Next mercato could be stg like this:
Sell: Vucinic - 12M
Giovinco - 11M
Quagliarella - 4M
Pepe - 3M
Padoin - 2M
De Ceglie - 2M (some stupid Italian team could pay this, he has a good CV)
Pirlo - on a free
Total sold: 34M
Signings: Berardi (7M for half)
Gabbiadini (8M for half)
Jovetic (17M)
Marrone (6M half)
Xabi Alonso - free
Fausto Rossi - back from loan
Liviero - back from loan
Total spent: 38M
We would have Jovetic, Gabbiadini and Berardi as options upfront; Alonso replacing Pirlo; Rossi in the mix for rotation purposes; Liviero (good prospect as a LB) replacing De Ceglie. Team would get younger and more talented, spending basically 4M. And counting that Marrone will grow a lot this year, with playing time.
- selling our current second best forward and starter : retarded
- allowing pirlo to go : retarded
- allowing versatile squad player Padoin to go : retarded
- Thinking we can have Jovetic at that price : retarded.
-- double that price : still retarded
- Thinking this is brazil and not italy so selling quality players in their best days (vucinic) for unproven youngsters : ..
I can agree on the bolded part to a certain extent, Mata is physically frail and cannot offer any type of defensive support. However his end results offensively is incredible! And to say he's not prolific enough for his price is ridiculous!
If we would deploy 4-2-3-1 he'd easely be amongst the top of my list for the wide positions. But in a 3-5-1-1, the SS/CAM needs to be both creating and scoring goals. many goals in fact.
Platini, Del piero. Both CAM/SS who scored loads in that position. Tevez scores also good but less then that. He however makes up with a crapton of defensive work, balancing it out allowing our cm's to get into more dangerous positions (if they start playing and stop beeing utter shit like at the moment, bar vidal).
Mata in the cam/ss would not outscore tevez, but offers significantly less globally.
And juventus cannot afford Mata on the bench