Yes, fee is very reasonable for a player of his quality who is at the top of his game. But even if we have the money at this point, he will probably choose Juventus ahead of us.
Ajax is now out of the CL, so I wonder if we will make another push for El Ghazi. I think the most likely transfers are ones like El Ghazi at this point. I see us buying him if Honda is sold. I am afraid that with this Pasalic move, the midfield is all done and dusted so I don't expect any more links to Paredes/Kovacic.
This is what we have at this moment:
red = strong rumors in the last week/ likely to leave
yellow = might leave, but no strong rumors currently
green = youth, does not count towards 25 men squad registration
blue = likely to sign
Donnarumma
Gabriel
Diego Lopez
Abate
Antonelli
Calabria
De Sciglio
Vangioni
Gomez
Romagnoli
Paletta
Zapata
Vergara
Ely
Bertolacci
Honda
Kucka
Locatelli
Mauri (also U21)
Montolivo
Poli
Sosa
Pasalic
Bonaventura
Bacca
Lapadula
Adriano
Niang
Suso
If I have done this correctly, it means that we have 29 players all together, including Pasalic.
That means we have exactly 25 players + 4 U21s. So basically, in theory, we can't sign any more players above the age of 21 and register them for the new season. In other words, we are truly in a situation where we must sell someone, in order to buy someone. (Mauri wouldn't change anything in terms of those numbers since he is a U21 player anyway)
What I think is likely to happen at this point:
1. Lopez will leave and be replaced by a youngster in the squad.
2. One of Ely/Vergara will leave, the other one stays as a 5th choice CB. (my preference would be for Vergara to leave)
3. Mauri will leave (seems like he has asked to go in order to play.....and it looks like he has already been replaced by Pasalic.
4. Honda might leave and be replaced by another RW. (my guess is we might go for El Ghazi)
That would leave us with 23 players, plus 4 U21s (Gigio, Calabria, Locatelli, Lopez's replacement).
What I would like to see happen on top of the 4 things above:
5. Sell Poli
6. Sell Adriano
7. Loan Locatelli (send the boy to a club where he'll play the whole season and develop)
8. Sign Paredes
That should put us at:
GK: Donnarumma (Gabriel; 3rd choice)
RB: Abate (Calabria)
LB: De Sciglio (Antonelli; Vangioni)
CB: Romagnoli - Gomez (Zapata; Paletta; Ely)
Regista: Paredes (Montolivo)
CMs: Kucka - Sosa (Pasalic - Bertolacci)
LW: Niang/Bonaventura
RW: Suso/El Ghazi
ST: Bacca (Lapadula; Niang)
Ajax is now out of the CL, so I wonder if we will make another push for El Ghazi. I think the most likely transfers are ones like El Ghazi at this point. I see us buying him if Honda is sold. I am afraid that with this Pasalic move, the midfield is all done and dusted so I don't expect any more links to Paredes/Kovacic.
This is what we have at this moment:
red = strong rumors in the last week/ likely to leave
yellow = might leave, but no strong rumors currently
green = youth, does not count towards 25 men squad registration
blue = likely to sign
Donnarumma
Gabriel
Diego Lopez
Abate
Antonelli
Calabria
De Sciglio
Vangioni
Gomez
Romagnoli
Paletta
Zapata
Vergara
Ely
Bertolacci
Honda
Kucka
Locatelli
Mauri (also U21)
Montolivo
Poli
Sosa
Pasalic
Bonaventura
Bacca
Lapadula
Adriano
Niang
Suso
If I have done this correctly, it means that we have 29 players all together, including Pasalic.
That means we have exactly 25 players + 4 U21s. So basically, in theory, we can't sign any more players above the age of 21 and register them for the new season. In other words, we are truly in a situation where we must sell someone, in order to buy someone. (Mauri wouldn't change anything in terms of those numbers since he is a U21 player anyway)
What I think is likely to happen at this point:
1. Lopez will leave and be replaced by a youngster in the squad.
2. One of Ely/Vergara will leave, the other one stays as a 5th choice CB. (my preference would be for Vergara to leave)
3. Mauri will leave (seems like he has asked to go in order to play.....and it looks like he has already been replaced by Pasalic.
4. Honda might leave and be replaced by another RW. (my guess is we might go for El Ghazi)
That would leave us with 23 players, plus 4 U21s (Gigio, Calabria, Locatelli, Lopez's replacement).
What I would like to see happen on top of the 4 things above:
5. Sell Poli
6. Sell Adriano
7. Loan Locatelli (send the boy to a club where he'll play the whole season and develop)
8. Sign Paredes
That should put us at:
GK: Donnarumma (Gabriel; 3rd choice)
RB: Abate (Calabria)
LB: De Sciglio (Antonelli; Vangioni)
CB: Romagnoli - Gomez (Zapata; Paletta; Ely)
Regista: Paredes (Montolivo)
CMs: Kucka - Sosa (Pasalic - Bertolacci)
LW: Niang/Bonaventura
RW: Suso/El Ghazi
ST: Bacca (Lapadula; Niang)