as a contentious opinion considering the last two years of matches we've watched.
And again, add the "legal" bullshit.
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. The man is a professional and one of the best players of the past decade or so. Even now, 5th highest amount of goals scored and second highest assists even with some uncharacteristic injury struggles for half the year. Not bad at all.
I'm good with him leaving as well.
Everything obviously hasnt worked out great, but I actually thought he was a smart signing. He was a Chiesa replacement for the first half of the season as he continued to rehab his way back, and even when Chiesa returned, between Di Maria's age and durability issues and the limit Chiesa would have on minutes, between them they could play 90-100 minutes per game and always have a creative player that can dribble on the pitch.
The logic was there.
Going into the 2023-24 season, we can expect to see Chiesa back in the starting XI regularly and getting back to normal.... So the need for Di Maria isnt there as much
Everything obviously hasnt worked out great, but I actually thought he was a smart signing. He was a Chiesa replacement for the first half of the season as he continued to rehab his way back, and even when Chiesa returned, between Di Maria's age and durability issues and the limit Chiesa would have on minutes, between them they could play 90-100 minutes per game and always have a creative player that can dribble on the pitch.
The logic was there.
Going into the 2023-24 season, we can expect to see Chiesa back in the starting XI regularly and getting back to normal.... So the need for Di Maria isnt there as much
Which is why I said the logic was there, but obviously everything didnt exactly turn out well.
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This team needs A LOT of things. But let's be honest with ourselves and realistic.
We'll probably see Kostic starting on the left with Iling-Junior having an increased role, with Chiesa starting on the right with Soule probably having an increased role.
I'm not expecting any reinforcements coming in that can help out wide.
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This team needs A LOT of things. But let's be honest with ourselves and realistic.
We'll probably see Kostic starting on the left with Iling-Junior having an increased role, with Chiesa starting on the right with Soule probably having an increased role.
I'm not expecting any reinforcements coming in that can help out wide.
