Also, given the financial possibilities of the club, considering the moves made, to me the best possible and also realistic mercato would be:
Player sales:
- Bonucci for 14M to be received in 4 installments; (1.8M salary net)
- Immobile and get 10M for him;
- Isla and get 8M in 3 installments for him; (1.4M salary net)
- Zaza for 7.5M in 3 installments (like it really happened);
- Vucinic for 6.25M upfront - actually happened; (3M salary net)
- Peluso for 5M in 3 years - actually happened; (0.8M salary net)
- Padoin for 2M in 2 years; (0.7M salary net)
- Fausto Rossi for 2M in 2 years;
- Motta loaned out (impossible to sell); (0.6M salary net)
- De Ceglie loaned out (impossible to sell); (1.3M salary net)
- Osvaldo returning to England; (2.5M salary net)
- Giovinco involved in a transfer for another player in Italy (1.4M salary net)
Quagliarella to remain till the end of his contract in 2015.
Total money to be received in the next 3/4 years from these transfers: around 55M. Salary shed: 13.5M net. Totally realistic, considering the values and transfers that were made.
I think this would be the absolutely best offloading mercato we could have.
Oh and I just remembered about Sturaro. We commited at least 5.5M to pay for him + 5.5M bonus.
Now, regarding signings, considering we really did commit almost 55M to be payed in the next 2 and 3 years, and considering that this is most accepted within Italy:
- Iturbe for 22M + 2.5M bonus in 3 installments (with 30% remaining with Mascardi) - 1.5M salary net - this is the exact deal Roma made - I'd rather overpay for him than for Pereyra.
- Keita Balde 22M + 3M bonus + Giovinco to Lazio (total value around 32/33M - Lazio could definitely take this) - 1.2M salary net;
- Coman on a free (1M salary net);
- Evra for 1.5M; (3.5M salary net);
- Menez on a free (2.5M salary net);
- Sorensen back (0.5M salary net);
- Young CB for 10/12M (from South America, like Doria, for example, or from Germany) - (0.7M salary net)
In the end, we'd commit to receive and spend, in the next 3 or 4 years, basically the same amount - around 55M. Iturbe's agent would receive 30% of his value when sold. We'd shed out salary of a total 13.5M net; and bring in around 12M in salaries, actually reducing the salary scale in 1.5M.
433:
Buffon - Licht, Barzagli, Chiellini, Evra; Asamoah, Pogba, Vidal; Tevez, Iturbe, Llorente.
Bench: Storari; Caceres, Sorensen, Doria, Ogbonna; Pirlo, Marchisio, Coman; Menez, Keita, Quagliarella.
We'd spend so much wiser, having a team with so much more swag, options, youth. And in the end, commiting to spend and receive roughly the same amount, also matching the salaries issue. That would be, realistically, one of the best possible mercato IMO, considering the resources we have now.
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I really think he's undecided on this.
Marotta will have a very important role. If he's firm, Vidal just won't leave. If he hints that if Vidal wants to leave it's his sole decision (which actually is not), than he might go.
This is on Marotta IMO.