not selling Vidal + not buying AM = 8/10 mercato
exchanging Vidal for Götze = 9/10 mercato
exchanging Vidal and Coman for Götze = 7/10 mercato
selling Vidal + buying Draxler and Sandro = 7/10 mercato
selling Vidal + buying Draxler = 5/10 mercato
selling Vidal + buying Sap/Cuad/Vas/anybody = 2/10 mercato
Altho I feel the 2 is a bit harsh. The mercato hasn't been a total disaster, just largely disappointing thus far. I'd give it a 4, or weak 5 for now. I know Pirlo was pretty much a non factor last year, but he always has that moment of magic in him, a free kick, a special pass, etc... We most definitely lost in the creativity department with his departure. Vidal is a beast, and will prove it @ Bayern, and that shall only serve to exacerbate the situation for the butthurt populace. We lost a WC midfielder, and have replaced him with no one. Khedira is solid, but hasn't been WC for a while now, and I don't need to mention that he could be injury prone a la Andrade
Our biggest loss is clearly Tevez, who was WC for us over the past two seasons, carrying the team on many occasions. His tenacity and ability to take hold of the whole attack on his own will be missed even more than his goals and assists. Mandzukic is a decent goal scoring threat, but he can't create for himself like Tevez, and isn't really dangerous outside the box. He may possess the physicality and work rate to bother defenders, but he doesn't have the quality and technique of Tevez.
As things stand, we are a weaker team, unless we get a LB to alternate with Evra, move Asamoah to midfield, and get a fucking AM in the remaining 28 days of this god forsaken mercato. And no, Pereyra is nowhere near good enough to be our creative outlet for an entire season. Khedira and Pereyra better than Ramsey?
Seriously, some of you need to stop being so fucking biased and delusional when it comes to our players, just like you are with our board. It is as if you are on the club's payroll FFS!