To me, ideally, for next year:
Stay put:
- All our main guys Vidal, Pogba, Tevez, Litch (renew), etc.
Players Out:
- Llorente (15M)
- Bonucci (12M - this guy makes us hostages of bloody 352)
- Giovinco (free - the ideal would be to renew his contract only to get some value for him, but he won't accept it, so just let him go, he'll never cut it)
- Storari (free)
- Padoin (free)
- Pepe (free)
- Pirlo (for free to USA - unless he accepts a backup role, which I really doubt he would)
- Marrone (loan)
- Gabbiadini (co own 7.5M)
Players in:
- Zaza (15M)
- Shaqiri (20M)
- Berardi (10M co-own)
- Rugani (6M co-own)
- Good/relatively young CB (12-15M)
- Sturaro (back from loan)
- Leali (back from loan)
Total spent: around 30M
Team 4312
Buffon; Litch, Barzagli, Chiellini, Asamoah; Marchisio, Vidal, Pogba; Tevez; Shaqiri, Morata.
Bench: Leali; Caceres, Rugani, Ogbonna, new CB, Evra; Sturaro, Romulo, Pereyra; Coman, Berardi, Zaza.
This way we get rid of regista-Pirlo dependency; 3 CBs-Bonucci dependency; get a younger squad; develop guys like Leali, Rugani, new CB, Coman, Berardi, Zaza, who will have every possibility of getting in the starting 11, mainly the CBs.
And then I wake up to Bonucci, Pirlo and 352 for more 10 years
Stay put:
- All our main guys Vidal, Pogba, Tevez, Litch (renew), etc.
Players Out:
- Llorente (15M)
- Bonucci (12M - this guy makes us hostages of bloody 352)
- Giovinco (free - the ideal would be to renew his contract only to get some value for him, but he won't accept it, so just let him go, he'll never cut it)
- Storari (free)
- Padoin (free)
- Pepe (free)
- Pirlo (for free to USA - unless he accepts a backup role, which I really doubt he would)
- Marrone (loan)
- Gabbiadini (co own 7.5M)
Players in:
- Zaza (15M)
- Shaqiri (20M)
- Berardi (10M co-own)
- Rugani (6M co-own)
- Good/relatively young CB (12-15M)
- Sturaro (back from loan)
- Leali (back from loan)
Total spent: around 30M
Team 4312
Buffon; Litch, Barzagli, Chiellini, Asamoah; Marchisio, Vidal, Pogba; Tevez; Shaqiri, Morata.
Bench: Leali; Caceres, Rugani, Ogbonna, new CB, Evra; Sturaro, Romulo, Pereyra; Coman, Berardi, Zaza.
This way we get rid of regista-Pirlo dependency; 3 CBs-Bonucci dependency; get a younger squad; develop guys like Leali, Rugani, new CB, Coman, Berardi, Zaza, who will have every possibility of getting in the starting 11, mainly the CBs.
And then I wake up to Bonucci, Pirlo and 352 for more 10 years
i agree with the 1st part (who we should keep)
Players out: Llorente (yes), Bonucci (i'd rather sell Ogbonna, in fact i wouldt sell BonBon at all, he's been great thus far), Gio (he too needs to stay if we play a 4-3-2-1), StoPaPe (yes), Pirlo (hard to say. i'd really love to keep him but he must regain his fitness and form), Marrone (he can go), Gabbiadini (i'd keep him too)
Players in i mostly agree but i think we will send Leali to another loan and that we will get a cheap (free) older keeper. i also think we won't buy any other CB besides Rugani (depends on if we will sell 1 or 2 of our current CBs)
so here is what we are left with: Buffon, Licht - Barza - Chiello - Asa, Marchisio - Vidal - Pogba, Tevez - ShaqAttack - Morata (though im very skeptic about keeping him as our main CF, not because i dont trust him, but because i fear our management and coach dont trust him enough)
bench: GK, Caceres - Bonucci - Rugani - Evra, Sturaro - Romulo - Pereyra, Berardi - Coman - Zaza - Manolo (id like to put Zappacosta or Baselli in there somehow, but that would be too much).
that way we have enough depth, a young squad, and we wouldnt spend much money for it.
