Summer Mercato season 2023-24 (78 Viewers)
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have ever had a more difficult season than the previous one, with heavier player contracts and worse european outlook?
armchair xperds are fun to read. giuntoli had a literally impossible task, and barring any unpleasant surprises, it's only the rovella deal that is below realistic expectations
great mercato? nah. worst ever? far from it. 5.5 or 6/10 for me, 6.5 if weah exceeds expectations. selling zakaria, probably getting rid of bonucci without having to pay his full salary for the last year, finding a club for arthur that he accepted and where he can actually play, downsizing the wage bill and not weakening the squad significantly is an acceptable mercato.
when you look at the departures and arrivals, it's underwhelming. when you add the shittiest context ever to any mercato, it's a different story
armchair xperds are fun to read. giuntoli had a literally impossible task, and barring any unpleasant surprises, it's only the rovella deal that is below realistic expectations
great mercato? nah. worst ever? far from it. 5.5 or 6/10 for me, 6.5 if weah exceeds expectations. selling zakaria, probably getting rid of bonucci without having to pay his full salary for the last year, finding a club for arthur that he accepted and where he can actually play, downsizing the wage bill and not weakening the squad significantly is an acceptable mercato.
when you look at the departures and arrivals, it's underwhelming. when you add the shittiest context ever to any mercato, it's a different story
Looking to Roma for example, Aouar and Ndicka for free, Parisi for 10m to Fiorentina, Thuram for free to Inter (while we pay for Milik, to lazy to search the salary differences tho), and the Rovella deal where the finances are quite ugly, I feel that in general there definitely were some opportunities that we didn’t take.
I also don’t want to complain too hard, if Miretti has a breakthrough season and one of Huijsen or Yildiz will have the same it will obviously change the dynamics of the team. That’s really a calculated risk Guintoli and Allegri have to take and in our situation I can only applaud trying the youth.
A extra reinforcement for the right side to close the mercato would be great
I also don’t want to complain too hard, if Miretti has a breakthrough season and one of Huijsen or Yildiz will have the same it will obviously change the dynamics of the team. That’s really a calculated risk Guintoli and Allegri have to take and in our situation I can only applaud trying the youth.
A extra reinforcement for the right side to close the mercato would be great
i don't think those comparisons make any sense. inda just finished the season with a cl final (90-100m from uefa?), sold players for 100m before starting to buy, roma also finished higher on the table compared to the place they actually deserved, with an el season ahead of them, etc, and both had empty slots in their squad
meanwhile juve lost at least 80m (which is an estimated 150m when you also consider gate receipts, unsold merch, lower sponsorship, etc) due to an undeserved points penalty, had like 40 players on a contract, zero empty slots, still has to offload some duds like pjaca or frabotta, an ffp settlement with uefa to keep an eye on, and so on
these situations are not even comparable. again, this is probably the worst situation before any mercato i can remember, only comparable to the summer of 2006
meanwhile juve lost at least 80m (which is an estimated 150m when you also consider gate receipts, unsold merch, lower sponsorship, etc) due to an undeserved points penalty, had like 40 players on a contract, zero empty slots, still has to offload some duds like pjaca or frabotta, an ffp settlement with uefa to keep an eye on, and so on
these situations are not even comparable. again, this is probably the worst situation before any mercato i can remember, only comparable to the summer of 2006
i remember some picture, iirc it portrayed half of the belgian nt with expensive purses in their hands
they didn't seem like a bunch of troublemakers either
they didn't seem like a bunch of troublemakers either
Haha Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably the best European player ever, and he spent last 20 years walking around with his gucci or LV purse.
Most big name players or wannabe big names had the same fashion sense since Beckham started this trend.
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Do it. Btw just a couple days ago di Marzio said they’d turn to holm if Soule or Iling left. Well, Soule looks on his way out, but now he’s saying it depends on Kostic. Too funny.
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There's something for Kostic, but not on a permanent basis. In the event that the Serbian were to bid farewell, Juve would turn to Holm. [@DiMarzio]
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There's something for Kostic, but not on a permanent basis. In the event that the Serbian were to bid farewell, Juve would turn to Holm. [@DiMarzio]
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