What do you mean about Melo, that he lacks character or does not fits in the plans Contes has for our team?
Maybe too defensive, too one dimensional? What exactly Melo cant offer that Marchisio or even worse Piacenza can?
Character. Petulance, arrogance, emo, etc all from someone who never won ****.
Conte has made it clear he wants a team that will shape to his will, not the other way around. That's why he wasn't so praising of Pirlo when we signed him, why he put down Ziegler when Zig thought he would be guaranteed a start, why he picked out Giac as his 'ethic avatar' for the team, Why he vetoed ready made players like Vargas/Bastos who would come as entitled starters.
Conte knows he doesn't have the 'world status' of a Fergie, Mou etc so he can't risk egos like Melo fkng the fabric he's trying to create.
Marchisio is completely irrelevant.