You're not being consistent here. You claim Tevez can't play LWF in 433 but suddenly he could in 4231 which would require him to play closer to the line and far further from the goal. That's why Oscar wouldn't be the best option but Di Maria would. You place Di maria on the wing and Tevez plays in the middle behind Llorente.
Here is the deal. Di Maria is a very good player, but Oscar is significantly better, and is by far the best CAM in the world for juventus. Not a single player would fit us better then Oscar in that position. Forget any other CAM.
The issue simply is that we would lack a leftwinger. But its a 4231. We can perfectly have Tevez and Oscar switch around on who stays central, and who dives down the flank.
But it can be solved much more easely. We can get Menez. Perhaps even Cerci. Play Llorente up front, or Tevez in the style of Benzema.
Yeah, i'm not a fan of menez. In a 433. Because in a 433 the wingers are everything. They make the attack work. With pogba and vidal limited, menez would be a downgrade.
However, in the 4231 its the other way around. Menez enables Oscar to play his natural role, and Tevez to play up front, getting huge synergy out of the team. In this situation, a Cerci or Menez will work. They dont carry the team, they arent limiting others. They allow excellent players to work their style.
Speaking of the 3 offers for Pogba I think the best would be to take Madrid's offer: Di Maria + Coentrao + cash. Then it would look like this:
Buffon
Licht - Barzagli - Chiellini - Coentrao
Vidal - Pirlo - Asamoah
Di Maria - Llorente - Tevez
This is not prefect but we all know the transition year from 352 to 433/4231 has to happen because we won't solve all problems in one year. I think this is somewhat realistic
IF RM is serious about Pogba and they're willing to make the offer.
While attacking Tevez would be closer to Llorente and Coentrao or Asamoah would be moving higher up the pitch to the left. In 352 Coentrao would be LWB and Asa in the middle. Di Maria can play in the middle as CM which would be useful at times.
Obviously, that formation is bad. Tevez is not a pure winger, and in a 433 he would be forced to play like one. Meaning he'll be mostly playing central, and coentrao would need to push very far forward, opening the flank for counters.
Nope, for a 433 you really do need real wingers and balance.
Especially balance. For your formation to work, you'd need Di Maria and Reus on the wings.
Menez will be a good back up for free. He can cover both sides, he can play behind a striker and he can even play as a SS. If we don't sell Pogba I believe our targets will be Cerci + Menez.
That would be a good mercato, because both players tick the boxes of beeing both wingers and capable of playing in our current formation.
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If we change to 4-2-3-1 you realize Tevez would still most likely play on the left side? That is pretty much the same problem with 4-3-3. He might play behind a striker but I'm not so sure I want to see that.
Both Tevez and Llorente should keep playing and we'll only see that happen if we switch to 4-3-1-2. It will be much easier to change into that formation as we'd have less players to buy. For 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 we'd have at least 4 wingers to play, in order to be able to play it.
And again, I have no idea why you people suggest a midfield of 2 players. Pirlo - Vidal should NOT be an option and NO we're not going to bench Pirlo.
Vidal - Pirlo, with a 4 man backline can work, if your team has high workrate. The 3am line needs to work.
Thing with tevez is that its very diffrent wether its 433 or 4231. We've seen assymetrical 4231's before, However for a 433 its essential for width that both wingers are true wingers and not clogging the center where the cm's are operating.
So you could field tevez/oscar as a transition, but you cannot field tevez in a 433
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