Non-Juve Transfer news (official or rumors) (22 Viewers)

[Xperd]

Half a billion spent on Higuain and Ronaldo. Two players on the wrong side of 30. There's no way you can deny they played a significant part in our financial demise.

The timing and the situation in which we signed Ronaldo was extremely poor as well. You had an expensive outgoing Higuain. And the squad already needed a major overhaul in midfield and defense.

All those unnecessary expensive contract extensions dwarfs the investment made on 34 year old Ronaldo.

Terrible timing. Marotta was right when he was against signing him.

 

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[Alen]

i don't think signing ronaldo was a mistake. ignoring the rest of the squad and giving paratici the managing duties on the other hand...

how many proven class players did we sign since ronaldo? zero? or de ligt qualifies for one? and it's not like ronaldo broke the club, we had money, we spent loads on ramsey, arthur, de ligt, locatelli, etc. if you consider wages and transfer fees, jj made plenty of expensive signings since ronaldo joined, and the club also raised the wages of former and current players to an undeserved and unsustainable level. that's the real issue, not ronaldo himself. we simply dropped our level and rewarded mediocrity with unparalleled wages. ronaldo deserved his 31m, tek, bonucci, rugani, arthur, sandro, ramsey (etc) didn't. balance was lost, and after ronaldo left, jj found itself with a bunch of overpaid clowns with zero direction

i don't like ronaldo personally but i'd sign him again if a competent director would be in charge

I kinda agree with the theory, but since the person(s) who made all these mistakes is/are the same who brought Ronaldo, things were probably connected. It's possible that Paratici made a great move (bought Ronaldo) and followed it with bad moves, but imo it's more possible that he made a lot of those bad moves as a result of having Ronaldo here.

Half a billion spent on Higuain and Ronaldo. Two players on the wrong side of 30. There's no way you can deny they played a significant part in our financial demise.

The timing and the situation in which we signed Ronaldo was extremely poor as well. You had an expensive outgoing Higuain. And the squad already needed a major overhaul in midfield and defense.

All those unnecessary expensive contract extensions dwarfs the investment made on 34 year old Ronaldo.

Terrible timing. Marotta was right when he was against signing him.

Yeah, the timing was terrible. Although, the pandemic made everything look much worse.
It would have been great if Ronaldo was 3 years older. We could have bought a 33-34 years old Ronaldo in 2015/16. Now that was gonna be a good timing

 

[s4tch]

...It's possible that Paratici made a great move (bought Ronaldo) and followed it with bad moves, but imo it's more possible that he made a lot of those bad moves as a result of having Ronaldo here...

make no mistake, it wasn't paratici who was the mastermind behind the ronaldo deal, it was ronaldo who picked juventus. marotta found it risky, he was fired, fresh energy guy (paratici) was incompetent and everything went to shit

i still think that the whole ronaldo operation was feasible with proper preparation. not selling higuain _before buying cr, getting into shady swap deals, raising other players' wages, signing talented but overall unreliable players like arthur or ramsey were things that even a regular fan knew that looked like bad moves. our wage bill and insane amortization were the issue, and ronaldo was only part of that

i liked the published wiretaps for one reason only: those confirmed what many have suggested for years. paratici was a careless fraud unable to act responsibly

 

[BayernFan]

Anyone with knowledge about this guy?

 

[DAiDEViL]

I like him.

 

[Seven]

I like him.

But phrenologists love him.

 

[Osman]

Anyone with knowledge about this guy?

He is really good, mainly for his versatility, can play all positions in defence in similar level. So is quite ideal rotation player.


I wish the early summer rumour of Milan wanting to trade him for Mckennie was true, but it was too good to be true lol.

 

[kappa96]

He is really good, mainly for his versatility, can play all positions in defence in similar level. So is quite ideal rotation player.


I wish the early summer rumour of Milan wanting to trade him for Mckennie was true, but it was too good to be true lol.

No one is that dumb.

 

[Strickland]

The amount of disrespect Higauin gets is crazy, he was fantastic for us for a while until he wasnt anymore. He couldnt help the price, I'm glad we got him, we needed him at that point. Pipita was a friggin assassin for us (and an underrated all around player) :

Dude had one fantastic season for Juve. For a while is a very vague way of putting it, he was fantastic for exactly on season, 10 months or so. 2nd season he was the average Serie A striker, put a 1st stint Matri in his shoes in the 2nd season and I'm sure the difference in goals scored is minimal.

 

[Osman]

https://vxtwitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1696112045433778628

We should done this deal easily, he is easily one of the better young AMs around.

 

[Mohad]

https://vxtwitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1696112045433778628

We should done this deal easily, he is easily one of the better young AMs around.

Damn, what a plan B after losing on Viega.

 

[s4tch]

https://vxtwitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1696112045433778628

We should done this deal easily, he is easily one of the better young AMs around.

am? we don't use those here

who was the last proper am we signed? ramsey partly qualifies maybe? then it was diego before him, quickly sold. not a lot in a decade or so.

 

[DAiDEViL]

https://vxtwitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1696112045433778628

We should done this deal easily, he is easily one of the better young AMs around.

Gonna be great for Nipples.

 

[Bianconero81]

Napoli will probably sell him for 80 million in 2 seasons. Meanwhile, we're still stuck with McNuggets, De Shitlio, and Kean.

 

[DAiDEViL]

am? we don't use those here

who was the last proper am we signed? ramsey partly qualifies maybe? then it was diego before him, quickly sold. not a lot in a decade or so.

Could easily play the DiMaria role for us imo.

 

[Akshen]

Could easily play the DiMaria role for us imo.

no he cant, in our team wingers get the AM role, while CMs get the wingers role. Pure AM? we didnt have one here and im really scared to even predict where he would be played.

 

[DAiDEViL]

no he cant, in our team wingers get the AM role, while CMs get the wingers role. Pure AM? we didnt have one here and im really scared to even predict where he would be played.

He's not a pure AM at all.

 

[Xperd]

 

[Osman]

Damn, what a plan B after losing on Viega.

Like they getting a better player for real. Maybe the good source dudes stayed in Napoli lol (scouts Giuntoli had). Because Lindstrom with Szoboszlai was one of the best young AMs in bundesliga.

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am? we don't use those here

who was the last proper am we signed? ramsey partly qualifies maybe? then it was diego before him, quickly sold. not a lot in a decade or so.

I say AM due to skillset, but he is one of the most versatile attacking mids, he can play SS, LW, LM, RW, RM, CM. He is basically a Di Maria type. Would been perfect replacement for Di Maria. 25m is nothing for a top talent.

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no he cant, in our team wingers get the AM role, while CMs get the wingers role. Pure AM? we didnt have one here and im really scared to even predict where he would be played.

I know you kidding but Lindstrom can play every position in mid and attack except for DM and CF.

 

[Firestarter]

I know you kidding but Lindstrom can play every position in mid and attack except for DM and CF.

Reading other reports where it says €30m + €5m which would make more sense. Frankfurt fans are happy that he is leaving, apart from that 3 month purple patch he didn't really play that well. Definitely a versatile player tho, if he can find more consistency at Napoli it'll be a good transfer for them — he's a better option than Lozano