Even if we get Klopp or ZZ, what do we do about all the losers (players) we have in the team? Trying to clear out most of them will be next to impossible.
We lost the best defender in Serie A and at many times this season were short 2-3 CBs and we finished 4th.
The core of this team is very good. We actually don't have a lot of BAD players. We have underperforming players, a lot of them. But I think that's more of something a manager can correct if given the right managers.
Top Players:
Bremer, Di Gregorio, Yildiz
Good Players:
Kalulu, Cambiaso, Kolo Muani
Average Players:
Gatti, Veiga, Savona, Locatelli, McKennie
Underperforming Players:
Vlahovic, Luiz, Koopmeiners, Gonzalez
Okay Players:
Cabal, Mbangula, Conceicao, Weah
Bad Players:
Kelly, Milik
Young Players:
Rouhi, Costa, Adzic
The problem we have is so many of our recent purchases straight up underperformed. Luiz was a monster in EPL, Koopmeiners was running Serie A ragged the year before, Vlahovic has been a massive disappointment this year but was a top goal scorer the year before. We actually don't need MASSIVE reinforcements IF (big IF) these underperforming players who have shown talent before could be saved/fixed.
That's my opinion.
Vlahovic is gone for contract reasons. A lot of the loanees are gone for obvious reasons but guys like Koopmeiners and Luiz have histories of being very good players and they did not show that. How much of that is Motta, how much of that is other things? Who knows. But we know they were once very good players and there is some level of hope we must have.
