He had the MVPP midfield for one season, and then we dismantled it over the next two and Marchisio had career ending injuries basically.
100% agree on Pjanic. And Khedira, while he was never going to be star, he was a very intelligent, solid kid who didn’t make mistakes. We could definitely use capable replacements for both.
Oh yeah, Pogba too.
Sure, but it's important to mention that he also had possibly the best defender in Europe, Barzagli, while he also had Lichtsteiner and young Chiellini. Upfront he had Mandzukic who was on fire and Higuain who, despite being shit sometimes, did bang in tons of goals. There was plenty of quality in that squad eventhough that mid was fragile as fuck.
I don't think Allegri is capable of building a squad. I'm afraid we brought a great coach at the wrong time. He will work better in a couple of years and once we spend another 200-300mln, yeah, but imo other coach would achieve more even with this squad. People may dislike him, I don't really care, but Conte is a good example of somebody we need(ed) at this point.
Oh well... At least I hope we sign Zakaria in January and not Witsel.