I can't agree with the above - when he was coming to Juve, Diego was a saught after player on the market. He was lighting The Bundesliga and European league on fire, including kicking Milan out of Europe, and had had a very impressive CL campaign a year or so earlier - at that time Diego was entering his prime and was ready to explode at the really big scene for a big team - it was not by chance that he cost Juve 25 mil. He had all the talent he needed to do that and had he had better luck with his choice for that big team, he'd have done it, IMO.
You shouldn't make the mistake of thinking of Diego as a top-name player who just wasn't good enough to cary Juve on his shoulders - he was still a pretty young player, who was still developing and failed at Juve not because he wasn't talented enough but because he didn't find the right environment to develop into a great player - expecting from a young player like Diego of 2 years ago to carry a team like Juve on his shoulders is a bit too much to ask for.
Also let's not forget he was 24 yo, at the time, and Brazilian at that so finding the proper environment to express his talent in the best way possible was of paramount importance ... unfortunately for him, he found a Juve team, which was willing to rebuild but had no idea how.
Krasic on the other hand, while also relatively young, was a pretty unknown and unproven player with little to show for other than success in Russia and a couple of impressive EL games for CSKA M (he had limited role in their EL winning team). That was evident by the little interest in the player from top European clubs wen Juve bought him and also his pricetag of 15 mil. That's not to say that if a player doesn't cost you 30 mil he is garbage but if you don't have to fight off other teams for his signature, chances are, you are getting what you have paid for.
I am not sure what makes you say that Krasic faired better than Diego in their relative positions, but Diego at the time he signed for Juve was a hot, hot commodity on the market and among the very best young playmakers in European football. As for Krasic, well, the fact that Juve was basically the only big-name team even remotely connected to him, says pretty much all.
Did Krasic come to Juve at the right moment and find the right environment? Obviously not, just like Diego, but in my previous post I was merely comparing their talent and ability, and was not knocking Krasic down for not leading this sub-par Juve team to a serie A title or anything.
You shouldn't make the mistake of thinking of Diego as a top-name player who just wasn't good enough to cary Juve on his shoulders - he was still a pretty young player, who was still developing and failed at Juve not because he wasn't talented enough but because he didn't find the right environment to develop into a great player - expecting from a young player like Diego of 2 years ago to carry a team like Juve on his shoulders is a bit too much to ask for.
Also let's not forget he was 24 yo, at the time, and Brazilian at that so finding the proper environment to express his talent in the best way possible was of paramount importance ... unfortunately for him, he found a Juve team, which was willing to rebuild but had no idea how.
Krasic on the other hand, while also relatively young, was a pretty unknown and unproven player with little to show for other than success in Russia and a couple of impressive EL games for CSKA M (he had limited role in their EL winning team). That was evident by the little interest in the player from top European clubs wen Juve bought him and also his pricetag of 15 mil. That's not to say that if a player doesn't cost you 30 mil he is garbage but if you don't have to fight off other teams for his signature, chances are, you are getting what you have paid for.
I am not sure what makes you say that Krasic faired better than Diego in their relative positions, but Diego at the time he signed for Juve was a hot, hot commodity on the market and among the very best young playmakers in European football. As for Krasic, well, the fact that Juve was basically the only big-name team even remotely connected to him, says pretty much all.
Did Krasic come to Juve at the right moment and find the right environment? Obviously not, just like Diego, but in my previous post I was merely comparing their talent and ability, and was not knocking Krasic down for not leading this sub-par Juve team to a serie A title or anything.
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