Summer Mercato 2016

[porcho]

I am probably in the vast minority here, but I actually think adopting a small team mentality will do this team a lot of good. Our biggest problem the last few years is that we think like a big club but doesn't act like a big club. We keep thinking "We are Milan! This team needs to be full of champions and big name players at all times." but we don't have the money or infrastructure to actually get those players. And that's why we keep swinging for the fences with aging or questionable players like Menez, Alex, Diego Lopez, Monto, Berto, Menez, Balo and countless others. We focused so much on maintaining the name recognition of the team that we forgot to actually build a team.

Small teams, at least successful ones, always focus on nabbing young talented players and internal promotions. For us, that means we can promote guys like Locatelli, Calabria, Mauri and other youth players and finally give them the opportunity to show their worth. Many of them may not make the grades, but at least we will know what we have if we sell them, and not repeat the Darmian/Aubamyang mistakes from the past. Signing players that are young and talented, or even loaning youngsters from major clubs will also provide us with players who are actually hungry for success and values their playing time. As opposed to the Balo, Menez or Monto type, where the game matters little to them and they spend most of their game time thinking about which bars to hit after the game.

This team needs a complete rebuild, no other way around it. And the rebuild needs to start with young players instead of old/aging/overrated stars. This team can have success, if we focus on a strategy and execute it. I wouldn't mind us spending next to no money this summer and loan guys like Jese, Januzaj, Hojberg, and Rabiot if it means we can get rid of the dead weights on this team right now.

Agree here... We need to start again from the start which means starting as a small club, building for the future, making the right investments, making smarter signings. We've got good young players. Use them. Look how it paid off with Donna... Who's to sya it doesnt with Mauri or Calabria, not to mention we should bring back MAstour and eithr play him or loan him off to Serie B to get consistent game time. 

I wouldnt be loaning young players. I'd be spending the cash, but instead of spending 20mill on another Berto, spend 15 on Tielemans... those sort of transfers will move us forward.

Juve ended up in a similar position(except it was because theyre cheats :p ) they took that small club mentality, signed the right players on the cheap and now look at them... They'll potentially sell a player they got for free for over 100mill  now