Did anyone notice Dybala wearing the captain's armband? Signal of intent or last swansong?
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By the way guys. I personally would like to simply keep Higuain and Dybala and offload Mandzukic, Rugani and Khedira and call it a day.
In fact, I did an analysis on the impact on P&L of transfers thus far and simply what I said above.
Basically, we would be in the black once you include the Plusvalensa for this year. Excluding we would be behind by 48m (which is more pertinant for the following year given that the plusvalensa is a one-off positive entry).
In that case the squad would be:
GK (3): Szczesny, Buffon, Pinsoglio
DF (8): Danilo, De Sciglio, De Ligt, Chiellini, Bonucci, Demiral, Sandro, Pellegrini
MID (6): Pjanic, Bentancur, Rabiot, Can, Ramsey, Matuidi
FWD (6): Cuadrado, Bernardeschi, Costa, Ronaldo, Higuain, Dybala
Squad of 23. Only 1 would miss out for the CL list (my guess is it would be Pellegrini).
I'd be happy with that. Upgrade in defense, midfield and attack (Higuain over Mandzukic). Only downgrade is right back although Cancelo was a liability defensively at times.