Terribly sorry if this sounds very ignorant to you but would anyone explain to me how dour transfer strategy does work?!
To start with, I really hate this time of the year, I hate the anticipation and the speculation and most of all I hate Goal.com! I have been visiting this forum for guidance; nevertheless, I recently started to feel confused here as well. So seriously, how does it really work! Do we set a strategy for next year and then plan our priorities accordingly based on available resources, or do we go in and start investing and then adjust team formation according to what we end up with!
I kinda believe in Marotta, I like his ability to hunt players for free, and then spend so much on the likes of Martinez! I don’t know who's fault it is but for quite few years I believe that our transfer strategy lacked the certainty and led to situations like Diego, Melo and Krasic. Worth mentioning in my opinion is last year's dilemma! I am still confused but do any of you understood why did we pay approximately 11m for Qaugliarella and then fork another 15 for Vucinic! We can go through this over and over but my question stands, how does it really work?!
In my modest opinion the cause is the lack of planning. To shift this into constructive criticism 4-3-3 worked well for Juve last year and so I believe that this is how we should proceed. As we secured Isla, Asamoah, Giovinco, and Pogba, I think it is time to invest more and bring a solid striker to support Matri. I would love to see Jovetic in Juve, I think that he'll make a great input, but do we have the resources? Between him, Cavani or Dzeko and Armero, what are the possibilities and what are the priorities?
Personally, I think that if we really aim to be competitive in the CL next year then the three must arrive. Again, do we have the resources?
I don’t know how much money we have to spend but I think that we can probably cash out all of Melo, Krasic and Quagliarella and incorporate Pazienza, De Ceglie and Padoin in some deals. Definitely get rid of Martinez, Iaquinta and Amauri if he’s still around to save some wages.
The way I see it is:
Jovetic(?) Cavani(?) Giovinco
Marchiso Pirlo Vidal
Armero (?) Chiellini Barzaglie Isla
Buffon
And when you have the below options on the bench:
Storari
Caseres
Ziegler
Lichtsteiner
Bonucci
Lucio
Masi
Pogba
Asamoah
Marrone
Bouy
Matri
Vucinic
Giaccherini
Pepe
Then you will have the flexibility to go:
Vucinic Matri
Pirlo
Marchiso Asamoah Vidal
Armero (?) Chielini Barzaglie Isla
Buffon
I believe that this year represents a critical period in the rejuvenation strategy Juve has adopted in the last few years. Making big investment in the market this year would help us on few different levels. Other than getting into our real shape once again, we need to keep in mind that next year we won’t have the same flexibility in the market with the implementation of the FFP policies. If we strategize well, and do the right purchases this year, I expect that we’ll be able to compete for big names once again next year. First, with a well built team, we’ll have the resources and will direct it into one big purchase only. Second, in my opinion transfer prices will go down following the implementation of the FFP policy.
Thoughts?