At least 6, 7, imo. This league is piss poor, but to win it we must beat all three of Milan, Inter, and Napoli. We can't do it if we improve only 2-3 areas.
Vlahovic, Rabiot can remain, and possibly this Chiesa and one of Bremer/Danilo. Possibly the keeper too. That's at least 6 new players for the starting XI.
Woj is good enough for Serie A title
Bremer is good enough
Gatti - He was the revelation of last season so I guess he fits.
Danilo - Fits
A.Sandro - Weak point
Rabiot - Good enough even if I dont like him
Locatelli - Good enough although underperforming at times.
Fagioli - Good talent but we need him to come as a sub he isnt at a starter level IMO
Weah - He seems ok
Cambiasso - He is actually quite good.
Vlahovic - Great player with unfit instructions. We should either replace him or his instructions. Him holding the ball isnt his best characteristic.
Chiesa - Chiesa is obviously good enough (even too good for our current team)
Illing - Extremely talented
Based on this:
CB is a weak point
RWB - We currently have Weah who is ok but he is alone there
RW - We are stacked at LW but we dont have many options on the right.
CM - We need someone who could take the initiative and take us forward while being creative on the process.
CF - Since we have Vlahovic who is a great player I think we need to change the way we play him rather than look for a replacement.
CB - I would love us to upgrade on A.Sandro but right now it seems to me the main problem comes from midfield as I dont think we have a midfielder (but Pogba who is constantly injured and probably cant play at his best) - We could compete with A.Sandro even if we should look to upgrade over him.
RWB - Holm could arrive but its more about depth than quality.
RW - I think we still want Berardi and the reason we didnt do a thing yet is money.
CM - See my response in CB
CF - We have trouble selling Vlahovic so we could either change his instructions (the easy way), or gamble on someone else and send him or loan or whatever (also a solution even if I think the first solution would make us way stronger.
I guess this is the reason Allegri wanted Lukaku
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i'll repeat once again, for the umpteenth time: this midfield is thin as fuck. pogba would be the only one who would be able to make things happen, but it will be months before he's ready, and he'll inevitably get injured anyway.
pirlo >>> pjanic >>> locatelli, the downgrade is real.
It is true but its understandable if the other positions get an upgrade (like when we sold Zidane but brought up 3 or 4 players)