If you shouldn't get attached to players, than it's not football. It's a fallacy. If you care about a club, you will necessarily care about the players.
And reality struck. We had a huge leap last years to the 2nd level of clubs. I hoped we could actually challenge the first, but it's not happening now, nor in the close future. The fact we failed to retain our best players really cements our place along with clubs like Atletico, Dortmund, maybe Liverpool.
Dybala is absolutely leaving in 1 or 2 years, so to this one I really won't get too attached to. We need Italian talent, desperately. But nothing indicates that the top 8 teams in the world (money wise) will be challenged soon.
New football order fucking sucks.