Summer transfer window 2017

[nefremo]

https://forzaitalianfootball.com/2017/04...azio-star/

Didn't see this on here but we are linked to De Vrij of Lazio now. Apparently we leap frogged Inter which is always a good thing especially after Kondogbia. Don't know him or Musacchio but I supppose any defender with Serie A experience is better than one without.

I personally prefer Musacchio. I think he fits better next to Romagnoli. De Vrij is a similar player to Romagnoli, while Musacchio compliments him better imo. He is better at 1v1 defending, quick, explosive, physical and aggressive. The downside for both players is that they seem to be injury prone, but rumors are that Musacchio is 15mil while De Vrij will be at least 25. 

Looks like we're trying to intercept Roma's agreement with Atalanta for Kessie:

http://www.football-italia.net/101817/mi...oma-kessie

I hope this isn't true. He is a good player but not worth 30mil imo. As I've said before, I think we need to insert a world class player in our midfield. Our big buy in the midfield should be a world class player, not one that has had 1 good season at Atalanta and will be more of a project than a certainty. I don't mind bringing Kessie PLUS a big time midfielder....but if we are going to spend 30mil on Kessie, than I don't see that happening and that means that Kessie IS the big time buy in the midfield. I don't think he by himself will raise the level to what we needed to be.

On the other hand, this might be some "dirty" tactics by Fassone/Mirabelli. They apparently met with Pellegrini's agents yesterday, so this might be some sort of pressure on Roma to loosen up their demands on Pellegrini. Kind of like "if you don't drop the price on Pellegrini we will just take Kessie from you.......so loosen up your demand on Pellegrini and we will drop the Kessie interest".