Winter Mercato Thread 2018/19 (41 Viewers)
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Well as I stated in another post I look at this also as a move of faith in Rugani. If i had to pick between Rugani and Benatia its a no brainer.
Secondly I never said Caceres was a better option at CB than Benatia. I've made it clear several times that I actually wanted Benatia to stay till the summer but given the circumstances this is the best possible outcome without over spending in a better player. Now unless someone can name me an adequate replacement who would have been at a low cost then please feel free to name them, but up till this point nobody has, so it's a bit pointless moaning about signing Caceres, in all honesty we could have done a hell of a lot worse imo i.e. alves and ivanovic, in these cases I would have been quite upset
Secondly I never said Caceres was a better option at CB than Benatia. I've made it clear several times that I actually wanted Benatia to stay till the summer but given the circumstances this is the best possible outcome without over spending in a better player. Now unless someone can name me an adequate replacement who would have been at a low cost then please feel free to name them, but up till this point nobody has, so it's a bit pointless moaning about signing Caceres, in all honesty we could have done a hell of a lot worse imo i.e. alves and ivanovic, in these cases I would have been quite upset
It's been constantly reported that we tried to keep him but benatia's impatience has driven us to this stage
You have to also understand in modern day football player power is everything, not that it's right to sell a player who wants to leave, but its right to sell a player with a passive aggressive stance through social media which however you look at it is wrong.
Its not the first time he's done this, he was exactly the same at udinese, roma and bayern. On the face of it he's clearly a bad character to have
You have to also understand in modern day football player power is everything, not that it's right to sell a player who wants to leave, but its right to sell a player with a passive aggressive stance through social media which however you look at it is wrong.
Its not the first time he's done this, he was exactly the same at udinese, roma and bayern. On the face of it he's clearly a bad character to have
Benatia was pretty good last season (defensively not worse than Bonucci who he replaced, that's for sure), and let's not forget that he was in the squad that made 3:0 at Bernabeu. Let's also not forget that it was because of Benatia that the score turned to 3:1 though 
, but it was a controversial situation.
, but it was a controversial situation.You make this move now, in January. When we are one of the favorites to win the CL, and are relying on 32 and 34 year old CB's for the vast majority of the remainder of the season.
So, let's use your argument here, shall we? Let's say, for shits and giggles, we sell Benatia for 7 million in the summer. That's a difference of only 3 million Euros, and we are guaranteed a rock solid backup to our starting CB pairing.
Now, we get 10 million Euro, which we may not even spend, lose a valuable piece of the CB rotation, and now will have to rely on a 24 year old who can't string it together for any prolonged stretch of time, and a CB, who A) can't even get on the pitch for Lazio, and B) when he plays CB, is actually a pretty fucking lousy CB.
Makes sense to me.
Juve have made their decision on Spinazzola and that's all in! Benatia was odd man out and barzaghli was in it so I'm pretty sure he wasn't getting removed
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If benatia is the reason we loose the CL then we deserve to loose it. Benatia wouldn't change the game nor would he win us a game so your argument doesn't hold water
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If benatia is the reason we loose the CL then we deserve to loose it. Benatia wouldn't change the game nor would he win us a game so your argument doesn't hold water
You are going under the assumption that Bonmucci and Chiellini are going to be healthy for the remainder of the season. When was the last time that happened? Especially Chiellini. Benatia would not be the reason why we would lose it, and I don't even know how you came to that conclusion. But an exhausted and/or injured Chiellini or Bonucci? Yeah, that could lose us the CL.
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