Mario Mandžukić (55 Viewers)

[Alin]

Makes you wonder if Martial/Morata rumors can be disregarded now. Also makes you wonder if the club is going to save that money for midfield.

Saving money for midfield?

If you mean free agent Emre Can along with another relatively cheap rotation player in Dennis Praet, than right.

 

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[Hust]

Saving money for midfield?

If you mean free agent Emre Can along with another relatively cheap rotation player in Dennis Praet, than right.

Darmian 10-12m
Perin 10-12m (maybe lower if they include Stu)
Can free

So far those are the only near definitive buys/interest that Marotta has confirmed more or less.

Add Martial/Morata into that then yeah, our budget for midfield takes a hit. If not, then we have wiggle room.

 

[Alin]

Not that i disagree with you, i actually agree with that line of thinking just that tbh from what i managed to comprehend out of Beppe's words today it's that he is rather content with what we already have(plus ofc freebie Can,backup GK and Darmian along loanees Caldara,Spinazzola), especially as long as no one asks to leave...

However, you can never really know with 'the' Beppster, in the past we've seen some roller coaster mercattos despite some similar interviews as the one today.

 

[Xperd]

I think he'll leave IMO

 

[Hust]

Not that i disagree with you, i actually agree with that line of thinking just that tbh from what i managed to comprehend out of Beppe's words today it's that he is rather content with what we already have(plus ofc freebie Can,backup GK and Darmian along loanees Caldara,Spinazzola), especially as long as no one asks to leave...

However, you can never really know with 'the' Beppster, in the past we've seen some roller coaster mercattos despite some similar interviews as the one today.

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

Manchester United are interested in Mandzukic, according to Sky.

€80M

 

[The Quazis]

Not that i disagree with you, i actually agree with that line of thinking just that tbh from what i managed to comprehend out of Beppe's words today it's that he is rather content with what we already have(plus ofc freebie Can,backup GK and Darmian along loanees Caldara,Spinazzola), especially as long as no one asks to leave...

However, you can never really know with 'the' Beppster, in the past we've seen some roller coaster mercattos despite some similar interviews as the one today.

Unless, Beppe does his magic and loan + option some high profile player on a quiet run of form aka Douglas last summer. Morata, Martial?

 

[alexjuventino]

I think he'll leave IMO

Same, the rumors of adding Morata and Martial(even though they have died down) seem to suggest something.

Does anyone think we will keep Pjaca and just get rid of Mandzukic?

 

[Valerio.]

Same, the rumors of adding Morata and Martial(even though they have died down) seem to suggest something.

Does anyone think we will keep Pjaca and just get rid of Mandzukic?

I hope we do that.
Save money and invest in midfield

 

[alexjuventino]

I hope we do that.
Save money and invest in midfield

I honestly Don't think that is a good idea, Pjaca started well at Schalke but it seems like his performances dipped. I know I will get hated but I would rather see Mandzukic go, if he is expected to continue to play on the left. If Mandzukic is staying to rotate as a cf with Higuain, then I'm 100% fine with it , but he should not start anymore unless it's rotation.

We should look to bring in Martial or try playing Berna more on the left, or just continue the front 3 of Costa - Higuain - Dybala and hope it continues to progress well.

 

[Hust]

I honestly Don't think that is a good idea, Pjaca started well at Schalke but it seems like his performances dipped. I know I will get hated but I would rather see Mandzukic go, if he is expected to continue to play on the left. If Mandzukic is staying to rotate as a cf with Higuain, then I'm 100% fine with it , but he should not start anymore unless it's rotation.

We should look to bring in Martial or try playing Berna more on the left, or just continue the front 3 of Costa - Higuain - Dybala and hope it continues to progress well.

