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Bianconero_Aus

Beppe Marotta Is My God
May 26, 2009
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Barella with 2 assists. Kid looks really good. Strange that we didn’t make more of an effort to sign him. Being Italian and all that, and with heaps of potential. I’ll be pissed if we let Tonali go elsewhere too.
Italy have a genuinely world class midfield now. Jorginho, Barella, Verratti, Sensi, Zaniolo and Tonali (with Castrovilli waiting in the wings) is an insane amount of talent for Mancini to choose from. Compared to the Parolo - Sturaro - Giaccherini midfield Conte started against Germany at euro 2016 its quite an upgrade :D

Also the defence is rock solid too. It’s just at #9 where the biggest problems are. Immobile sucks at international level and whilst I really like Belotti, he isn’t anywhere near a world class #9 like Kane, Lewandowski, Mbappe (if played there)
 

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Italy have a genuinely world class midfield now. Jorginho, Barella, Verratti, Sensi, Zaniolo and Tonali (with Castrovilli waiting in the wings) is an insane amount of talent for Mancini to choose from. Compared to the Parolo - Sturaro - Giaccherini midfield Conte started against Germany at euro 2016 its quite an upgrade :D

Also the defence is rock solid too. It’s just at #9 where the biggest problems are. Immobile sucks at international level and whilst I really like Belotti, he isn’t anywhere near a world class #9 like Kane, Lewandowski, Mbappe (if played there)
not just #9, attacking midfield leaves a lot to be desired too. bernardeschi is starting :lol3: Chiesa is class but otherwise? meh

belotti holds his own for torino but he never seems enough when playing for italy
 

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Feb 9, 2013
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Italy have a genuinely world class midfield now. Jorginho, Barella, Verratti, Sensi, Zaniolo and Tonali (with Castrovilli waiting in the wings) is an insane amount of talent for Mancini to choose from. Compared to the Parolo - Sturaro - Giaccherini midfield Conte started against Germany at euro 2016 its quite an upgrade :D

Also the defence is rock solid too. It’s just at #9 where the biggest problems are. Immobile sucks at international level and whilst I really like Belotti, he isn’t anywhere near a world class #9 like Kane, Lewandowski, Mbappe (if played there)
And to think we have not a single one of those CMs here. This is why purchasing Tonali is an absolute must, even if it’s a risk.
 

Alin

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Jul 27, 2015
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I'm pretty sure we're all over Tonali this summer, probably Chiesa too, but with the former it depends how much PL money is also flying around.
And i wouldn’t put the Donnarumma rumors far apart from those either, especially as long as Raiola is involved and Milan keeps on flirting with mediocrity.
 

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I'm pretty sure we're all over Tonali this summer, probably Chiesa too, but with the former it depends how much PL money is also flying around.
This is true, but being another young Italian national with superstar potential we really can’t afford to let him go. This is the typE of player who might stay here and lead our midfield for a decade. We’ve missed out on too many young Italian CMs.
 

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