Vidal would be great but I think our board rather look at other players like Rabiot Forsberg and others of that calibre (hope I spelled it right)
Vidal coming back would contradict our no returns policy (Morata is an exception as he didnt want to go but rather had to..)
More than that Vidal isnt a 20 year old youngster...
I personally would love a midfield of Pjanic Vidal Can (If SMS and Pogba are out of reach) but its more possible that we will see a Rabiot Can Pjanic midfield...
In any case I hope we offload Pjanic in the future for an upgrade as Pjanic is brilliant but sometimes he is a burden - He makes the Pirlo kind of mistakes when playing with the ball too much (while he isnt as good as Pirlo) + Im really worried by his defensive ability which seems non existent...
Right now it seems our lineup would be:
Polak;A.Sandro Chiellini Benatia Cuadrado;Pjanic Can CM;Dybala D.Costa Higuain
On the bench (new purchases): Perin Darmian Morata/Martial (probably Morata)
CM-> Identity still unknown but we can take an educated guess - It would be a player of the 50M region - Could be Rabiot but could also be others
As we are linked with more players and more positions it seems Marotta isnt lying about SMS so it seems its Man Utd or nothing for him while we will sell Asamoah (free transfer to Inter) Licht (free transfer to Dortmund) Khedira 50-50 chance to continue IMO while Marchisio is also a doubt according to reports
I expect Caldara to break into the starting 11 during the year
Pjaca will probably come back and do... nothing...
Bernardeschi growth will be interesting
Even if we get Morata I still think we will keep Higuain and rotate them (its more about options than to pick a starter) - Same thing with Martial
If we sign Rabiot he will surely be a starting CM while Vidal will also be a starter (of course he is as he is better than everyone..) but I wouldnt count on us getting Vidal...
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I'm really only interested in 4 Italians basically through all the leagues...atm
1) Insigne
2) Verratti
3) Romagnoli
4) S.Verdi
Insigne & Verratti could crack the 11.
Romagnoli could be deployed as a vice-Chiellini, Verdi would start as a bench player, but I like his upside.
Romagnoli is indeed interesting
Insigne is a great player but he is being way overrated by Napoli despite his clear potential to be special
Verratti needs no introduction while Verdi is a bench player at best - Seems more like a Napoli/Inter type of signing than us..
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Cristante is not a bad player but not exactly a world beater either. Was pretty impressive for Atalanta few times i saw him. Good for debpthd i guess
Caldara, Spinazzola, Perin, Darmian, Cristante
Already an uber-Italien mercato
Cristante isnt bad but he isnt exactly WC and will never be WC..
What Cristante can add is indeed something we lack - physicality!
Cristante would cost way more than his worth and honestly I rather we save the money even in the event Atalanta sells him for 15M.. We need to focus on quality and when talking about quality or potential to be a very quality player Cristante just isnt there... (He will cost around the 25M-30M mark BTW)
P.S Barella isnt as well..