Summer Mercato 2016

[nefremo]

Saponara is a NO NO for me. Even at Empoli this year, he was hot and cold during games and the season as a whole. He is one of those players that does great at a mid-table club........The point is that he really doesn't great, but that's the perception by fans like us that don't watch Empoli's every game and for some reason our expectations are lower for those type of clubs and the players that play for them. What do I mean? Saponara will lose possession multiple times for example, but he'll score a goal against Juventus let's say....and all of a sudden he is doing great. Never mind the fact that he really didn't have a good game, walks around the field for the bigger part of the game (because he is the star over there), etc, etc. This was a very silly example, but I saw things like these from him this season a lot. For some reason, people's expectations for players that play for teams like Empoli seems to be ONE play, and not the consistency of the play throughout the match. Than this same player comes to Milan where the expectations are different and the scrutiny is so much larger, and people are disappointed by the player. If we are going to look at Empoli players, Paredes and Zielinski are definitely far far better pickups than Saponara. They were more consistent and showed far better quality in their play than Saponara. They also haven't failed at a big club before like Saponara. If we are going to use a trequartista than we need to go for someone a lot better than Saponara.