Wait. You'd rather have Oscar than Pjanic?
Pjanic is so much better than Oscar, it's not even really up for discussion. The holes that you are speaking of. Let's assume Morata and Cuadrado are gone. Fine. 30 million from Morata gets put towards Pjanic. 25 Million for Berardi to replace Morata.
4-3-1-2 now becomes your primary formation, pending the acquisition of a backup RB.
Quote me on where I said I prefer Oscar. It's like you didn't read what I wrote at all.
If Oscar is available and is cheaper we'll go for Oscar who is likely to be pushed out of his current club. That could be an 'opportunity' Beppe talks about. Pjanic for 38m is no penauts, especially if it's true that release clasue has to be paid as a whole in one instalment.
It has nothing to do with my preference. The reason for that is simple: we have other positions to cover so the money need to be spent elsewhere too.
I'd love Pjanic here but it's unreasonable to think we'll get him. If the clause is true then we could have competition too.
Of course he can't. He never plays there. It's always De Rossi or Keita. Heck, he actually has the least defensive duties as they always play Nainggolan/Strootman (yeah before he got crippled) next to Keita/De Rossi. Pjanic doesn't really work that much defensively, he can't tackle and he's a rather soft player. All his qualities are useful only when you have the ball. Playing him as DM would be a suicide, especially with Pogba and Khedira as B2B who move forward a lot.
Our midfield works very different to Roma's, even though both teams use 3 CMs.