If there is truth to Giovinco's agent actually saying that, literally confirming that la formica atomica is heading to our first team dquad for this summer and next season, then I am happy. Even something as simply as adding Vargas to the squad, as a challenger to Giovinco on either of two positions. Lw, or LWF.
The news about Iaquinta...who cares? really??? He did well at times, but has done nothing for many moons now. Its little defence to say 'he has been injured!!!!' because that is one of the problems. which are part of him, as a piece of capital. even releasing him for 0, easing up the wage bill a little, to invest on fresh blood, would be fine by me. Ciao VinnyCenzo...
back to this possible, apparently very close to likely, re-acquisition, of giovinco...A majority seem to believe/ assume that COnte will adopt his tried and tested 4-2-4. We were linked with Bastos long before Conte was anywhere near even serious consideration for the manager position. Pirlo, i assume the same.
I can understand Marotta grabbing Pirlo...whilst attempting a close to insulting offer to purchase Aquilani. 6m?? that did make me chuckle to read. Cheeky Beppe!...Pirlo is 32. but has world class ability, that can be shown regularly, if his flesh and bones can remain healthy. His seriously special abilities on the ball can be of more use to us, with our present team around him, than Aquilani. Pirlo surely has been told that he is part of first team plans, else he wouldn't have signed.
That fact alone, challenges the 'Conte 4-2-4' mould that the majority of juventini seem to be working their prospective first XIs into the shape of.
Conte's 4-2-4 needs wingers who are far more offensive than defensive. also strong fullbacks, defensively and offensively...above all else, a competency and both LB and LM, as the two become combined in such a formation. for the midfield to have ONLY two pretty much always centrally based midfielders, often digging deep to defend, but rarely truly investing themselves forward, a pairing which will often come up against at least 2-3 opponents, hoping to beat them, or spray the ball wide...of such a pairing, we need TWO beasts. One is not enough. If the Inler rumours are true, and we sign him. I will be very impressed with Marotta, and Conte, if they end up deploying a central midfield of:
Melo Pirlo Inler
Add to that the defence
Buffon
Lichsteiner Bonucci Chiellini Ziegler
And we are looking hugely stronger already.
Now we already have krasic, and likely matri...seemingly also giovinco...and quagiarella.
Buffon
Lichsteiner/beck bonucci/barzagli chiellini ziegler/de ceglie
melo/pazienza pirlo inler/marchisio
bastos/quag matri/toni giovinco/krasic
That team, with the right dose of luck, and COnte managing to infuse into the team as a whole, a contagious sense of belief in and demand for success, could reach 3rd, or perhaps even second...