Honestly, I'd rather hold on to Iaquinta and use Palladino intelligently enough in a player plus cash trade, wherever necessary. Del Piero, Trezeguet, Iaquinta and Amauri seems like a pretty tight line up when you're fighting three fronts. Plus I think Iaquinta has earned his place with the work rate he's shown this season. And I do think we're being awfully unfair to him, if we let him go. Also the price tags on comparsion between Amauri and Iaquinta show a huge difference, when really the former isnt going to be any more of an asset than the latter.
i agree partly; my question is: why not hold on to both. I keep repeating it, but i believe that palla has a lot of potential. He's the typical talent who needs to be formed, he's something like a raw diamond to me. He might not be that young anymore, but i still do believe that he's got what it takes to waer a juve shirt.
I'd keep iaquinta in any case except one; If we were to get aquilani instead in a iaq - aquilani swap. We desperately need a CM with our 'creative wingers' going offensive and aquilani seems to fit that position perfectly. It's all a question of how we are moving on with our players. If tiago should stay (don't know really what's best) we'd have a CM, no need for aquilani and in that case, i'd keep iaq.
As for palladino, it's a difficult situation really. I'd love to have him loaned out and then take him back after 1 year as a full-grown neddy replacement or forward (if gio is more the AML). He played his last game in neddy's position and he was fine! I mean, for one who didn't play for 10 games or so, he was fine.
If Ranieri has some faith in him, i'd love to hold him here and to put him in sometimes but as few appearances as this season are just bad for him. In that case a loaning/comproprietà would be the best. But i'd really NOT sell him.
I mean, in the end, we don't
need that money we could get from palladino. Those 10 mio or so are not essential for us. We do have some cash and we have other players to sell (almiron, tiago maybe) so that i must say that selling palladino now just for the sake of getting rid of him would be a huge mistake.