Wishlist and General Juve mercato talk (2013-14) (29 Viewers)

[runner0xff]

He built great team in the past couple of years so bringing or not bringing one striker won't influence my opinion of him.

yeah. and has spent hundreds of millions for this purpose =)

 

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[Mr Chocolate]

Remeber what happend with 34 year old Anelka? investing in old good players isnot good, they might have experience but they won't be as energetic as a young fresh and champions league experienced player like Higuain.

don't even compare Anelka to Tevez

 

[Vlad]

yeah. and has spent hundreds of millions for this purpose =)

If you look at the team before and the gaps needed to be filled it's not that much. He should have done better in some of the transfers of course but some of the signings were a real gem like Pirlo, Vidal, Licht, Barzagli, Asamoah, Pogba. Even Moggi who I respect the most had occasional blunders.

 

[deggen10]

And this is what pisses me off. So and now instead of working hard and searching for affordable bright young talents like lamela or insigne who are supposed to become new stars, our managers will spend the whole summer to humiliate themselves in a miserable attempts to get a discount for players they cannot buy and to rent another bendtner in the end of the august.

Just tired of this $#@!. just tired of this...

I get that they're scared because of the fkups with Diego/Amauri/Melo but we have no choice. 'Sure things' are out of range so we need to take risks on someone likely to step up.

And I can't see the attack improving much without a creative SS upgrade. Our team is dependent on whether Vucinic shows up.

 

[baggio]

Beppe's announced objective (even after the Llorente deal) is still to bring a top class forward and there is no shortage of those on the market this season. Higuain, Tevez, Jojo, Sanchez, Mario Gomez, David Villa, Cavani, Lewandowski, Suarez, Chicarito are all transferable targets and we do have the budget for atleast one of them strikers.

Suarez, Cavani, Falcao are very difficult to get and thats very understandable but if we end up signing none of the rest while Arsenal signs Higuain or Milan signs Tevez or fiorentina signs Mario Gomez then there is no way to defend Marotta anymore.

We are definitely more attractive than Arsenal, Milan and Viola and we definitely have deeper pockets than them with the exception of Arsenal perhaps (assuming they will uncharacteristically start spending).

Marotta has the more attractive club growth, arguably the more attractive wallet and definitely the more attractive coach than all our competitors who share the same objective (purchasing a top striker) and are after the same players that he is after.

If anything, Milan should be worried we are after Tevez, Arsenal should be worried we are after Higuain, and Fiorentina should be worried we are after Gomez. We have the damn upper hand here! If any of Milan, Arsenal, Liverpool, Fiorentina, or Inter purchase a top striker and we don't then Marotta is definitely a horrible transfer director.

The society might need re-election because their president has just been squashed. Well said.

Remeber what happend with 34 year old Anelka? investing in old good players isnot good, they might have experience but they won't be as energetic as a young fresh and champions league experienced player like Higuain.

Bro, Tevez is 29. That is peak for a football player. He has at least 3 world class years left in him. RvP is 29. That's hardly comparable with where Anelka is in his career. He is 34 and has been washed up for at least 2 seasons. You cannot return to your peak or anything close to being relevant when you move to weaker leagues or show no continuity at any point in your career path. Tevez is such a different proposition from Anelka.

If you look at the team before and the gaps needed to be filled it's not that much. He should have done better in some of the transfers of course but some of the signings were a real gem like Pirlo, Vidal, Licht, Barzagli, Asamoah, Pogba. Even Moggi who I respect the most had occasional blunders.

There's always room for improvement. But if you see how few the need gaps of this team are, it's going to be very easy to blame Marrotta if he fails to plug those gaps.

 

[Vlad]

There's always room for improvement. But if you see how few the need gaps of this team are, it's going to be very easy to blame Marrotta if he fails to plug those gaps.

There is but it's not representative to judge his whole Juve career through the prism of signing top forward. If City or Chelsea offer 30M for Jovetic is it his blame? I like Jojo but lest's be realistic he's injury prone and kinda gambe. 20-22M at most if that. Arsenal have more money than us so we can't enter into a bidding war with them over Higuain. Suarez not even gonna comment that. Signing top forward with emergence of oil clubs is difficult as they tend to pay special attention to that department.

 

[baggio]

There is but it's not representative to judge his whole Juve career through the prism of signing top forward. If City or Chelsea offer 30M for Jovetic is it his blame? I like Jojo but lest's be realistic he's injury prone and kinda gambe. 20-22M at most if that. Arsenal have more money than us so we can't enter into a bidding war with them over Higuain. Suarez not even gonna comment that. Signing top forward with emergence of oil clubs is difficult as they tend to pay special attention to that department.

