Summer Mercato 2019

[nefremo]

Mentality is still very questionable, I agree Sputnik. We know that the team will do its best to sell Silva, that's clear surely. So kind of taking that into account, plus other things like the reported fee, I definitely disagree Cutrone needs to leave and even less if the argument for Cutrone leaving is going to mention FFP. We started this window with a front line of Piatek, Cutrone, Silva, Borini. Ending this window with Piatek, Correa, Borini is not a better prepared team and if the ultimate aim is getting to CL we need a forward purchase next summer to be ready (more games, more depth, etc.).

Why? 
Let me start off by saying that I think 18mil is WAY too low. He should cost between 25-30 in today's market. Let me also sa that I am not 100% sold on the fact that we need to sell him. He is from our academy and is a very usefull player.

However, in regards to FFP, there are 3 players we cal potentially sell that'll give us big gains. Gigio, Suso and Cutro. The rest barely do much on the books. 
We talk about Biglia, but even a sale of 10mil (which nobody will pay anyway), only gives us 2-3mil cap gain.
Samu, adjust the #s and you'll find the same thing.
I'm not gonna go through the list of players, but you get my point.

Selling Cutro for less then his market value can mean only one thing. We don't need the cash. I've said this before. We are not selling players for the cash. We are selling them to "free" up funds on our books, aka FFP. Elliot has the cash and is willing to invest it. But they don't want to make the CL and be talking about bans again next May. It was easy to drop the EL, but it won't be easy to do the same with the CL. 

So to spend the cash they are willing to invest, gains on the book have to be made. As i said above...easiest and most impactful way to do it is to sell some(or all) of Gigio, Cutro, Suso.

Not saying I agree completely with selling Cutrone, and definitely not for the price tag.....but there is definitely logic behind the decision.