I didn't think Berardi was good enough for us last week. I don't think so this week either. And for me it has nothing to do with his performances for Italy. I think there are a ton of talents in Italy. I din't think the national team's successes or failures should have anything to do with where we shop. If we can snap up Frattesi for example, I'm all for it. Even Scamacca, I think he'll be good for us (although I think the price quoted of 30M is a bit excessive). There are others also. Many if them. But Berardi I see as back up at most. At least if we want to be competitive in Europe.
Having said that, we are a club that has battled with costs and has had difficulty increasing revenues. Everyone in Italy does. As such, of course Maldini will go to France or Belgium and buy the same level talent for half the price. These Italian officials and heads of government/leagues/etc all like to talk shit about the clubs when the national team has an off cycle. But what have they done to help the clubs???? They refuse to let clubs build their own stadiums. They refuse to battle racism the right way. They are stuck in the stone ages and are holding the clubs hostige with them. And then they talk about "foreign player limits" and forcing clubs to introduce "minimum italian player quota". It's absolutely unreal. The incompetency in Italy is second to none. They went from the most desirable league in the world, to a joke in record time. And STILL, they refuse to take accountability. Then they stand up and have their "hurray moment" when something goes wrong. Have they not seen that things have been going wrong since the early 2000s????
They talk about Germany and the German model. And how they reformed and their clubs are full of German talent. But they fail to realize that the country first helped the clubs. It let them modernize, build stadiums, become self sufficient, be stable, etc. And then, they reaped the benefits. But no. In Italy, they just wanna make stupid laws (or better yet, stick with the ones from 50 years ago), and then just complain.
Edit: Sry, I didn't mean to turn this into a rant against Italian football authorities and governments. But I did think it follows rhe discussion here.
Having said that, we are a club that has battled with costs and has had difficulty increasing revenues. Everyone in Italy does. As such, of course Maldini will go to France or Belgium and buy the same level talent for half the price. These Italian officials and heads of government/leagues/etc all like to talk shit about the clubs when the national team has an off cycle. But what have they done to help the clubs???? They refuse to let clubs build their own stadiums. They refuse to battle racism the right way. They are stuck in the stone ages and are holding the clubs hostige with them. And then they talk about "foreign player limits" and forcing clubs to introduce "minimum italian player quota". It's absolutely unreal. The incompetency in Italy is second to none. They went from the most desirable league in the world, to a joke in record time. And STILL, they refuse to take accountability. Then they stand up and have their "hurray moment" when something goes wrong. Have they not seen that things have been going wrong since the early 2000s????
They talk about Germany and the German model. And how they reformed and their clubs are full of German talent. But they fail to realize that the country first helped the clubs. It let them modernize, build stadiums, become self sufficient, be stable, etc. And then, they reaped the benefits. But no. In Italy, they just wanna make stupid laws (or better yet, stick with the ones from 50 years ago), and then just complain.
Edit: Sry, I didn't mean to turn this into a rant against Italian football authorities and governments. But I did think it follows rhe discussion here.