Summer mercato thread 2025-26 (143 Viewers)

[Knowah]

Whatever happened to Zirkzee and is he no longer on our radars?

 

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[Bjerknes]

Whatever happened to Zirkzee and is he no longer on our radars?

He was primarily a Motta obsession most likely. Inter is rumored to be after him now.

 

[Amer]

Whatever happened to Zirkzee and is he no longer on our radars?

Manchester United happened.

 

[TheLaz]

No it is not. Not by a long shot. It's pretty lame populism at best. We're not in a dynasty and with those comparisons you're again ignoring the fact those players are good enough to stay. They just need their roles and importance adjusted by adding more quality which is why they shouldn't be compared to the champions. Every succesful juve had soldiers like those, especially Italians.

Removing those type of players would effectively and undeniably make some of the players like the ones you just mentioned starters; good luck with that.

Kelly and Cabal are decent players. They need to prove themselves to be starters here, but they could just do that in my opinion

 

[s4tch]

Kelly and Cabal are decent players. They need to prove themselves to be starters here, but they could just do that in my opinion

kelly is a mediocre player. if he becomes a starter on the long run, it would probably mean that jj just dropped their standards further

i reckon cabal has more potential as a wingback. as a pure defender he's far from convincing

 

[Xperd]

Marotta interested in Koni De Winter and I'm sure he'll end up being a solid player at Inda

Junktoli's career at JJ won't be defined by the poor mercato he had last summer or the spat he had with Allegro, but he will be more remembered for making a complete mockery of next gen

 

[Xperd]

 

[Dostoevsky]

Selling Vlahovic and keeping Muani on loan with option to buy would be pretty great. Especially if we buy Osimhen as well.

 

[Bjerknes]

kelly is a mediocre player. if he becomes a starter on the long run, it would probably mean that jj just dropped their standards further

i reckon cabal has more potential as a wingback. as a pure defender he's far from convincing

Cabal also sucks with the ball, his passing was horrible. The guy was another pointless, expensive signing by the DipShit.

 

[s4tch]

Cabal also sucks with the ball, his passing was horrible. The guy was another pointless, expensive signing by the DipShit.

that was my impression too based on his performances @ verona, but he played a few surprisingly stable matches before his injury

(vs roma, como & lazio)

i'm not a fan, he'll never be an evra or a prime alex sandro, but he might not be completely hopeless

 

[Bjerknes]

that was my impression too based on his performances @ verona, but he played a few surprisingly stable matches before his injury

(vs roma, como & lazio)

i'm not a fan, he'll never be an evra or a prime alex sandro, but he might not be completely hopeless

Look at those possession lost stats. Terrible.

 

[s4tch]

Look at those possession lost stats. Terrible.

that's standard even for good players. pedri is fucking great in possession, last 3 90-minute games (i ignored the 120 min cl tie vs inda):

if cabal could somehow standardize his performance against lazio, i wouldn't be opposed to keeping him. the bad thing is that he only played like these 3 good games, otherwise he was ~dogshit

 

[Bjerknes]

that's standard even for good players. pedri is fucking great in possession, last 3 90-minute games (i ignored the 120 min cl tie vs inda):

if cabal could somehow standardize his performance against lazio, i wouldn't be opposed to keeping him. the bad thing is that he only played like these 3 good games, otherwise he was ~dogshit

Cabal is a defender and not Pedri. We don't want a defender giving the ball away that many times, especially since chances are he's in our own half.

 

[MikeM]

Cabal is terrible

 

[X Æ A-12]

Cabal is not good enough to be even a squad player for J. he needs to GTFO immediately

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

With the great season Bologna has had, why don't we consider Italiano for the job?

 

[Badass J Elkann]

With the great season Bologna has had, why don't we consider Italiano for the job?

No

 

[Paolino]

With the great season Bologna has had, why don't we consider Italiano for the job?

The issue for coaches like Italiano at a club like Juventus is that the environment doesn’t give them the freedom to work the way they did at smaller teams like Bologna. The same thing happened to Sarri and Motta. Because they lack a strong track record at the top level, they often hold back, afraid of being sacked, which forces them to change their style and ultimately leads to failure. If Italiano joins Juve, he risks becoming just another coach stuck in damage control mode. That’s why I think big clubs need big coaches with a history of winning.

 

[Zzak]

The issue for coaches like Italiano at a club like Juventus is that the environment doesn’t give them the freedom to work the way they did at smaller teams like Bologna. The same thing happened to Sarri and Motta. Because they lack a strong track record at the top level, they often hold back, afraid of being sacked, which forces them to change their style and ultimately leads to failure. If Italiano joins Juve, he risks becoming just another coach stuck in damage control mode. That’s why I think big clubs need big coaches with a history of winning.

Let's get Ancelotti

 

[Robee]

Kelly and Cabal are decent players. They need to prove themselves to be starters here, but they could just do that in my opinion

We simply shouldn't allow that by upping the quality.