Summer Mercato Thread 2018 (15 Viewers)

[zizinho]

then again, what did you expect, Juve going balls out in the Ronaldo transfer (after we've already brought Cancelo, Can, Perin) and also splashing extra on midfield? Juventus has always had very clear limits and our spending this summer has exceeded anything I'd imagined we'd do

@lgorTudor

but yeah, we might be asking for too much here

 

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[Osman]

i agree, but this is the 3rd straight mercato we wanted our midfield upgraded, what did Marotta do? get us Matuidi and Emre Can. thats it. so either hes incompetent, or they (Max & management) dont see it as such a big issue as we do. needless to say, Max rates Khedira highly. i expect a decline next season and him being sold after the season (expected the same this season, but nothing seems to happen), with Emre Can taking his role. his spot will go to the "Matuidi replacement" who will get eased in same way as Can is about, so we sell Matuidi in summer of 2020. is it the right way and will it pay off? i cant tell you that, but this seems to be the plan from what i gather seeing how the mercato unfolds

Spoiler

Szczesny, Perin, Pinsoglio
Benatia, Chiellini, Rugani*, Caldara, Barzagli
Alex Sandro, Cancelo, Spinazzola*, De Sciglio, Cuadrado
Pjanic, Khedira, Matuidi, Can, Marchisio, Sturaro, Bentancur
Ronaldo, Dybala, Higuain, Mandzukic, Bernardeschi, Douglas Costa

players in bold are club trained
* only for Serie A, not for CL

this is 26 players, so we are already over the squad limit, meaning one has to leave (Higuain). now any outgoing transfer means you have to replace the position youre weakening, unless its one of those 4 bolded ones. Alex Sandro leaves, we need a LB. Benatia leaves, we need a CB. i thought Khedira will leave and we will get SMS/Golovin, but seems Sami is staying another year, so we are kinda stuck.

also, from what i wrote above, we will have only 2 club trained players for CL, so 2 will have to be Lichtsteinerd from the list. or sold, reducing the squad to 23 players

Yeah everyone staying seems unlikely for new signing. Expect Sturaro and Spinazzola to miss out on CL list for obvious reasons.




Seriously tho, we gonne be soooooooooo mediocre in midfield again, unless this guy has a massively direct impact off the bat, as in you know, play over a Khedira who doesnt tackle, intercept or even touch the ball enough? (Allegri likes his experience, but I doubt he likes the player perse, but he is working with what he got, its not like he chose him when he used to have Vidal and Pogba). Lets hope for lots of tackling, running and solid active passing from Emre Can. All our midfield improvement hopes will be on:

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[Wittl]

Spoiler

Szczesny, Perin, Pinsoglio
Benatia, Chiellini, Rugani*, Caldara, Barzagli
Alex Sandro, Cancelo, Spinazzola*, De Sciglio, Cuadrado
Pjanic, Khedira, Matuidi, Can, Marchisio, Sturaro, Bentancur
Ronaldo, Dybala, Higuain, Mandzukic, Bernardeschi, Douglas Costa

players in bold are club trained
* only for Serie A, not for CL

this is 26 players, so we are already over the squad limit, meaning one has to leave (Higuain). now any outgoing transfer means you have to replace the position youre weakening, unless its one of those 4 bolded ones. Alex Sandro leaves, we need a LB. Benatia leaves, we need a CB. i thought Khedira will leave and we will get SMS/Golovin, but seems Sami is staying another year, so we are kinda stuck.

also, from what i wrote above, we will have only 2 club trained players for CL, so 2 will have to be Lichtsteinerd from the list. or sold, reducing the squad to 23 players

Sturaro and one of Rugani/Spinazzola.

 

[zizinho]

Yeah everyone staying seems unlikely for new signing. Expect Sturaro and Spinazzola to miss out on CL list for obvious reasons.




