Felipe Melo is the guy we will love to have as backup in a Champions League season with this midfield we have now. Pazienza Melo Montolivo would be the kind of depth we're talking to be challenging on all fronts.
The real problem with Felipe Melo is that he doesn't have the right mentality to be in a great team. He's all "me, me, me" and sacrifices nothing for the team. And when he's really pissed he stirs up shit in training (I've seen a clip of a fight he picked with Iaquinta), gets a red card or starts talking shit about the club and the fans. To me he came across as a troublemaker and an incredibly stupid person. A baby trapped in a man's body.
I can't think of any player I've hated more during all of my years watching Juve, and my only hope now is that Gala pays the transfer fee so that he'll be gone for good.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Felipe Melo - the legend:
When it comes to Montolivo, though, I agree with you. We should sign him as
depth. If he doesn't agree to be a sub, then he can rot in Viola.