for for that new Veron we invested 9mil and to ease Bonucci's transfer, apart from the 15.5mil, we gave him away for 3,4mil.
Back then i didnt even know that it was standard Marotta procedure to sell everything we buy 2/5 of the price we got him, at best, as many times we give them away for free.
Its a considerable loss of capital that we are now used to it, but back then i wasnt and since the 3 transfers were tied to Bonucci's i included it them into taking account the sacrifices we , to make this transfer happen.
Of course Criscito was the worst part of it, it was demanded to make the Bonucci deal happen,
i used to rate Criscito, quite a lot! And considering the troubled nationalistic era we back then, with a maniac of only sign Italians for the wingback positions, ever since we moved Chiellini to the center and up until the day we have signed Evra, we were in a search for a proper LB and suffered countless tirtments in the hands of Molinaros and Grossos, losing millions and points in the process.
If we were to keep Criscito, he would be our starter even today, sdimply because we never managed to find anyone , because we were only looking for Italians and decent Italian LBs were extremely difficult to find.
And if you remember, Bonucci was not any better than Criscito back then, we only bought ootential, as Ranocchia was actually the man that held that Bari defense together, with Bonucci being the one passing around.
It was our nationalistic pride and lack of other options that forced us to invest that much on Bonucci and esp give him unlimited chances as a starter untill he becomes of age.
Ranocchia , a far better player, who was not given immunity and had to face serious competition has faded away, the same would happen with Bonucci and easier if we were not so nationalists back then...
Sandro was overpriced too, Porto is specialised at acquiring talent on the cheap and selling it for sweet profit. But at least we got him for his skills and not his nationality, or his looks and despite the heavy fee we paid for him, if he is not capable to bench the gratis , aged Evra, he is not given the starter mantle, as it should be, in a club as big as Juventus!