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Orgut

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When we got emre can on a free, goretzka was also available on a free. We choose emre can.
kimmich was scouted at age 20 and developed by bayern.
We choose to get players like ramsey on high wages when we coud have tryed to buy younger players like pellegrini or barella.
Goretzka was also available for free but he wanted Bayern.
Players in Germany tend to lean towards Bayern and if they are German then it is a guaranteed signing for them.
 

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JuveJay

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Well then we should improve our scouting department.

Also, we've had plenty of success stories too. Buffon and Bonucci (first time) were both signed at a very young age, so were Chiellini and Dybala.

Besides, every single club has flops. We all know that not every young player works out, but that doesn't mean that you should change your strategy. Bayern didn't suddenly stop buying young players after Renato Sanches.
I was being sarcastic, but we do have to buy the right players. Because this shirt is heavy and everyone targets players wearing it, so those with soft or unprofessional mentalities are destined to fail.

Paratici in that interview with Tek was talking about how this is really what scouting departments look like now. Everyone knows everything about the technical abilities of players, there are stats on everything, but they want to know the personality and the human behind it. Yet still there are failures again and again.

I think Bayern have the perfect set up of any team in the world tbh, they are in a comparatively strong league but are so much bigger, storied and wealthier than the rest. Their history for the last 25 years is swatting off the latest upstart team to dare challenge them for a season or so. Dortmund, Stuttgart, Bremen, Wolfsburg, whoever. Usually one of those teams wins because Bayern are transitioning or it's a spectacular failure of a season with the wrong coaching choice.

Juve in many of the last years have been in a similar position, but we worked ourselves into that position from mediocrity, building the club on and off the pitch with good choices. In Serie A things can easier change hands than they can in Germany, even if you only look at the history and potential of Inter and Milan, not even mentioning the chasing pack seasonal/era wonders like Napoli or Atalanta. If we make bad choices we can easily slip off our pedestal for some time.
 

Orgut

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We almost never buy the talented midfielders from smaller Serie A clubs, they usually end up elsewhere.

Allan - Udinese to Napoli
Barella - Cagliari to Inter
Sensi - Sassuolo to Inter

Tonali will probably end up at Inter as well.

Meanwhile we are too busy buying 30 year old injury prone flops like Ramsey.

Our transfer strategy for midfielders is simply abysmal.
If by talking about midfielders you refer to CM then you are right but its not as we missed too much quality.
Allan - Could be useful but I think he moved to Napoli while we had a crazy midfield in MVP (and P). I might be wrong though..
Barella - He is good but he isnt anything special
Sensi - First lets see him play without getting injured and then we discuss how much we missed on him...

Tonali - He prefers Inter so its not as we didnt want to make a move (at least according to reports).
 

JuveJay

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You'd think people forgot we bought dejan fucking kulusevski and yet people are moaning that we don't buy good young players from serie A
We bought Berna as well. But there is no hard and fast rule, only the advantage of hindsight.

"We should have bought ... *checks list of successful signings*... Barella". Really Bernardeschi could have gone to Inter or Napoli and been fantastic, we don't know. Kulusevski might flop. But we'd be very unfortunate if that was the case. At least he is someone absolutely the right age. I expect more under-23 signings (for the first team).
 

Orgut

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Because unlike Higuain, he's not a useless bag of potatoes?
I dont know.. I see some pros in Dzeko that arent in Higuain but also some of Higuain that are not present in Dzeko.
It is true Dzeko is more light therefore might be more useful but I also think Higuain`s team play is underrated.
If we replace Higuain we should look for a young hungry striker
 
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