 

[LiquidPLP]

We can bring back Pjaca and still keep Mandzukic. And it would make a lot of sense if you thought about it for a second

Mandzukic to fight for the CF spot with Higuain; Pipita needs to be more rotated by Allegri. Many asking for him to be sold but I think he's been actually very good here and I hope Allegri will allow him to rest a bit more than last season, so he's more fresh - when tired he's less effective. So having both Mandzukic and Higuain competing for the CF spot is probably the best thing we could do, because we don't spend a penny and we've got two very good forwards with different characteristics.
Pjaca to take Mandzukic's spot as a winger. Nothing more to add here.
The rest of the money invest into midfield. Our attack is awesome as it is, midfield screams mediocrity for a couple of years now. We have no starters nor bench players as things stand. I mean, there is Pjanic and Bentancur who in my books are very good but other than that - we need improvements. I'd keep Marchisio and Matuidi is unlikely to leave I guess but that's still a couple of pieces missing. In a perfect scenario we get Can + SMS/Pogba/Kovacic + Pellegrini/Barella. Khedira is probably going and Sturaro should be sold.

 

[Juliano13]

I hope we do that.
Save money and invest in midfield

LOL

 

[alexjuventino]

We can bring back Pjaca and still keep Mandzukic. And it would make a lot of sense if you thought about it for a second

Mandzukic to fight for the CF spot with Higuain; Pipita needs to be more rotated by Allegri. Many asking for him to be sold but I think he's been actually very good here and I hope Allegri will allow him to rest a bit more than last season, so he's more fresh - when tired he's less effective. So having both Mandzukic and Higuain competing for the CF spot is probably the best thing we could do, because we don't spend a penny and we've got two very good forwards with different characteristics.
Pjaca to take Mandzukic's spot as a winger. Nothing more to add here.
The rest of the money invest into midfield. Our attack is awesome as it is, midfield screams mediocrity for a couple of years now. We have no starters nor bench players as things stand. I mean, there is Pjanic and Bentancur who in my books are very good but other than that - we need improvements. I'd keep Marchisio and Matuidi is unlikely to leave I guess but that's still a couple of pieces missing. In a perfect scenario we get Can + SMS/Pogba/Kovacic + Pellegrini/Barella. Khedira is probably going and Sturaro should be sold.

The problem with that is if you bring in Pjaca and keep Manduzkic our attack is as follows

Cfs : Higuain, Dybala, Mandzukic
Lw : Mandzukic, Pjaca, Berna, Costa
Rw : Costa , Dybala, Cuadrado, Berna

That would be 7 players for either 3/4 spots depending on whether we play a 4-4-2/4-3-3/4-2-3-1.

I Don't see Pjaca playing at all if that is our attacking options. Also given how this season has progressed, we saw how many times Mandzukic started, and I do not think he'd want to be a rotational player given he still has alot of fight in him.

I do however agree with the midfield, however I Don't see this huge revolution. I expect us to keep the entire midfield that we ahve intact bar Sturaro ( I see him going back to Genoa). I also do not expect Khedira to leave given he still has a year(?, I believe) on his contract. Maituidi and Marchisio will.both stay, and again I believe our midfield will probably be as follows :

Maituidi - Pjanic - Can/Khedira.

I'm not hopeful that the team will change that much, but I'm hoping for the best

 

[Fr3sh]

His instagram post from yesterday doesn't look like he wants to leave either:

 

[DAiDEViL]

True. They seem to love anything tacky or cringeworthy

Just look at SMS.

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What baffles me most bout Mandzukic is that he is a grown ass man that still spikes his hair like its the early 2000s.

@Fred

 

[Hydde]

If nonw of Higuain and mandz are leaving...then i dont know....

We need money from somewhere for the midfield. But after Marottas words and our financial situation.. im losing my hopes already. Most likely no one will come and we will continue using the same 4231.

 

[s4tch]

Real away?

arguably his best match all season, but he can thank navas for his second goal, and compared to his usual performances from last season he offered little besides that.

my benchmark mandzu game was the home game against atalanta last season. he failed to come anything close to that the whole season. i'm happy to see him stay, but i expect more from him next term.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

What baffles me most bout Mandzukic is that he is a grown ass man that still spikes his hair like its the early 2000s.

so do i

 

[zizinho]

His instagram post from yesterday doesn't look like he wants to leave either:

it looks like hes leaving tbh. hes clearly walking away from us

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Marotta: “Will Mandzukic remain? When a player asks to leave we always try to satisfy him: at this moment we did not receive any of this signal: Mandzukic will be a Juventus player again next year.”

ofcourse he starts his sentence with that