Of course. Given that he was the one to dismantle what we had with Diego and Trezeguet, and spend all the money he has on the likes of Toni, Matri, Quag, Vucinic and even Giovinco. He has gone out and idenfitifed players that you consider to be unreachable in the petrodollar climate. Why do so in the first place? And he MUST be judged for it because it's taken him 3 years to fill one spot which believe it or not has been a glaring issue since his arrival and has a very tangible consequence on the pitch. When you walk away from bidding wars or want player's on your terms, it means you are actually making excuses for not being able to negotiate at a certain level on the European stage. You can make all the excuses you want to defend him, but if he fails and Fiorentina end up signing Gomez, it will just show how despite all the excuses of a weak league and transfer wages, it makes a difference when you move with intent.

If he doesn't intend to sign Higuain and Jojo with teams not willing to negotiate then what is he waiting around for on the Tevez deal? Which is much simpler financially speaking. Is he waiting for Milan's inclusion? So he can walk away from the deal?

There are no excuses for the failures to such deals if they happen over three years and six mercato windows.

 

[runner0xff]

i don't think gomez is better then llorente

 

[Mr Chocolate]

i don't think gomez is better then llorente

they are 2 different types of players, Gomez is a clinical pure scorer that dosent contribute to build up play, Llorente is a more technical forward who can hold up the ball but isn't as good at finishing at Gomez

but we should try to get Gomez

 

[TheLaz]

Tevez is not world class

 

[baggio]

For sure he is brah. In my humble opinion.

 

[Vlad]

Of course. Given that he was the one to dismantle what we had with Diego and Trezeguet, and spend all the money he has on the likes of Toni, Matri, Quag, Vucinic and even Giovinco. He has gone out and idenfitifed players that you consider to be unreachable in the petrodollar climate. Why do so in the first place? And he MUST be judged for it because it's taken him 3 years to fill one spot which believe it or not has been a glaring issue since his arrival and has a very tangible consequence on the pitch. When you walk away from bidding wars or want player's on your terms, it means you are actually making excuses for not being able to negotiate at a certain level on the European stage. You can make all the excuses you want to defend him, but if he fails and Fiorentina end up signing Gomez, it will just show how despite all the excuses of a weak league and transfer wages, it makes a difference when you move with intent.

If he doesn't intend to sign Higuain and Jojo with teams not willing to negotiate then what is he waiting around for on the Tevez deal? Which is much simpler financially speaking. Is he waiting for Milan's inclusion? So he can walk away from the deal?

There are no excuses for the failures to such deals if they happen over three years and six mercato windows.

It can also mean we do not have enough funds to compete with certain clubs. Tevez? We'll see how this story unfolds. He can always sign extension you know.

 

[Gep]

Haven't heard Lisandro López's name for a long time now. But I'm sure that name will be hot on everyone's lips come final day of the transfer window again.

 

[Vlad]

Tevez is not world class

We finally agree.

 

[baggio]

i don't think gomez is better then llorente

Gomez is a finisher. Llorente is a target man who starts deeper.

But for their profiles, ability, reputation on the world stage, and everything that we associate with 'important forward'

Gomez is definitely a rung above Llorente.

 

[Mr Chocolate]

Tevez is not world class

then who is world class

 

[Gep]

Llorente can be a handful whenever I've seen him play.

 

[runner0xff]

they are 2 different types of players, Gomez is a clinical pure scorer that dosent contribute to build up play, Llorente is a more technical forward who can hold up the ball but isn't as good at finishing at Gomez

but we should try to get Gomez

Disagree. They are both center forwards!!! Yeah, the have little bit different styles but!! they do perform the same function. they're finishers!

 

[ZoSo]

yeah. and has spent hundreds of millions for this purpose =)

Funny how much money was wasted.

2010-13 money spent (transfer fees alone - no wages): 59.35 + 103.55 + 53.05 = €215.95m

Very good/key transfers:
Bonucci €15m
Barzagli €0.5m
Pirlo €0
Lichtsteiner €10m
Vidal €11m
Pogba 0
Asamoah €9m
=€45.5m

So out of €216m, only €45.5m can be classified as very good.

Anyone who defends that should be shot.

 

[baggio]

It can also mean we do not have enough funds to compete with certain clubs. Tevez? We'll see how this story unfolds. He can always sign extension you know.

That's the whole point. Why do we identify publicly, those players we don't have the funds to compete for? As for Tevez, when his agent is flying to Italy every second week, it shows the interest of the player to move away. In such a scenario, if you move with intent and show the player you want him like how we've done with Jojo, it does help influence his decision making to move away. But instead we are waiting for the situation to 'develop' thinking its going to move on our terms. Which it is not.

Haven't heard Lisandro López's name for a long time now. But I'm sure that name will be hot on everyone's lips come final day of the transfer window again.

Available for 4m if you believe TJ. Il top player.