Summer mercato 2020

[nefremo]

Paqueta came from Brazil and I have never supported the idea of spending more than 15-20M outside European league.

That 'proven in Italy' thing is a myth, look at Gagliardini, Cristante, Bernadaschi, Caldara, Bertolacci, Politano, Kalinic, Biglia, Laxalt, Spinnazola, De Sciglio, There are so many examples of this in last 4-5 years. You either Miss or hit kind of thing. Actually, this thing is more applicable in England than any other league.

For every Gagliardini and Bertolacci, there is Andre Silva and Ricardo Rodriguez. 

But, that wasn't my point. What I was saying that, when it comes to players of similar quality (all things considered equal, if you wanna think of it that way), clubs will usually go for someone within their own league because there is LESS of an unknown. Every transfer can fail and presents a risk. Those risks need to be weighed. 

A player from abroad could be considered to have mercurial talent, and then even 50mil would be considered well worth the risk. On the other hand, if a player from abroad is considered to be more or less on the same level as a player within Italy...and if the Italian player costs (let's just say as an example) 5mil more then the foreign player.....then the Italian club may look at that 5mil extra and say..."this is worth the money because we think it's less risk of the transfer working out". Again...all other things considered equal. For some players, that leverage may be 5mil, for some 10mil or whatever. These are the things clubs will think about.

I know where I stand. I don't wanna spend 35mil on Tonali, when we can spend 20 in Roca. I don't wanna spend 60mil on Chiesa, when we can spend 30 on Neres. Etc, etc. BUT...if those prices were a lot closer, then I might think differently. If Tonali was 25, maybe i'd spend 5 more on him compared to Roca (precisely because of the reasons I stated above). Same with Chiesa....if he was 35, i may say 5mil more for him is more of a guarantee for me compared to Neres at 30. 

Those were just examples btw.

There is no 'proven in Serie A' thing, but there might be a 'needs a year to get used to Serie A'

This is a double standard. Both the things you mentioned exist. But no transfer is a guarantee. Within Italy or from outside of Italy. There are so many factors that can derail a player's career after a transfer. A different league/country is one of those for a foreign player....whereas a player from within Italy does't have that risk. 
Having said that...all the other risks are still present. So maybe not a huge difference at the end....but surely, we can't say that "proven in Serie A" doesn't matter.