Summer Mercato Thread 2018 (63 Viewers)

[Pirlo's Beard]

So people here saying Pep cannot adapt in Europe, but at the same time are OK with Sarri?

Can not adapt? Lol no. Pep knows exactly what he's doing. But ask Barca and Bayern fans and most of them will tell you his playstyle comes first and he doesn't even want a plan B

Pep would rather go out 5-0 and play his brand of football then even consider deviating from it to pick up a win

Ffs he benched sterling to play gundogan as a fucking quasi winger and laporte at left back to deal with the most in form winger in the world. All Pep Cares about is 'muh possession'

Sarri has barely been in Europe so it would be unfair to label him as set in his ways so early

 

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[Ronn]

Can not adapt? Lol no. Pep knows exactly what he's doing. But ask Barca and Bayern fans and most of them will tell you his playstyle comes first and he doesn't even want a plan B

Pep would rather go out 5-0 and play his brand of football then even consider deviating from it to pick up a win

Ffs he benched sterling to play gundogan as a fucking quasi winger and laporte at left back to deal with the most in form winger in the world. All Pep Cares about is 'muh possession'

Sarri has barely been in Europe so it would be unfair to label him as set in his ways so early

Cannot adapt or don't want to adapt. Distinction but no difference.
And you realize Sarri is 59? He also plays the same style and same XI no matter what?

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

There is a difference because if I suggested Pep can't adapt as opposed to Sarri it sounds as though I think Sarri is actually a better coach than him. But Pep is just unbelievably fucking stubborn even if he is a vastly superior coach.

Sarri has no bench to work with, it's hard to have a plan B when you're dealing with a gigantic drop in quality from your SXI to the bench

I'm not saying Sarri isn't just as stubborn but he can't know that yet.

Either way even if none won us the CL at least we could play some entertaining football and not nick games after failing to string 5 passes together whilst achieving the same results.

 

[juventus4life]

No Ancelotti and Sarri please. It's good to buy SMS but if we can't, we have Bentancur.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

No Ancelotti and Sarri please. It's good to buy SMS but if we can't, we have Bentancur.

Yeah if only we had Bentancur for the CL campaign who knows how far we'd have went

Oh wait shit hang on...


If we don't upgrade 2 of our midfielders we'll be lucky to compete with Arsenal before long

 

[dolph]

So people here saying Pep cannot adapt in Europe, but at the same time are OK with Sarri?

I would not mind Pep either. Even though I think that his general reputation is blown out of proportions, he is still a WC coach.

 

[Xperd]

I would not mind Pep either. Even though I think that his general reputation is blown out of proportions, he is still a WC coach.

Would never happen though.

 

[Cerval]

Reduced price

Juventus will allow Alex Sandro to leave the club this summer for a fee of over €60m. United and PSG are following the player.[Gazzetta dello Sport]

 

[Badass J Elkann]

Poach Guardiola lol

Seriously though: I'd sign Sarri. He's Italian obviously, but his style is a lot more aggressive. He might not win the league as easily, but I think with our team he'd be a monster in Europe. Against Real last year, with a greatly inferior team, really made a game of it. With a strong starting 11, I think he could coach dominant teams. And don't forget Higuain loves him.

Sarri? never mind going out to real madrid, it'll be to teams like vitoria Plzen and RB leipzig ffs

 

[Xperd]

Reduced price

Juventus will allow Alex Sandro to leave the club this summer for a fee of over €60m. United and PSG are following the player.[Gazzetta dello Sport]

Thats a fair fee tbh


60M would actually be an excellent sale by Beppe's standards

 

[CrimsonianKing]

@MikeM who would be your best replacement for Allegri?

 

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Dybala Higuain Griezmann

 

[MikeM]

@MikeM who would be your best replacement for Allegri?

Of the realistic choices, I do like Deschamps. History with the club and has good relations with French players which is always useful. They have a lot of young talent you would like to lure to this club.

I have to see the rest of Lazio's campaign but Inzaghi would be in my top 3 probably. If he finishes top 4 in Serie A and wins the EL, I think he has to be a top choice.

Giampaolo from Sampdoria is probably in my top 5 but behind those two by a fair margin.

I don't think Sarri has Juve DNA. He is a fine coach tactically but I don't like his temperament.

Basically for me, the most realistic international choice is Deschamps. The most realistic and probably best domestic choice is Inzaghi.

If I were to choose from any coach, I would take Simeone. He shares the same temperament problems as Sarri but at least it's worth it in his case. He has shown he is capable of competing with Barca/Real with lesser quality.

 

[Lapa]

Of the realistic choices, I do like Deschamps. History with the club and has good relations with French players which is always useful. They have a lot of young talent you would like to lure to this club.

I have to see the rest of Lazio's campaign but Inzaghi would be in my top 3 probably. If he finishes top 4 in Serie A and wins the EL, I think he has to be a top choice.

Giampaolo from Sampdoria is probably in my top 5 but behind those two by a fair margin.

I don't think Sarri has Juve DNA. He is a fine coach tactically but I don't like his temperament.

Basically for me, the most realistic international choice is Deschamps. The most realistic and probably best domestic choice is Inzaghi.

If I were to choose from any coach, I would take Simeone. He shares the same temperament problems as Sarri but at least it's worth it in his case. He has shown he is capable of competing with Barca/Real with lesser quality.

This is a good post.

 

[Akshen]

the problem with is inzaghi is that he plays 352 with Lazio, wouldnt like to see it again at Juve.
Deschamps is nice option though

 

[JavierEsnaider]

So sell Dybala for Griezemann plus cash and sell Sandro. Buy Martial, Griezemann and Fabinho. Also buy... Darmien

Next season:

Schnezsny
MDS Chiellini Benetia Darmien
Pjanic Fabinho
Martial Griezemann Costa
Higuain

?

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

So much fail

 

[Xperd]

So sell Dybala for Griezemann plus cash and sell Sandro. Buy Martial, Griezemann and Fabinho. Also buy... Darmien

Next season:

Schnezsny
MDS Chiellini Benetia Darmien
Pjanic Fabinho
Martial Griezemann Costa
Higuain

?

Weaker than the current team

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Weaker than the current team

Also stupidly unrealistic

 

[lgorTudor]

Weaker than the current team

so it's happening