Summer Mercato Thread 2020-21 (98 Viewers)
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Regarding all this talk about our midfield problems
Bentancur, Rabiot, Khedira, Matuidi, Can and Ramsey in 2019/20 = 7 goals and 13 assists = 20 goal contributions
Pjanic in 2016/17 = 8 goals and 14 assists = 22 goal contributions
I think it’s time that people put some respect in Pjanic’s name. The biggest reason why our midfield has declined since 2017 is because Pjanic declined physically.
Bentancur, Rabiot, Khedira, Matuidi, Can and Ramsey in 2019/20 = 7 goals and 13 assists = 20 goal contributions
Pjanic in 2016/17 = 8 goals and 14 assists = 22 goal contributions
I think it’s time that people put some respect in Pjanic’s name. The biggest reason why our midfield has declined since 2017 is because Pjanic declined physically.
I don’t think anyone was arguing that Pjanic was never good.
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Get a #9, doesn’t have to be an established player, could be someone with upside, but get a real #9.
Get a RB. Cuadrado was fine as a starter, no one will admit it, but he was. But we need better depth. Can’t rely on scrubs like Danilo and De Sciglio. Someone young would be preferred. I like Pellegrini on the left, hopefully he doesn’t get loaned/sold.
Improve the midfield depth. Rabiot, Arthur, and Bentancur might be enough, but we can’t be one injury away from playing the likes of Matuidi and Khedira. Sell Ramsey too. Preferred target would be Locatelli, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Pirlo asked for Tonali. Zaniolo is always an option imo, Roma can say they won’t sell him all they want.
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Get a #9, doesn’t have to be an established player, could be someone with upside, but get a real #9.
Get a RB. Cuadrado was fine as a starter, no one will admit it, but he was. But we need better depth. Can’t rely on scrubs like Danilo and De Sciglio. Someone young would be preferred. I like Pellegrini on the left, hopefully he doesn’t get loaned/sold.
Improve the midfield depth. Rabiot, Arthur, and Bentancur might be enough, but we can’t be one injury away from playing the likes of Matuidi and Khedira. Sell Ramsey too. Preferred target would be Locatelli, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Pirlo asked for Tonali. Zaniolo is always an option imo, Roma can say they won’t sell him all they want.
Music to my ears
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I would say like this:
-A midfielder who can fill any need Pirlo can have and is not present in the current team (Kulu?)
-A fullback who can preferably play on both sides and be starter material right away.
-A trusty center forward. it doesnt need to be a big name, but someone who can get the job done and always be ready and fit.
-An attacking winger who can play on both wings or at the very least be a very good Right Wing (Kulu?)
About kulusevski, he will most likely be a starter on the wing or midfield, but there will always be a position vacant doesnt matter were we play him, so we will need an extra winger or an extra midfielder depending on which place Kulu plays.
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I would say like this:
-A midfielder who can fill any need Pirlo can have and is not present in the current team (Kulu?)
-A fullback who can preferably play on both sides and be starter material right away.
-A trusty center forward. it doesnt need to be a big name, but someone who can get the job done and always be ready and fit.
-An attacking winger who can play on both wings or at the very least be a very good Right Wing (Kulu?)
About kulusevski, he will most likely be a starter on the wing or midfield, but there will always be a position vacant doesnt matter were we play him, so we will need an extra winger or an extra midfielder depending on which place Kulu plays.
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Was about to post that, nice plan but looks close to impossible, I can't imagine why would a team that can afford any of those players want them in the first place? I guess Verona or Genoa would be thrilled to have Higuain or Ramsey in their squads but they would have to give half of their wage budget on a single player, which is something they cannot afford...
Terminating contracts and selling whoever they can for peanuts looks like the only way to accomplish that task...
Terminating contracts and selling whoever they can for peanuts looks like the only way to accomplish that task...
We definitely need two new fullbacks aside from the midfield targets but who could we realistically get without weakening another area of our team?
This is the biggest problem we have atm
The pandemic fucked us over at the wrong time. This is such a poorly constructed team that we have neither the time nor the money to fix the mess up. It's a really critical time at the club and some big decisions need to be made.
This is the biggest problem we have atm
The pandemic fucked us over at the wrong time. This is such a poorly constructed team that we have neither the time nor the money to fix the mess up. It's a really critical time at the club and some big decisions need to be made.
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Alex Telles? His contract expires 2021, impact player, lots of goals and assist, one of the top performers in Porto's champion season...
Sergino Dest? Still raw but very promising for me, no wonder why it's Juve, Bayern, Barca and Man City rumoured to follow him closely and readying their bids...
Ideally if we manage to remove all of Sandro, Danilo and DeSciglio they would cover the cost of Telles and Dest, with Pellegrini and Cuadrado as backups I say we improved on that area..
Sergino Dest? Still raw but very promising for me, no wonder why it's Juve, Bayern, Barca and Man City rumoured to follow him closely and readying their bids...
Ideally if we manage to remove all of Sandro, Danilo and DeSciglio they would cover the cost of Telles and Dest, with Pellegrini and Cuadrado as backups I say we improved on that area..
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