Maybe as a Pirlo heir? 
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Wishlist and General Juve mercato talk (2013-14) (27 Viewers)
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I hope they get rid of him the way they got rid of Pirlo.
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Compared to the past 2 transfer market seasons, there are many more top rated strikers/forwards available. These are: Rooney, Higuain, Nani, Sanchez, Jovetic, Lewandowski, Gomez, Tevez, and possibly Dzeko - these are basically transfer "listed" and/or sellable (as in some cases players want to leave with a year left on their contract). Other more lucrative targets (beyond our reach) are players like Suarez and Cavani.
These are names just off the top of my head. Compared to previous seasons, there seems to be a lot more options. If Marotta can't land one of those names, then he is truly incapable of buying a forward. Yes we have Llorente, but it is as clear as day, that Juve's key area for continued strengthening is in attack.
These are names just off the top of my head. Compared to previous seasons, there seems to be a lot more options. If Marotta can't land one of those names, then he is truly incapable of buying a forward. Yes we have Llorente, but it is as clear as day, that Juve's key area for continued strengthening is in attack.
Good post, mate!
I totally agree. Marotta and Juve are in a much desired position this summer. We should be able to land one of those forwards taking our situation into consideration. I think Marotta will see what he can get for 20m € and keep focus on the rest of the team as well, so waiting for the available 20m € striker seems the current tactic..
I totally agree. Marotta and Juve are in a much desired position this summer. We should be able to land one of those forwards taking our situation into consideration. I think Marotta will see what he can get for 20m € and keep focus on the rest of the team as well, so waiting for the available 20m € striker seems the current tactic..
What would infuriate me is this:
1) We have already signed Peluso (4.5m) and soon Ogbonna (8-14m depending on players included in the deal)
2) We are also looking at Zuniga - no idea on what the fee there is but lets say its 5-8m.
i.e we would have already spent >20m.
This is what I don't get. Whether or not you want Higuain or not. Saying that you are not willing to pay 25m for a player is weird given you spend that on squad players. I also wonder where Ogbonna and Peluso will fit in. If we stick with 3 at the back, then what about Caceres?
My point is, look at priorities. If you have a squad of say 24 players, you know you have a starting 11 and 7 on the bench on a match day and 6 reserves. In my view, 75% of transfer fees (or player value) and wages should be dedicated to those 11 players Conte has in mind that would start the vast majority of important matches.
Caceres cost us almost 10m and he is a squad player. Peluso cost us 5m and he is a squad player. Ogbonna better not be a squad player if he is going to cost 8-10m.
Before Llorente arrives we have 4 strikers at present: Vucinic, Giovinco, Quags and Matri. Not one of those 4 players is deemed important enough to regularly start - you can tell by how often the strikers get rotated compared with other positions. Yet, Vucinic cost 18m, Giovinco 24m (given that we paid 12m for 50%), Quags and Matri around 15m each. In other words, Juve's book value (not market value) on those names is EU72m!!!!
Out of curiosity I looked at every Juve squad since the early 1990s and looked at the strikers. With the exception of 1 year when they had DP, Baggio, Vialli and Ravanelli (that was a lot of big names) - in most years they had 3 top class strikers of HIGH market value at most. In the modern era they were Ibra, DP and Trez. 1 had to be benched and that seemed overkill.
What am I saying? I refuse to speculate but what I would love to see is 2 BIG name strikers and maybe Llorente. Sell the rest if we get a decent market value for them and bring in young players like Gabbiadini, Boakye etc to make up the numbers.
I mean, if you try to figure out the market value of our 1st 11 - its not that high by european elite standards - but if you look at what we PAID for our SQUAD players or bench players - that figure is very high compared to Europe's elite. Man U for instance, uses its youth system for its squad players. That is what we should do.
1) We have already signed Peluso (4.5m) and soon Ogbonna (8-14m depending on players included in the deal)
2) We are also looking at Zuniga - no idea on what the fee there is but lets say its 5-8m.
i.e we would have already spent >20m.
This is what I don't get. Whether or not you want Higuain or not. Saying that you are not willing to pay 25m for a player is weird given you spend that on squad players. I also wonder where Ogbonna and Peluso will fit in. If we stick with 3 at the back, then what about Caceres?
My point is, look at priorities. If you have a squad of say 24 players, you know you have a starting 11 and 7 on the bench on a match day and 6 reserves. In my view, 75% of transfer fees (or player value) and wages should be dedicated to those 11 players Conte has in mind that would start the vast majority of important matches.
Caceres cost us almost 10m and he is a squad player. Peluso cost us 5m and he is a squad player. Ogbonna better not be a squad player if he is going to cost 8-10m.
Before Llorente arrives we have 4 strikers at present: Vucinic, Giovinco, Quags and Matri. Not one of those 4 players is deemed important enough to regularly start - you can tell by how often the strikers get rotated compared with other positions. Yet, Vucinic cost 18m, Giovinco 24m (given that we paid 12m for 50%), Quags and Matri around 15m each. In other words, Juve's book value (not market value) on those names is EU72m!!!!
Out of curiosity I looked at every Juve squad since the early 1990s and looked at the strikers. With the exception of 1 year when they had DP, Baggio, Vialli and Ravanelli (that was a lot of big names) - in most years they had 3 top class strikers of HIGH market value at most. In the modern era they were Ibra, DP and Trez. 1 had to be benched and that seemed overkill.
What am I saying? I refuse to speculate but what I would love to see is 2 BIG name strikers and maybe Llorente. Sell the rest if we get a decent market value for them and bring in young players like Gabbiadini, Boakye etc to make up the numbers.
I mean, if you try to figure out the market value of our 1st 11 - its not that high by european elite standards - but if you look at what we PAID for our SQUAD players or bench players - that figure is very high compared to Europe's elite. Man U for instance, uses its youth system for its squad players. That is what we should do.
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