09-13-2018, 02:56 AM
(09-13-2018, 02:16 AM)nefremo Wrote: Never seen the guy play in a real game.....but honestly, I wasn't impressed by that video. The first 3-4 passes are hopeful long balls that don't even meet the target. The rest are decent diagonals, but he had a ton of time and space on the ball. The video doesn't show him play the ball under pressure and there is nothing spectacular in what he does.
Anyway, we are not in position to invest in many young talents and leave them elsewhere to develop. We need to make sure our team is top and can fight for top honors so that's where the investment should be. Having said that, if we pick out 1 a year that is worth spending 10-15mil (like Tonali, if we have scouted him and believe he is it), then I don't see the problem even if it takes away a little from our senior team. I think of it this way....it's not buying a Borini + his salary. We can live with that.
This... Let's not forget Caldara/mandragora/Coman/Berardi... they all cost Juve peanuts because they got them early... They don't always work out (Mandrogara) but they can afford to do that. We would just need to be smarter. and invest in the one or two that are most likely to improve. worst case they dont improve enough and we make some $$, best case, we've picked up a top youngster to join the team.
Caldara - bought 19m "sold" for 35(value)
Mandragora - bought 3m sold for 20
Berardi - 4.5m co-ownership sold their share to Sassuolo for 10m
COman - signed free sold 7m loan 21m permanent
Rugani - 5m
Lemina - 500k loan 9.8m permanent sold for 17m
It's a money making exercise as well as trying to pick up all the best youngsters.