Didnt you just agree in previous page Asamoah would be an end to our CM hunt of past 7 years? (btw, why hold that against Marrotta, been around for 2), now he is amongst the same mistakes of the past? Make up your mind. And what do you know of Verratti to call him a mistake?
Like i said. Preferably we shouldnt invest on CMs again, but if we do, let it be for the last time.
Asamoah would only be the lesser evil. Anything bellow him, just a waste of time and resources. Still a compromise IMO, but i wont complain if its the last time i see it happening. Still, that doesnt change the fact that it is a bad habbit we have abused, in favor of what we trully needed...
Marotta has been around for 2 season, but he repeated the very same mistakes though.
A fool man who does not care about past mistakes, is destined to repeat them. Secco ignored the LB, LM and CB issues and spread the money mostly on questionable CMs and SSs, in each and every transfer window.
How that justifies Marotta ignoring the fact that he ignored our needs for a starter LB and a starter LM?
The material Marotta inhereted in the CMs and SS position was far superior than the LM and LB material.
He fail to priorise and again spend the most on new CM and SSs and again the least on LB and LB.
The balance was broken before him yes, but how does this justifies breaking it even more, instead of trying to fix it?
Of Veratti i know that he is young, Italian, unexperienced in highly competitive football, unproven in serie A, NT capper = overrated in Italy, esp for the nationalists, having nearly the same asking price as Asamoah and not being able to become a starter for the 2012-2013 season, isnt this enough?
Lets make a non paper deal to get him next year. Or even this year i wouldnt mind him, but after settling the starter issues.
IMO Pirlo, Marchisio and Vidal are great starting options, if we get Asamoah from the cash we will make from Melo, any other player in this level, that would be great, as we need the extra depth no doubt, but not in expense of our starter needs.
IMO, we need a top class finisher above all else. A better starter than Bonucci after that. And a left wing back better than DC if we select the 3-5-2 or a right forward better than Pepe and Krasic, if we dont use Quaq there.
After doing the best we can for these players, i really dont care how many Pogbas, Verattis and Asamoahs we will be buy for the depth.
As we will at least have a competitive line up, at least on paper.