While they may not turn into top class mids, it’s a wee bit disappointing we haven’t purchased any of this young generation of Italian mids and attacking mids. Tonali, Barella, Locatelli, Zaniolo, etc. Especially after previously dragging our feet and missing out on Verratti. The first two went for cheap-ish prices, the third is available for a reasonable fee, the fourth the most expensive and difficult, and rightly so. I don’t think we need to go full ItalJuve, but these are players that if they develop to their full potential, could be part of the backbone of this team for 10+ years. And I don’t really believe guys like Arthur and Bentancur have higher upside than the above Italians. Aouar, yes. But not our current young non-Italian mids. So Now that we passed on both Tonali and Barella, I’d really like to see us get the other two.
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They started Locatelli, Jorginho and Barella. Is that what you call golden midfield?
Replace Jorginho with Tonali, and it’s a very young mid with very high potential. Not there yet, so it’s a big “if” but they are young and quite promising.