I still give the mercato a 5/10... for it to drop, we have to see this season flushed down the toilet completely. As in, finishing out of the CL places at the end of the season.
If we finish top 3 and get out of our group in CL this year... there is no way the mercato can be rated lower than 4. If we somehow recover to win the scudetto and get to CL QFs, the mercato should probably be viewed as 7+.
We did significantly reduce the squad age, and started our transition... it remains to be seen how severely we lowered our starting XI quality though. 5 fits for me as the unknowns are still too many, and a 5 says that. It also says the mercato was basically mediocre or poor.
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PS. Did anyone else notice that Cronios gave the mercato a 7.