What people don't understand is the current class of young Azzurri players simply does not match up to a decade ago. There isn't a young Del Piero or Totti or Pirlo or De Rossi coming through the ranks currently, with most folks placing their hopes in Rossi. But I'm sorry, if you think Rossi can be thrown in with the other aforementioned players or someone like Aguero or Neymar or what have you, you're simply not looking at this objectively. The lack of Italian talent right now means we need to look elsewhere for quality, or otherwise we will be left behind by the rest of the league and Europe.
There is no such thing as a constant talent flow unless you're Brazil.