Summer mercato 2015

[Ryo]

Thanks MAEV for the praise. I do try to be as analytical as possible when posting (though some teams/players will get the best of me at times).

I believe that our best acquisitions in the past 10 or so years were made during the winter Mercato (i.e. Pato, Ronaldo and Thiago Silva).

That said, I believe we're going to be observing the leagues like mad this next three months to look for the midfielders that we need. I don't believe our investments this summer are a one off. I'm more willing to bet that we're doing what Chelsea and PSG did when they first had their investment injections, that being to make purchases all over to improve the team as a whole, whilst keeping faith in certain areas/players and making further adjustments in later markets.

The only problem we had with following this method is those fuckers B & G decided to keep faith in the worst part of the pitch, our Italian based midfield. Once results start showing that our midfield cannot be sustained like so, I believe we will make adjustments.

I just hope that we can make said adjustments in time so that we can actually stay fighting for European spots.

Also, unless Witsel himself issues another "Come get me" plea, I don't see us going for him again until next summer, when he will have just one year left on his contract. More likely than not, we're going to go for other less expensive options that will impress in the next three months.