Winter Mercato 2015 (7 Viewers)
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I think we should keep in mind that if he drops Llorente out of the first team squad he'll become unsellable. The situation with Llorente is pretty fucked up right now because he is playing terribly, he is on high wages and he is unwanted by other teams. I can totally understand why Allegri wants to give him as much playing time as possible, but if Fernando continues to disappoint Allegri will accept that he must be benched for the sake of the team.
I'm going from what i remember.El Shaarawy never got a chance in his first year when they had Ibra,Cassano,Boateng,Pato and Robinho ahead of him.Even Maxi Lopez got more chances IIRC.
The following season,Ibra and Cassano were sold,Pato was on the treatment table,Robinho declined drastically which left him with not many options in attack.
Not taking away the credit from Allegri for contributing to El Shaarawy's development but circumstances also played a big role in his breakthrough.Much like how Marchisio brokethrough at Juve which came down to lack of quality in midfield and/or injuries.
The following season,Ibra and Cassano were sold,Pato was on the treatment table,Robinho declined drastically which left him with not many options in attack.
Not taking away the credit from Allegri for contributing to El Shaarawy's development but circumstances also played a big role in his breakthrough.Much like how Marchisio brokethrough at Juve which came down to lack of quality in midfield and/or injuries.
This is where we disagree then. No matter what if we decide to sell Llorente we'll get rid of him for peanuts. We shouldn't worry about those things because at the end of the season we will be left empty handed. If a player sucks he should hit the bench and that'd be about it for me.
OK, good you checked it up. It doesn't change too much anyway because that way Conte promoted Pogba to the first team and no one here claims he was good with youngsters. I'm not taking away from Max the success with SES, it's definitely his but let's don't act like he's some kind of youngster hero and expert. In fact his eagerness to bring in Sneijder proves he's nothing but average with youngsters and he's no different to Conte who never was praised for his work with youngsters.
OK, good you checked it up. It doesn't change too much anyway because that way Conte promoted Pogba to the first team and no one here claims he was good with youngsters. I'm not taking away from Max the success with SES, it's definitely his but let's don't act like he's some kind of youngster hero and expert. In fact his eagerness to bring in Sneijder proves he's nothing but average with youngsters and he's no different to Conte who never was praised for his work with youngsters.
A deal between Schalke, Nastasic and City seems to be very near..the announcement of his signing is expected today..loan with obligation to buy for 13m€.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/07/matija-nastasic-sign-schalke-manchester-city
CEO Heldt on Sport1 yesterday: "The end of the negotiations is near and it looks very promising. The ink is not on the contract though, so we cannot announce an execution. We are optimistic, that we r going to loan the player. There are still some details to solve."
http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_bundesliga/newspage_1004961.html
DiMatteo really pushed hard for his "dream" signing.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/07/matija-nastasic-sign-schalke-manchester-city
CEO Heldt on Sport1 yesterday: "The end of the negotiations is near and it looks very promising. The ink is not on the contract though, so we cannot announce an execution. We are optimistic, that we r going to loan the player. There are still some details to solve."
http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_bundesliga/newspage_1004961.html
DiMatteo really pushed hard for his "dream" signing.
Allegri should be least concerned with that.And i dont think this management are the kind to play politics here when it comes to Allegri's choice of players or tactics.If so,we wouldnt be looking for an AM right now.
For me,these Italian coaches are too fond of strikers who are able to play with their back facing the goal.It happened under Del Neri who dint want Amauri sold for the exact same reason.We saw that with Prandelli selecting Amauri for a couple of NT games for those reasons.We saw this under Conte too.Maybe Allegri is just one among them.He deems Llorente as a better fit for his tactics but the problem is he isnt playing well and most importantly not scoring.So in such cases,you ought to move to option B and i think its hightime.
For me,these Italian coaches are too fond of strikers who are able to play with their back facing the goal.It happened under Del Neri who dint want Amauri sold for the exact same reason.We saw that with Prandelli selecting Amauri for a couple of NT games for those reasons.We saw this under Conte too.Maybe Allegri is just one among them.He deems Llorente as a better fit for his tactics but the problem is he isnt playing well and most importantly not scoring.So in such cases,you ought to move to option B and i think its hightime.
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