Summer Mercato Thread 2018 (65 Viewers)

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Monty

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pavluska

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Should sell Benatia and Pjanic. And Higuain if we can sign a proper replacement.

All are in their late 20s/early 30s, inconsistent, and are decent but not perfect. Would make sense to replace them on both financial and sporting levels.



If multiple CMs are leaving, Badelj would be a good signing. Good, underrated player. Would be solid backup for free.
 

pavluska

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For 80m? I'll ship him myself.

Way too inconsistent, plus, besides above reasons, isn't a good fit for 4231. Ideally, squad this summer should be built for both 433 and 4231.
 

Post Ironic

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Très bizarre that anyone would want to sell our best CM. Are we trying to make it so we have to sign an entirely new midfield trio? Because we certainly aren't going to sign 3 midfielders better than Pjanic in a single window.

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For 80m? I'll ship him myself.

Way too inconsistent, plus, besides above reasons, isn't a good fit for 4231. Ideally, squad this summer should be built for both 433 and 4231.
He was one of our best players last season in our midfield 2 for the last 4 months. Put in a ton of fantastic performances.
 

Post Ironic

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Add to that, the good midfielders we are linked with aren't exactly good fits for a midfield 2.

Pogba's been horrible when played in 4-2-3-1 for Mou. And had a far more inconsistent and poorer two years than Pjanic.

And SMS is more of an attack minded B2B than a holding mid in a 2. If we play 4-2-3-1 going forward we need a CAM who actually will put in a shift tracking back and supporting midfield. Otherwise play in a 3, and Pjanic is fantastic.

Pjanic-Can-SMS/Pogba would be amazing.
 
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