Totally agreed.
When you think about it it's kinda crazy. We signed a guy for 0 (or 1 million) and now we sell him for 100-120mln. People say we're shit but in fact it's gonna draw many young players here if anything. I love Pogs but if those numbers are true I'd honestly sell him cause imo he's not worth that kind of cash. With smart moves we can even make this team stronger from the cash received.
Dybala will only move for a crazy number like Pogba but unlike him I believe we'd refuse and make him happy for many years to come. I actually won't be surprised if he stays for 10 years here. Pogba is marketing. Dybala is soul of the team.
I've been curious about this for a while now. We seem to be quite attractive to young players... we're a top club that actually respects players wishes and gives a shit about them, and while this may lead to some high-profile players leaving us for "richer" clubs... It also makes us very enticing for young star players.
If we invest wisely and start competing year in, year out in the later stages of the CL, it's going to lead to a lot of those young players (from outside Italy) seeing us as more of a final destination.
I wouldn't go so far as to call us a stepping-stone à la Dortmund right now, we're nowhere near that level, or even Atletico Madrid of a few years ago... but some players will inevitably be swayed by the glamour of the mega-rich clubs, and in the case of Bayern, Real, Barca, also the mega-successful in recent times.
People saying you cannot build an ultra-successful team this way, completely miss the history of Juventus, in selling players like Baggio, Vialli, Vieri, Inzaghi, Zidane. As well as missing what Atletico has done over the last 4-5 years, in transitioning from a not-very-successful stepping stone club, to a club that no longer is viewed in that light exclusively because of how wisely they have sold and then invested.
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So fucking true.
