Summer mercato 2020

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Juventus are planning to offer a 2-year loan deal (20mln€) + a buy option (40mln€) for Chiesa. (La Republica)

I think we would be able to do a deal like this. It values Chiesa at 60mil though, and that's a bit too much. Regardless, I think 1 of Samu/Saelemaekers would need to leave for us to do this. Saelemaekers is definitely not leaving (neither do I think he should). So it comes down to Samu. I also doubt that he'll leave Milan this in this window. So as much as I would want Chiesa and have our wingers be Hauge, Rebic, Saelemaekers, Chiesa and Leao (I consider Diaz as an ACM so therefore in competition with Hakan)...I don't think it's possible. But that's strictly because of the number of players, and not necessarily that we wouldn't be able to afford that kind of a deal.

Having said that, Juventus have Douglas Costa who they wanna get rid of and they can't. So it'll be interesting to see what happens to Costa. Might be a last minute opportunity for us. (I've said before how much I like this player, despite the fact that he's a walking disaster when it comes to injuries) 

Florian Thauvin linked. Available for €15m because contract expires next summer. Market value on Transfermarkt is €32m. Good alternative to Chiesa.

Naahhh! No need for him I think. If his deal expires next summer, let's take him for free then. I wouldn't spend money on him now. Your last sentence though, "alternative to Chiesa"....do you think at this point we are still after Chiesa?

There is no need to outspend EPL teams but when we do spend it has to be error free. We can't just say Piatek and Paqueta were 'previous management' or something like that. We have to have things in place not to repeat that. Just having Maldini is not enough, it goes down to Moncada and scouts and system and primavera .... everything.

Agree. But I think we've already started to see signs of this. I think Maldini has done an incredible job. Some transfers will always be "misses". And you can't even assign a fault to anyone. It's a problem when most of your transfers become a mistake. And I gotta say, it sure as heck looks like Leonardo's transfers now. 

Milannews.it is saying that with Paqueta leaving we're closing the chapter on Leonardo's Milan and his failed signings. And there's quite a lot of them that didn't work out, from Higuain, Kalinic and Caldara to Piatek and Paqueta. We spent a lot of money thinking that individual players could save us...

Kalinic was a Mirabelli signing, no? In any case, I completely agree. I know Leonardo is supposed to be this "super sporting director" or what not, but to be completely honest, what exactly has he built?? Yes, he played a big part in the Kaka signing for us. He also did some good work initially for PSG when he took Verratti, Ibra, Silva. But it's not like he built a European Dynasty with that team. They are yet to win in Europe. And that's not all his fault, but he has a part. He's always operated with big sums and budgets. Even here, he splashed some big cash on players and it seemed like it was done without a plan. As you said, it was "spending money thinking individuals could save us". Yes, we all "celebrated" Caldara and Higuain. Yes it was an opportunistic thing since we had to get rid of Bonucci, etc, etc. 
But for me, I'd rather us do what Maldini is doing. Bennacer, Theo, Rebic, Saelemaekers, Kjaer, Hauge, Kalulu.....all signings done for reasonable sums. The one transfer that was done for big money, Leao, is already catching some heat because he hasn't blown the roof of the place. It's what happens when you spend a lot of money. It's a risk. Expectations are big, and people criticize. 

Maldini still has a lot to prove. He's just starting out. But I gotta say, he's done a great job so far. It also seems that he's really listening to those around him. I feel like Moncada has had a much bigger role in the set up now that Leonardo is gone.