++ [ originally posted by s0ftcore ] ++
A solid player? Pesotto? The man is not young anymore we can't rely on him. He will be skinned by opposing wingers. If Zambrotta gets injured, who will we play then?
I don't recall mentioning Pesotto's name, did I? I meant Zamrbotta. Though Pesotto still is a great backup as evidence to his preformances in the latter part of last season.
You know, when Zidane left, we brought in Nedved. Totally different from the way Zidane plays. So when Nedved goes, we have quite alot of options. Emo is a box to box player who is better defensively. What sort of player would be good next to Emo?
Nedved is a box to box offensive player, and likes to drift and give in some wicked crosses. Perhaps our next centre mid could be somebody with more vision and left graft? Somebody who will release the wingers and strikers with more through balls?
Or maybe we could have 2 hardworking centre mids where the formation revolves more around width? Never know but this might end up Appiah in the centre with Emo. That's why I would like Maresca back in the centre to team up with Emo.
Maresca would be a welcome option for me, as I said, was surprised we sold half his contract to Fiorentina.
Maresca is under a 50/50 ownership between Fiorentina and Juve. So why not? It's much cheaper than Aimar, Riqulme and Ronaldinho and definitely more proven in the Serie A.
Aimar, Riqulme, Ronaldinho? You're having a laugh. Aimar is out of favour and would prefer a move to England so he can team up with Rafa Benitez while Riqulme and Ronaldinho are happy in Spain.
I was actually having a laugh, I know Juve too much to know they will never sign such players with high prices. The only way we can sign them is if we the players themselves preferred a move to Juve and we had some bargaining power over their respective clubs, but we don't. That's why I said we should sign someone like them, someone in the same calibre.
Although the problem is, where do we find this player???
Granted we need a centre mid that isn't defensive but to say that the left back area of Juve is not 'interesting' is really ignorant. We're relying on Zambrotta too much. If he is injured as a left winger, at least we still have Kapo and Cole/Chinelli/(whichever leftback that would be good enough for starting lineup)
If you want to approach every problem with such an alarming rate, then I suggets you ask Moggi to spend all of Juve's money to cover each and every position with a good backup. I understand your concern, but that isn't our TOP PRIORITY if you know what I mean. Your concern is just the same as Chimenti is to Buffon. Chimenti is by far no where near Buffon's calibre and for this reason, should we get a back-up like Frey or Toldo? We also do not have sufficient cover for our centre-backs Thuram and Cannavaro, but that doesn't mean we should sign another Nesta or Staam. My point is, we can not afford to spend money on just a back-up player in the form of Chiellini or Cole. Or for that reason, sign someone so we can push Zambrotta to another position and rearrange the midfield. I think it would be more reasonable to sign a directly needed player like in your preference, Maresca. And for everyone to have a laugh, Riquelme, Aimar, or Ronaldinho. Either Maresca or Ronaldinho & Co., they would be better signings than spending money to bring a left-back into the squad.
Oh sorry if I touched a nerve, I'm just being sarcastic. But I think I'm more interested in discussing on "indicating a player we should get from what team and state the reason behind it" than being sarcastic though
I'm glad you cleared the air. It's a pleasure discussing this with you. Moving on, what other areas do we need to cover in our transfers?