@DelPiero84, @j0ker , @PowerNedved
First of all, I wanted to say that I respect all my fellow Juventini and I think it's very cool to be on this forum where I see other people from around the world share the same passion for Juve as I do.
Regarding me putting Juventus in the same "bracket" as Atletico f.ex, the first bracket being Real, Barca, Bayern etc: Of course Juventus is a bigger club than Atletico, of course Juventus have way more revenue. My point is people very often miss the difference between Juventus' financial "ability" and their "willingness". Of course, if we really wanted, we could go out an make an astronomic bid for a certain player, but the business model of Juventus is not built that way. Our highest earner today is Paul Pogba on 4,5m. That says a lot about how efficient and healthy this club is driven. We've been very smart on the transfer market, and if we pay a lot for a player, we will not splash out excessive salaries on top of that like City, Real, United, Barca etc. With our business model being that way, Gundogan comes into the picture.
If you put money aside, we have a great chance at him. But if the player continues like now, I feel he will receive a substantial offer from a top club which we won't compete with. Its not how we do business. Now if the player puts money aside, of course we're a great option for him. But our business model/transfer model being this way, I think we're in that second bracket. And quite frankly, I think that's the way we want it as well, nothing wrong with being wise with your money and don't run the club to the ground. When I mentioned Atletico, I didn't mean it literally by detail. They have some of that same kind of mentality; they will spend big occasionally, but mostly their very wise and sensible about how they do business as well. Both Atletico and Juve will not be the type of clubs going into ludacris bidding wars with others. They set a certain limit, and if the selling club isn't accepting that limit, they're moving on.
Forza Juve.