Seriously tho, we gonne be soooooooooo mediocre in midfield again, unless this guy has a massively direct impact off the bat, as in you know, play over a Khedira who doesnt tackle, intercept or even touch the ball enough? (Allegri likes his experience, but I doubt he likes the player perse, but he is working with what he got, its not like he chose him when he used to have Vidal and Pogba). Lets hope for lots of tackling, running and solid active passing from Emre Can. All our midfield improvement hopes will be on:

@lgorTudor @DAiDEViL

ill give him until December-January till hes integrated, then he will start over Khedira. then Sami will leave in the summer. wages and the high agent fee aside, Can is a good player, and versatile as well. but we better have a chance at getting Pogba or SMS in a year, other areas are stacked now

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Sturaro and one of Rugani/Spinazzola.

yep, most likely. MDs is a candidate as well, with Cuadra/Cancelo being his competition. maybe some injury will make the choice easier

but now that i saw Stus name, maybe selling him would give us a chance for atleast a semi decent mid, like Pellegrini/Praet or the likes. lets see

 

[Osman]

MDS will not miss out at all, since we do not have a backup LB, MDS will be that. Asamoah will be missed, since Spinazzola will be out injured for most of the year.

 

[Hust]

@Osman - maybe the plan is to score a ton of goals each game so we don't care about conceding

 

[Ronn]

@Osman - maybe the plan is to score a ton of goals each game so we don't care about conceding

We're finally catching up to the philosophy of that great football maestro, Zednek Zeman.


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[Hust]

We're finally catching up to the philosophy of that great football maestro, Zednek Zeman.


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All we need now is to do kickoffs the right way

 

[Jem83]

Napoli and Milan fans

@Jem83

Yes

 

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[AndreaCristiano]

There ya go. Ronaldo says we were the only offer. F that Napoli BS

 

[zizinho]

There ya go. Ronaldo says we were the only offer. F that Napoli BS

well, he wont really say Napoli was his 1st choice on his 1st conference

 

[AndreaCristiano]

well, he wont really say Napoli was his 1st choice on his 1st conference

Well true but it wasn’t and the noise we’re hearing is just made up media trash

Beside he could have said I had other offers and chose Juventus. He didn’t so no Napoli shit

 

[Snobist]

There ya go. Ronaldo says we were the only offer. F that Napoli BS

Reports say that he offered himself to Napoli not the other way around.

 

[WΏΏdy?]

The thought of upgrading Benatia to Godin for basically the same price is simply mind boggling

I'm a big Godin fan but he's going to be 33 years old in 6 months (for 25million) and not everyone is Ronaldo. We already see the drop in quality with killini and Barza so I'm not too excited with it now, I'd rather keep benatia unless we are buying a better younger player.

 

[Orgut]

Higuain&Rugani 100M - Ronaldo 100M
Benatia 20M - Godin 20M
AS 60M - Marcelo 60M
Pogba... no idea, fire those Fiat workers from South Italy and sell some more kids. id settle for Golovin or Rabiot as well, if we dont get PP or SMS

No... Golovin is a talented player but not one who can help our midfield right now IMO
Rabiot would be great to have while Pogba is the ultimate win

 

[Wittl]

No... Golovin is a talented player but not one who can help our midfield right now IMO
Rabiot would be great to have while Pogba is the ultimate win

 

[DanielSz]

MDS will not miss out at all, since we do not have a backup LB, MDS will be that. Asamoah will be missed, since Spinazzola will be out injured for most of the year.

Speaking of spinazzola, I hope the club gives him a proper introduction, like they did with all their other additions. They shouldn’t ignore him just because he’s injured, he’s a very good player who pushed to be here, and deserves it.

 

[Lion]

everyone calling our mid medicore, when pjanic and khedira took us to CL finals. Matuidi is a world cup champion as a starter, and Can was pools starting DM that took them to CL finals

but yeah this is medicore. GTFO

and no to Godin and marcelo.

enough of over 30+ players. ronaldo is an exception,

but we now have too many important on over 30+. Mario, ronaldo, higgy, killini, benatia, marchisio, matuidi, khedira,cuadrado

build for the future, not for the retirement home.

 

[DanielSz]

everyone calling our mid medicore, when pjanic and khedira took us to CL finals. Matuidi is a world cup champion as a starter, and Can was pools starting DM that took them to CL finals

but yeah this is medicore. GTFO

It’s not good enough to beat Madrid. That’s kind of the goal, no?