Key part of this mercato will be the RB. Would prefer a better option at mid too but don't dislike Matuidi.
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Biglia in the bag
The Argentine to Milan is a matter of hours
Negotiations into the final phase
Fassone tries to include Lapadula
Montella awaits the midfielder at pre-season training
Today Donnarumma signs the contract
On Wednesday the Aubameyang operation begins in earnest
Investments, Juve in the European elite, over the last five years they spent more than PSG
They’ve shelled out €482m compared to Sheikh Al-Khelaifi’s €462m, but thanks to targeted sales, the balance sheet is excellent
Vieri exclusive: 'Mertens super, Dzeko a certainty and I like Belotti’
'Title race? Juve remain the big favourites’
'Totti leaves a huge hole at Roma. Gigio heir to Buffon? It won’t be easy’
First test: Inter debut with a 2-1 thanks to Pinamonti
Nerazzurri already on the field, while Perisic keeps Spalletti on edge
Juve, all in a row
Transfer market hots up
Bianconeri already at work under Allegri’s orders
From today every day is good for the new buys
In sequence, expected moves for Douglas Costa, Bernardeschi, Szczesny and Matuidi
Toro, all at the Fila
Starting again
The Granata meet at the Filadelfia for the first time in 23 years
It’s a return home with the declared objective of European qualification, awaiting other reinforcements after Sirigu
Milan
Montella 'sees’ Biglia, dive in for Aubameyang
Inter
Signs from Nainggolan
Borja is here, now for Dalbert
Roma
Too many big sales, irony and worry among fans
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Biglia in the bag
The Argentine to Milan is a matter of hours
Negotiations into the final phase
Fassone tries to include Lapadula
Montella awaits the midfielder at pre-season training
Today Donnarumma signs the contract
On Wednesday the Aubameyang operation begins in earnest
Investments, Juve in the European elite, over the last five years they spent more than PSG
They’ve shelled out €482m compared to Sheikh Al-Khelaifi’s €462m, but thanks to targeted sales, the balance sheet is excellent
Vieri exclusive: ‘Mertens super, Dzeko a certainty and I like Belotti’
‘Title race? Juve remain the big favourites’
‘Totti leaves a huge hole at Roma. Gigio heir to Buffon? It won’t be easy’
First test: Inter debut with a 2-1 thanks to Pinamonti
Nerazzurri already on the field, while Perisic keeps Spalletti on edge
Juve, all in a row
Transfer market hots up
Bianconeri already at work under Allegri’s orders
From today every day is good for the new buys
In sequence, expected moves for Douglas Costa, Bernardeschi, Szczesny and Matuidi
Toro, all at the Fila
Starting again
The Granata meet at the Filadelfia for the first time in 23 years
It’s a return home with the declared objective of European qualification, awaiting other reinforcements after Sirigu
Milan
Montella ‘sees’ Biglia, dive in for Aubameyang
Inter
Signs from Nainggolan
Borja is here, now for Dalbert
Roma
Too many big sales, irony and worry among fans
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Hmmmm....could this be our squad?
GK (3): Buffon, SZCZESNY, PINSOGLIO
DEF (9): RB (CANCELO? De Sciglio?), Lichsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Rugani, Benatia, Sandro, Asamoah
MID (6): Khedira, Pjanic, Marchisio, MATUIDI, BENTANCUR, Sturaro/Rincon (1 would leave surely)
FWD (7): BERNARDESCHI, Dybala, COSTA, Pjaca, SCHICK, Mandzukic, Higuain
Squad of 25 - I am assuming that Cuadrado goes.
GK (3): Buffon, SZCZESNY, PINSOGLIO
DEF (9): RB (CANCELO? De Sciglio?), Lichsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Rugani, Benatia, Sandro, Asamoah
MID (6): Khedira, Pjanic, Marchisio, MATUIDI, BENTANCUR, Sturaro/Rincon (1 would leave surely)
FWD (7): BERNARDESCHI, Dybala, COSTA, Pjaca, SCHICK, Mandzukic, Higuain
Squad of 25 - I am assuming that Cuadrado goes.
It's funny, our biggest weakness is our midfield and we're not getting anyone for there that will improve us. We will not win the cl with pjanic-khedira starting, just will not happen. Best thing to hope for is Marchisio is back to what he can be to partner pjanic. Our 2015 team would of beat this Madrid with ease, that was our strongest squad in the past 10 years, it was just a shame we we're facing one the best barca sqaud in history. Only way we win this thing now is if we get Verratti and another vidal type, until then we'll have 2 ghosts in midfield that disappear the whole game if they're not playing good and leave the rest of the team exposed
Well, the reason why Allegri reverted to the 4231 was precisely because he couldn't rely on the quality of a midfield 3. However, once we adapted to the 4231 - all of a sudden we lacked depth in players to bring on for the "3" in that formation. So I would argue that if we added Costa, Schick and Berna to the squad, simply adding someone like Matuidi could make the overall squad a lot stronger outside of adding a true midfield superstar (such as Verratti, Vidal, Modric etc).
IMO, I do agree Costa and berna will improve us, however if we play that exact same match with those 2 in our squad, we still lose that game, the game was lost in midfield, you cannot play a 4231 with 2 sub par mids. Madrids midfield ran a train over them, there was a massive gap between the 2 and the 3 multiple times in the game. What I argued we could've done is just overflow the midfield like how italy has done playing vs spain in recent years, sure the the quality wouldn't of matched them, but we could of suffocated them from playing their game
It does and our midfield "problem" is being blown out of proportions by everyone because of the lack of a big name and 20 dire minutes in the CL final; with Pjanic being injured and Dybala offering no support whatsoever.
If there's one question mark for me, regarding next season it's definitely Dybala's best position.
If there's one question mark for me, regarding next season it's definitely Dybala's best position.
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