Holy greek inflation, lets take a look at that shall we
Aquilani : Loaned, played most games
Pirlo : free transfer, fapfap son, fapfap
Vidal : 10.5 mil : fapfap son, fapfap
Giaccherini : also known as Conte's favorite player. 40 games for juve, 23 azzurri caps based on juve performance
Padoin : aka the fan's favorite player
Asamoah : played as a LWB instead and twice player of the season on his position
Paul Pogba : probably the most expensive CM in the world today, and the most complete one
Sturaro : Invaluable bench option, thats usually vital against topclass teams such as real madrid, or city where he schooled Toure
Pereyra : Proven to be a very usefull squad player, and can play a decent AM, when having a SS with great ball retention.
Khedira : an undisputed starter when fit, on a free transfer. world class game versus bayern, top class player in general
Lemina : Allready the vice marchisio, huge talent
Hernanes : i dont like him, but when supported by a midfield he can hook his cart at, pretty solid player. Needs to get that intermerda out of him.
Yeah, 'mediocre cm's'.
Marotta's CM's have been the backbone of all our succes since the Conte arrived, and continued to do that under Allegri where the team started going again once they were setteling.
Those mediocre cm's ? I'll have a dozen, thank you very much
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Rivaldo was a supporting striker, that was capable of playing all offensive positions. Winger on both sides, central forward, supporting forward and am. He was not "an am".
Nainggolan is a great defensive controller, but he needs a playmaker going forward. he adds b2b to his game which is excellent. In a midfield with Khedira and Pogba he would offcourse work. But Nainggolan would rather have his 15 watches stolen again before comming here. He sticks to his principles. Good for him, i'll respect that. He wont play here, sadly.
De Rossi is a defensive controller and a decent build up player. You cannot look at today's rossi who has significantly decayed over the years because of playing in crappy managed roma teams. Very sadly he never went to a top team, because he didnt remotely reach his potential.
Lemina is very talented, you cant say that yet. But again, With Khedira+Pogba you dont necessarely need to be a playmaking CM.