I give this mercato 8/10.
We acquired:
Buffon – great back up keeper, immense locker room presence'
Higuain – the first two games show, that he is regaining his old form. If so, he is one of the best strikers around;
Rabiot – a very strong midfielder, with great technique, someone we were really missing last year.
Ramsey – a very good roaming midfielder, the only concern is his health;
De Ligt – generational talent in defense;
Demiral – had a great preseason. There is a chance, he will develop into a quality CB.
Danilo – a question mark at this point, he has the talent, let's hope, he will find his Porto form;
Pellegrini – loaned out.
Song - Juve B.
Even though, we had a great roster last year, we have strengthened every single department with quality players. Show me at least two teams with better players coming in.
We gave away:
Spinazzola – played only a couple of games last season. Was a fringe player.
Kean – the same, although very talented. Last year of contract. Raiola.
Caceres – the same + was very bad;
Barzagli – retired.
Cancelo – has a huge offensive talent, but did not play a significant role last season. Crucial mistake in the Ajax game.
We have not lost a single first team player (with the exception of maybe Cancelo, who was a liability last year). All the people who moan about our grave losses are looking only at potential that was never realized at Juventus. Neither Spinazzola nor Kean or Cancelo played a significant role in our team. If they realized their potential (and this is a big if), they could make us stronger, but their departure has not weakened us compared to last year.
Our teams:
First:
Szczesny
Danilo-Bonucci-De Ligt-Sandro
Ramsey-Pjanic-Rabiot
Costa-Higuain-Ronaldo
Reserve:
Buffon
Cuadrado-Demiral-Rugani-De Sciglio + (Capitano injured)
Khedira-Bentancur-Matuidi / Emre Can
Bernardeschi-Dybala-Mandzukic
It is a great team. It has quality and quantity. It has the GOAT.
Some people look at the mercato through failed sales. It is obvious, that Paratici wanted to sell Higuain, Dybala, Khedira, Madzukic and Matuidi. Probably we would have gotten Icardi / Lukaku and a midfielder, if we managed to do it. But given the great promise showed by Higuain and the fact that Dybala is a better player than Icardi / Lukaku should we really regret those failed sales? Is it really such a bad thing that we can turn to players like Mandzukic, Matuidi or Khedira, when Ramsey or others are injured? I would say not and that is why I think we had a very strong mercato and have a very strong team.