De Bryne would be ok as a short term solution until next season. But then, if we were happy with the new system. We would still need to spend big on the right players. God help us if we add De Bruyne and an average back up for him to our side, and enter the CL expecting vast improvement.
Obviously we would have to spend big. However if Marotta is going to continue to spend 18m on back up cms and Conte claims he doesnt have the players to play a 4-3-3 how will Conte play a different formation without getting average players. If we were to switch to a 4-2-3-1 we have enough cms at this point to play that formation. What we are missing is a lb, and two wide men. If pepe gets fit then he can play in that position so we would still need 2 one as a back up and one as a starter. I dont like this formation because it would limit vidal from pushing forward
If we were to play a 4-3-3 we still dont need any cms because we have pirlo, pogba, marchisio, vidal, asa, and padoin. 6 players for 3 spots. For this formation though we would have to play Tevez in a role he doesn't like and we need a lb and a winger.
If we were to play a 4-3-1-2 we still dont need any cms. We would need a cam instead or a trequartista and a lb again. I would personally go with this one because if needed we could slot asa as a lb which I would prefer if he played as a back up cm. We also have deceglie and peluso( I wouldnt let them play there though). Peluso however is a good back up. To me this looks like the most realistic formation we could play given we would only need to purchase 2 players. However this formation would still cost alot. you would need a player like Mata inorder to even change to this formation.
I think Juve will continue with the crap system being the 3-5-2. Life after pirlo will be playing with a trequartista instead of a regista so something along the lines of a 3-4-1-2 like how hamsik played under Mazzari.
In my opinion what Juve need are wingers. Juve play alot of crosses and half the time they dont even reach their man.
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Cerci is a decent right winger, he scored and assists pretty well with Torino imagine what he would do playing with Juve with much better players around him?
Cerci scored all his goals this season playing as a Striker. He is not good.
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Kolarov won't play as a LB here and I'm pretty sure about that. If we bring him here he'll occupy LWB spot, otherwise he would be defensive liability.
So he would be a defensive liability as a lb not as a lwb? lwb need to cover more field. I've seen Kolarov play as a lwb under mancini and he played as a lw and would never track back. He wouldnt be an upgrade if he were to be played as a lwb