Quag was reliable? He was benched most of the season and not even included in the Euro squad. Vucinic had injury issues but would have easily been replaced by two new good signings.
The Pereyra signing is what pisses me off the most. It costs much, in a position we're pretty stacked and for a player who will not even make this team better. What is the point of having Vidal, Pogba, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah, Padoin for 3 positions and on top of that adding Pereyra and Romulo? If we didn't have Pereyra or Romulo on this team nobody would blink an eye or panic and call for more midfielders.
We could have gotten Griezmann, Shaqiri and Evra and we'd be a much improved team, going directly at the root of the last few years problems. Instead, we do what Marotta does every year and add more players.
The Pereyra signing is what pisses me off the most. It costs much, in a position we're pretty stacked and for a player who will not even make this team better. What is the point of having Vidal, Pogba, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah, Padoin for 3 positions and on top of that adding Pereyra and Romulo? If we didn't have Pereyra or Romulo on this team nobody would blink an eye or panic and call for more midfielders.
We could have gotten Griezmann, Shaqiri and Evra and we'd be a much improved team, going directly at the root of the last few years problems. Instead, we do what Marotta does every year and add more players.
As far as our midfielders are concerned, Asamoah will be utilized on the left, either as a LB, or LWB. Padoin isn't/wasn't reliable and was seldom used. That leave us with 4 players for 3 positions to cover. For a team that participates in 3 competitions, and has relatively high ambitions, we need little more than that. Romulo can be Licht's backup as well.
Shaqiri would be possible regardless of these signings if Bayern was willing to sell. We planned, if we go by Iturbe rumor, to spend 20-25m on a player of that caliber.
Griezmann was never an option.
