Tomorrow is your chance to scout some of them, at 18:00 we play Youth League vs Real Madrid. Usually it’s not very rewarding to follow our primavera, but I enjoy it at times to see them baby Bianconeri.
Would you consider Arthur, Kulusevski, Lacazette, Gosens and Partey as a successful mercato?
I might use this chance, thanks!
It depends on the rest of the mercato, meaning who goes as well.
One thing I'm sure of is there's no time for revolution, both on the market and on the pitch. With that in mind I expect an evolution of last season's 433: simply improved in personnel and tactics/way of playing.
So the only one singing from your list I'd be wary of is Gosens. He might be a perfect wingback in 352/343 but I don't see Juve playing this, hence why it's a no from me. I'll take AS + Pellegrini instead, that's for sure.
Instead of Partey, I think we need Aouar much more. I wouldn't be disappointed with Partey though, far from it. That shifts Bentancur from DM to B2B though. Should be fine but I'd like to have someone more productive there, like Aouar.
The rest is totally cool for me. I mean, Arthur and Kulu are already here and Laca is the best forward we've been linked to so far IMO. Laca > Zapata > Milik > Dzeko. that's the order for me.
If we sell both DC and Berna, we would need one more winger though. I'd gladly drop Ramsey for De Paul too (hopefully we won't have to take Mandragora back).
I see it more like this:
CR7 - Dybala/Lacazette - Kulu/*
Arthur/Rabiot - Partey/** - Bentancur/De Paul
AS/Pellegrini - Bonucci/Chiellini - De Ligt/Demiral - Cuadrado/Danilo
Szczęsny/Buffon
* Berna/DC/Chiesa? I have no idea.
** - Bentancur + some kid. Fagioli?
This looks somewhat realistic to me. If we do better or worse on the market - fuck knows
