There are probably 15 or more players in the squad that should be sold before we even consider selling Marchisio (yes, unless an unlikely 18m bid comes in for him).
Grosso, sali, traore, motta, rinaudo, iaquinta, amauri, martinez, momo, pepe, manninger..i can count ten other players i would be happy to see leave the club..then i place marchisio in a group with grygera, of players who could be Ok as back up if only ever deployed in their natural positions.Traore, motta, rinaudo, pepe are loans, sali and manninger are leaving due to contract expiry (?)...so that leaves 5 players i see as more definite sales. Or 6 if you include Tiago...but if we somehow managed to bring in a proper manager, then i would be indifferent as to whether Tiago or MArchisio stays with us...as Tiago, at atletico, has been more useful than Marchisio this last season...also, looking at our potential sales, he is one of the more valuable. We could get 10-12m for him...nowhere near that much for momo,amauri, iaquinta, grosso...or martinez. COuld be a decent time to cash in on a player whose development, has horribly stagnated over the last two seasons. Changes of management, playing out of position, poor form for the squad as a whole..have all played their part in this. He is NOT a bad player...but, we need to concentrate on building as strong as possible starting XI. and that cannot include the marchisio of today. he wouldnt get into the starting XI of many teams near the summit of the main european leagues...
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