that's completely true on short-term. now, my context here is:
- barzagli retires next summer
- chiellini signed a 2-year contract
- benatia (and bonucci) over 31
- rugani is very good, but lacks the aggression of the elite
so in 2 years, caldara might be a starter for juve. he'd have 2 years to improve his passing, to learn from the best of the best, and become our next chiellini, who's been fundamental for us since calciopoli. he's also italian, which is important, because of our tradition, and because of our current squad's state in the foreseeable future: only perin and bernardeschi are those italians who are good enough to be in juve's squad on long-term. we'll have trouble to fill the squad's association grown quota in a couple of years.
before cr was announced, i thought caldara is the perfect signing this summer. anyway...