Yeah, but I ll increase the stakes so how many from that list could have been protagonists here? I see maybe 2. Does anyone really think that giving more minutes to Lirola would make him a world beater? Thats just nonsense imo. Have players like Chiesa or Veratti needed pampering? These players have enough talent and character to stand out and make managers select them ahead of older, more experienced players
But obviously all of them were good enough for Serie A, so my question is why waste money on deep bench backups on relatively big wages if that money could be used for improving the main squad and the backup function could be filled by the youth. Traditionally we have 24-25 players deep first team squad, which is way too much, imo we easily could cut ~2 players, promote youth and use those salaries better. F.e. this season Id cut Alex Sandro and Berna, one is our 3rd best LB and the other is a filler as either the 5th forward or 6th CM. Youth can plug those positions and you save 15m+ yearly.
