1) The best young player in a talentless league especially in attack. You make him seem like Marco Reus or a young Aguero. Starting for Italy is worthless now. None of the strikers are even at Iaquinta's level. This is worse than Fred starting for Brazil. So again.. top teams will be fielding the Messi, Suarez, Neymar trio or the Benzema, Ronaldo and Bale trio or Lewandowski/Gotze supported by Robben and Ribery or Hazard, Costa and Willian while we will have Saussolo's attack. Even city has Aguero, Bony, Jovetic and Dzeko and we are taking risks on unknowns hoping to be as good and feeling confident.
talentless league

past couple of years this league left T. Silva, Cavani, Lavezzi, Sanchez, Sirigu, Verratti... even now Pogba, Pjanic, Berardi, Perin, Rugani, Dybala etc. no talent at all in this league. none of the strikers are even Iaquinta level

. top teams will be fielding these teams you listed, yes. we will be fielding Tevez, Morata, Berardi/potentially new signing. youre talking trash again. "risks with unknowns"

that would be true if we got Berardi 2 years ago. we signed him and left him at Sassuolo for 2 years and scouted him so we pretty much know very well what we are getting which means he is not a n unknown. i guess you were one of the people that were against signing Verratti too and are now hoping we can get him for 30M. so again, as usual, youre wrong.
this whole thing you wrote doesent make sense anyway^^
2) Marchisio was a starter pre-pogba's rise. One of Vidal and Pogba is likely to leave and Pirlo has become too old. You cannot have a better midfield than Pogba/marchisio, Pirlo and Vidal that we used to have. The midfield is and will definitely get worse.
Marchisio was a starter for years for us. Pogba is here 2 seasons (this is his 3rd one), in his 1st Marchisio was starting, in his 2nd Marchisio was a "bench player" but played as much as the other 3. this season he is an official starter again. hardly can call him a bench player. one of Vidal/Pogba is not likely to leave, you again are taking ideas out of nowhere, and both are likely to be long time starters along with Marchisio so the drop in quality is not existent, especially with Pogba improving every year.
3) Perhaps you arent a fan of the Rugani + Caceras defensive duo that others here are fans of. Havent you come across the "sell bonnuci" and "Chiellini sucks" brigade?
Bonucci-Chiellini is our starting duo (depending on what shape Barzagli will return in) and Rugani is only 20. he wont start right away after coming here, unless he surprises everyone and is an exceptional talent like Nesta or Cannavaro. even if so it would take him a year or two to settle in before getting a starting spot. Caceres is a backup for Licht and when fit is close to a starting spot. i havent seen these people fielding Caceres-Rugani but thats highly unlikely.
4) Asamoah's only match that I recall as Lb was against Madrid? and he got ripped a new asshole. Plus wasnt everyone here dissatisfied with his LWB performances?
i was very happy with his performances at LWB for the past 2 seasons. there is not such a big difference in playing LWB and LB. im sure he would have a similar game against Real had we played 3-5-2 with him at LWB. again, he is our starting LB and when he returns from injury next season he will get his starting spot again.
5) I havent heard the Neto part. I was thinking about leali.
its not official yet but Neto is coming here at the end of the season. he will be a backup for Buffon for 3-4 years before Buffon retires. Leali is not returning and he is not a serie b keeper. he plays for Cesena in serie a
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For some reason, I really like Oscar, but not for 40 mil.
can get Firmino for much less and lower wages
