Diego and Zapata will both be very expensive. Even if we sell Tiago, Almiron and 1 other player, Im not sure if we could afford those 2 players.
Also, knowing our management, I think Mellberg is our sumemr cb signing.
(Ive done my best to account for Secco's amateur skills by getting shafted on sales and buys, and it still work's out. At the very minimum, I dont c y the below cant work.)
Lets assume the £20m rumour on Diego is our entire budget. That's roughly 27 million euro's.
Out (Hope for the best, plan for the worst, so Ill under-value our sales):
- Tiago: 10 million euro's (although Spurs were willing to give us 13 this winter mercato, so it will probably be higher.)
- Almiron: 6 million euro's (I cant remember Monaco's option, so let's just assume its less than the 8 million euro's we paid for him.)
= 16 in sales + 27 (mercato budget) = 43 million euro's to spend, although I doubt its that simple, so lets assume some of that is for signing bonus's, etc (7 million euro's) = 36 million euro budget.
In: (Hope for the best, plan for the worst, so Ill over-value our transfer's)
- VDV: 20 million euro's (I imagine we could sign him from anywhere between 16-18)
- Hamsik: 9 million euro's, plus the right's to Blasi and/or Zalayeta.
- Vargas: 7 million euro's (according to the press, his price is around 6)
1st team:
Del Piero Trezeguet
VDV
Hamsik Zanetti Camo
Vargas Cheillini Mellberg Zebina
Buffon
Bench: Legro, Grygera, Molinaro, Brazzo, Nocerino, Sissoko, Marchisio, Nedved (assuming he doesn't retire), Marchionni, Giovinco, Palladino, Iaquinta.
Thoughts?