02-12-2016, 12:37 PM
I've given my opinions on El Ghazi on the first couple of pages of the thread. He's an interesting talent, but I'm not overly optimistic, nor pessimistic, about him.
WCMilan, I think Pavoletti being another Borriello isn't bad for a backup role. tbh, he's a hard worker (read: awkward for defenders) up front and generally gets goals even when coming off the bench. If we do sell Luiz Adriano, who would you want to replace him?
On needing to count dollars based on how much we get from sales, we're in that boat. We're not a top team right now and unless 3rd investment comes in, it's just very unrealistic to expect Silvio to spend much. We saw it in the winter and I think last summer was an anomaly given there was an expectation the Bee deal would be completed. Add to that the situation with UEFA and FFP, we can't spend freely unless we show revenue or a structured plan to how that investment benefits us financially. If we can't spend freely, it makes sense to try and be smart in developing our squad. Pavoletti is certainly not a glamorous name, but if the penny pinching allows us to get a long term partner (e.g. Mammana) for Romagnoli and potentially improve the squad, then we need to do it.
Let's say we luck out and end up with 90m to spend in the summer again like last year, I would still hesitate to spend much of it on an attacker, because for the most part, in many ways it's our most complete department. The majority of that money needs to be invested in a CB and the midfield. Even when Jay and nefremo did the maths a few pages back, in the best case scenario we would look to spend 60m to reinforce areas other than the attack, realistically it was more like 80m. That would mean with a budget of 90m, we'd have 10m to spend on a backup forward.
WCMilan, I think Pavoletti being another Borriello isn't bad for a backup role. tbh, he's a hard worker (read: awkward for defenders) up front and generally gets goals even when coming off the bench. If we do sell Luiz Adriano, who would you want to replace him?
On needing to count dollars based on how much we get from sales, we're in that boat. We're not a top team right now and unless 3rd investment comes in, it's just very unrealistic to expect Silvio to spend much. We saw it in the winter and I think last summer was an anomaly given there was an expectation the Bee deal would be completed. Add to that the situation with UEFA and FFP, we can't spend freely unless we show revenue or a structured plan to how that investment benefits us financially. If we can't spend freely, it makes sense to try and be smart in developing our squad. Pavoletti is certainly not a glamorous name, but if the penny pinching allows us to get a long term partner (e.g. Mammana) for Romagnoli and potentially improve the squad, then we need to do it.
Let's say we luck out and end up with 90m to spend in the summer again like last year, I would still hesitate to spend much of it on an attacker, because for the most part, in many ways it's our most complete department. The majority of that money needs to be invested in a CB and the midfield. Even when Jay and nefremo did the maths a few pages back, in the best case scenario we would look to spend 60m to reinforce areas other than the attack, realistically it was more like 80m. That would mean with a budget of 90m, we'd have 10m to spend on a backup forward.