His value will only increase after another season. If ever he was in our reach it was this year, next year will not be the case.
Next season, for sure we will have to replace at least 2 of Del Piero(36), Trezeguet(33), Iaquinta(30), and Amauri(30). We needed to buy a new striker for sure this summer, a loan won't work because either way we will have to spend next year anyways. We needed to bring that age down dramatically this summer and we haven't and it looks like we won't.
We can buy Krasic and a nice shinny new fullback but if DP is underperforming/injured, Amauri falls back into a drought, IQ is shooting blanks and Trez is the only one to depend on after double knee surgery then we will all be in for a very big shock this season. If injuries persist, which seems to case again because we have had or still have quite a few in (Buffon, Bonucci, IQ, etc).
I'm sorry, I wanted krasic and all but we can find wingers easily IMO I felt that Dzeko should have been a priority. And we can't very well replace DP/Trez our legends with players like Gilardino and Pazzini...that would be a huge discredit to our club and fans.