At some point we're going to have to break our spending model if we want to start keeping the top Italian players in Italy... With increased sponsorship deals this summer, massive increase in CL funds, a better TV deal, and the limited spending we've done in the past 2 mercatos, this really is the summer for us to spend 75-100 mil (we should be able to make sales worth 25 mil).
We already let Verratti escape. Amongst others. Darmian should be a priority. As should at least one top attacker/CAM. We should be buying a 40 mil rated attacker this summer.
I mean, we're always going to get outmuscled for those Galactico type signings, but we should be very competitive for Alexis Sanchez type signings. Eventually we need to be. We won't always get lucky with cheap signings.