04-11-2016, 03:50 PM
There is no way we are getting Berardi without Di Francesco.....and it looks like we are not getting Di Francesco, so there goes that.
I am ok with that though. Berardi is a great young player and looks set for a bright future, but there are other options for that position that won't cost as much and will give immediate results.
Unfortunately, I think we all need to come to terms with the fact that we can't really sign stars from Europe right now. Our best option is to sign good players within Italy (there aren't that many that we can afford anyway), get experienced players (or great youth) from outside of Europe that have not been really hyped yet (Brazil, Argentina, etc), or get young prospects from Europe that haven't hit their big stride yet.
Within Italy, imo the only players that we should be interested in is the big players of other teams. (Pjanic, Higuain, Naingolan, Berardi etc, etc. NOTE, I'm not saying we will buy these players as we clearly have 0% chance of that which is EXACTLY my point. NO NEED to buy players like Pavoletti just for them to make a ton of money, eat our budget, contribute very little and be a burden to us for years. IF we can't sign the likes of Pjanic, Vidal, etc, from Italy....than LOOK ELSEWHERE! Don't pile up shit players just because they are from Italy and they are Italian or they are "used to the league".
From around Europe.....it's hard to take big players from big teams or big leagues for us right now. So we should be looking at young/er players that haven't made it big yet (like Oliver Torres, like Joel Veltman, like Klaassen, etc)....or look for established players outside of big leagues like Douglas Costa was. The guy WAS OFFERED to us last summer. We could've signed him for around 25mil after all the trouble in Ukraine....but people were saying that he hasn't proven himself in big competitions, etc......but guess what....we CAN'T sign players that have proven themselves in big competitions.
From outside of Europe, naturally South America......this will probably be our best option if we do our homework and scout, scout, scout, scout! There is a lot of raw talent in South America. Players like Mammana, players like Lucas Lima. We just have to do our homework, and move early before others start throwing crazy money at them and completely get us out of the game.
The biggest need we have, is the NEED TO SEE THAT CHANGE IS NEEDED in our approach and transfer strategies. The problem?...like many have said, is the fact that Berlusconi and Galliani don't want to see it that way.
I am ok with that though. Berardi is a great young player and looks set for a bright future, but there are other options for that position that won't cost as much and will give immediate results.
Unfortunately, I think we all need to come to terms with the fact that we can't really sign stars from Europe right now. Our best option is to sign good players within Italy (there aren't that many that we can afford anyway), get experienced players (or great youth) from outside of Europe that have not been really hyped yet (Brazil, Argentina, etc), or get young prospects from Europe that haven't hit their big stride yet.
Within Italy, imo the only players that we should be interested in is the big players of other teams. (Pjanic, Higuain, Naingolan, Berardi etc, etc. NOTE, I'm not saying we will buy these players as we clearly have 0% chance of that which is EXACTLY my point. NO NEED to buy players like Pavoletti just for them to make a ton of money, eat our budget, contribute very little and be a burden to us for years. IF we can't sign the likes of Pjanic, Vidal, etc, from Italy....than LOOK ELSEWHERE! Don't pile up shit players just because they are from Italy and they are Italian or they are "used to the league".
From around Europe.....it's hard to take big players from big teams or big leagues for us right now. So we should be looking at young/er players that haven't made it big yet (like Oliver Torres, like Joel Veltman, like Klaassen, etc)....or look for established players outside of big leagues like Douglas Costa was. The guy WAS OFFERED to us last summer. We could've signed him for around 25mil after all the trouble in Ukraine....but people were saying that he hasn't proven himself in big competitions, etc......but guess what....we CAN'T sign players that have proven themselves in big competitions.
From outside of Europe, naturally South America......this will probably be our best option if we do our homework and scout, scout, scout, scout! There is a lot of raw talent in South America. Players like Mammana, players like Lucas Lima. We just have to do our homework, and move early before others start throwing crazy money at them and completely get us out of the game.
The biggest need we have, is the NEED TO SEE THAT CHANGE IS NEEDED in our approach and transfer strategies. The problem?...like many have said, is the fact that Berlusconi and Galliani don't want to see it that way.