Or:
Higuain Dybala
James
Pjanic Marchisio Khedira
Sandro Chiello Bonucci Alves
Neto
My issue with that is benching Cuadrado who is consistently one of the best performers.
I'd prefer something like this in that case:
-------------Higuain----Dybala--------------
------------------James----------------------
Sandro----------------------------Cuadrado
----------Marchisio-----Pjanic---------------
-----Chiellini---Bonucci---Barzagli---------
-----------------Buffon----------------------
or if we could by some miracle sign Verratti by only selling Pjanic:
-------------Higuain----Dybala--------------
------------------James----------------------
Sandro----------------------------Cuadrado
----------Marchisio-----Verratti------------
-----Chiellini---Bonucci---Barzagli---------
-----------------Buffon----------------------
I personally, would prefer to see Verratti there instead of Pjanic in this formation, just because with James playing so advanced, you need two strong #6s. Sure you could put Khedira with Marchisio, but Verratti offers much better ball movement.