While I would be happy with either Morata or Martial - not to replace Higuain! If Higuain leaves we need someone who is a guaranteed regular goal scorer.
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either way, higgy is an issue to deal with. if we keep him: he's getting slower, his wages are high, his amortization is crazy high compared to the rest of the squad, still, it's probably the last year when he has some considerable market value, it would be nearly impossible to sell him at his book value at 32. if we sell him: we need a proper replacement, and that's getting increasingly difficult on the inflated market.
Is it worth Buying SMS to get rid of Higgy and having Mandzukic or Morata in the center? I would think so. I think we really want SMS and are looking for ways to get him in the team. Dybala needs creative help for him to be successful. I think that costa, Dybala and Morata/Mandz with Sms,Pjanic and Can behind is much better than what we have now.
That's a hard hypothetical to prove but I think having a stellar midfield only makes our attack stronger even if the names on paper are weaker. 
SMS adds a lot to the attack with his height anyway, and having someone like say, Golovin, with the ability to surge forward quickly only helps. We have abundance of pace on the wings and adding either Morata/Martial certainly helps. I love Higuain but man, does he need a very specific kind of play to thrive.
Our midfield is weak so you see our transitions suffering and you see our attackers trying to drop back to get the ball AND you see our attack trying to do more than they should. A strong and capable midfield with more muscle/steel will make Dybala turn into an entirely new player IMO.
SMS adds a lot to the attack with his height anyway, and having someone like say, Golovin, with the ability to surge forward quickly only helps. We have abundance of pace on the wings and adding either Morata/Martial certainly helps. I love Higuain but man, does he need a very specific kind of play to thrive.
Our midfield is weak so you see our transitions suffering and you see our attackers trying to drop back to get the ball AND you see our attack trying to do more than they should. A strong and capable midfield with more muscle/steel will make Dybala turn into an entirely new player IMO.
That's a hard hypothetical to prove but I think having a stellar midfield only makes our attack stronger even if the names on paper are weaker.
SMS adds a lot to the attack with his height anyway, and having someone like say, Golovin, with the ability to surge forward quickly only helps. We have abundance of pace on the wings and adding either Morata/Martial certainly helps. I love Higuain but man, does he need a very specific kind of play to thrive.
Our midfield is weak so you see our transitions suffering and you see our attackers trying to drop back to get the ball AND you see our attack trying to do more than they should. A strong and capable midfield with more muscle/steel will make Dybala turn into an entirely new player IMO.
SMS adds a lot to the attack with his height anyway, and having someone like say, Golovin, with the ability to surge forward quickly only helps. We have abundance of pace on the wings and adding either Morata/Martial certainly helps. I love Higuain but man, does he need a very specific kind of play to thrive.
Our midfield is weak so you see our transitions suffering and you see our attackers trying to drop back to get the ball AND you see our attack trying to do more than they should. A strong and capable midfield with more muscle/steel will make Dybala turn into an entirely new player IMO.
Our attacking line has been underperforming because they have no service. IMprove the midfield and im pretty sure all of them will go up a gear in performance.
If Higgy needs to be sacrificed for that, so be it. IM sure we will survive, even become a better team.
I have nothing against Higgy, in fact i think he is a superb striker, maybe not Top of the line but he is certainly WC. My problem with him is that 1- he is getting older, so we need to sell now to not waste much money on him and 2- Playing him and dybala really limits our formations and we are forced to send dybala into the hole asa Treq, when he should be just firing shots nonstop with his left foot and thats it.
We dont need to overcomplicate dybalas job, as i dont see him thriving in that Treq role. The less you make him waste time with the ball, the better. His forte seems to be making quick decitions near the enemy area and finishing plays. He is not strong enough nor quick enough to dribble past many players and set teammates when eh is so far from goal.
Just channel dybalas job and make him a finisher.
We dont need to overcomplicate dybalas job, as i dont see him thriving in that Treq role. The less you make him waste time with the ball, the better. His forte seems to be making quick decitions near the enemy area and finishing plays. He is not strong enough nor quick enough to dribble past many players and set teammates when eh is so far from goal.
Just channel dybalas job and make him a finisher.
it doesent work like that, someone explained it a while ago. if we sell Higgy for 60M, we free up enough on the books to be able to afford SMS. i wish i bookmarked that post now, but if whoever explained this is reading, please do again 
in case we bought sms for 150m with a 5-year contract, that would be 30m of yearly amortization, plus his wages (3m net, 6m gross), a total of 36m. similar costs tbh. also, he would definitely leave in 2-3 years, and with a plusvalenza, so we might be covered.
we'd still have to get a higgy replacement, though - unless it's dybala.
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if Morata is a loan + obligation then we can squeeze both under this seasons budget i guess. which would leave us with covering the cost for Cancelo and maybe another mid like Golovin (tho unlikely we sign both him and SMS). but we also have Buffon, Asa, Licht, Khedira etc off the books, Marchisio maybe too
if Morata is a loan + obligation then we can squeeze both under this seasons budget i guess. which would leave us with covering the cost for Cancelo and maybe another mid like Golovin (tho unlikely we sign both him and SMS). but we also have Buffon, Asa, Licht, Khedira etc off the books, Marchisio maybe too
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if Morata is a loan + obligation then we can squeeze both under this seasons budget i guess. which would leave us with covering the cost for Cancelo and maybe another mid like Golovin (tho unlikely we sign both him and SMS). but we also have Buffon, Asa, Licht, Khedira etc off the books, Marchisio maybe too
if Morata is a loan + obligation then we can squeeze both under this seasons budget i guess. which would leave us with covering the cost for Cancelo and maybe another mid like Golovin (tho unlikely we sign both him and SMS). but we also have Buffon, Asa, Licht, Khedira etc off the books, Marchisio maybe too
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