They got rid of Silvestre, Traore, Emanuelson, Birsa, Robinho, Nocerino, Constant, Amelia and Kaka (even though he's not fodder) and brought in Alex, Menez, Lopez and Armero, all for free. It's been good for them and they can expect some signings too as baldhead always waits until the end of the mercato to buy players.