sturaro can actually defend, i love his workrate, but let's be honest, he's not a great passer. (yeah, i've seen his assist at the supercoppa.) i hope he proves me wrong.
to me it's obvious that pereyra isn't a great defensive player. he might be useful as a camoranesi reincarnation if we played 4-4-2, or 4-2-3-1. allegri mostly used him as an impact sub, but just like sturaro, he's not a marchisio, pogba level complete player either.
as our mercato stands now, i think we're strong in attack, dybala and mandzu are great additions. also, rugani is already way better than ogbonna. if we get siqueira (a decent squad player), than our defense will be stronger than last year. but our midfield desperately lacks depth. i never rated khedira, and poor asamoah (one of my favorite players of the current squad) is being stuck in this injury too long, so yes, we'd need a cm. let the team prove me wrong.