Not sure if it's been mentioned, but Ter Stegen isn't renewing his contract and will leave. I know Barca are favs for him but does anyone think Marotta will go for him? Or will we just bring Leali in the first team a year or two from now?
I wonder if we'll bid for him, our relations with Torino are good, Cerci himself admitted he'd want Champions League football, we could use Immobile as partial compensation and Roma seem set on Irtube.
All our 5 Cbs would walk into every other team in Serie A except for Roma.
Wingers are overrated as $#@!. To truly make up for the offensive limitations our Cms would face when playing in a formation with wingers, they'd need to be truly excellent, and we just do not have the money to get them. Menez would mean that we'd have a plan B, which we really need, but not that the 4-3-3 will replace the 3-5-2 as our primary formation.
So are you satisfied to be the best team in Italy only? We need good wingers, regardless of the price. Like how we manage to snare Pogba and Vidal. We almost had James Rodriguez at one point.
We all know how that went .
That is the scary part. But to be honest given the preformances of our players I feel like we are in the position to buy a big player. We are stacked in the defence and midfield deparrment. While the attacking line could change if for free we will sell gio,vucinic, and quagliarella. But if we do switch formations i dont think we need 5 strikers and can make due with 4.
Like everyone says I think this squad needs wingers or an attacking midfielder. Even with the unexpected exit from the champions league, this squad is in very good shape and we are just lacking thr matas and di marias. We should save th mercato money and buy a big name in the summer and shift asa to lb tonsolve that for the time being however once again I dont see the 3-5-2 being rid of.
Courtois, anyone? His loan with Atletico Madrid runs out and Chelsea will try to loan him to some other team. We could try to convince him to come here. Have Buffon be the veteran GK who guides him to greatness. Who would turn down the chance to study under Buffon?
Courtois, anyone? His loan with Atletico Madrid runs out and Chelsea will try to loan him to some other team. We could try to convince him to come here. Have Buffon be the veteran GK who guides him to greatness. Who would turn down the chance to study under Buffon?
Bad idea. Train him to become a great goalkeeper for Chelsea? :wth: What's the point in doing that? You know very well that IF Chelsea choose to sell him it'd be for an exorbitant fee, well beyond our means.
Bad idea. Train him to become a great goalkeeper for Chelsea? :wth: What's the point in doing that? You know very well that IF Chelsea choose to sell him it'd be for an exorbitant fee, well beyond our means.
question...i have noticed the (starting) team becoming progressively less italian....do you all think this factors in to the purchases that will be made by the club? i know juventus has always taken pride in having a significant block of players in the azzurri...