Winter Mercato January 2016

[nefremo]

I agree. No Boateng. We don't need him here....although he probably is a better player than Kucka imo. But regardless, the point is to possibly replace players with ones that will take us on another level....not with ones that might just be slightly better or possibly even not.

Banega should be one of our top priorities. His contract is up in July, so he could be taken for free even. But I would really like it if we made a push for him this winter. With him being in his last 6 months of his contract, I can't see Sevilla demanding a lot of cash. The only issue is his EU status. I really don't know where he stands on that, even though he's been in Spain for years now.

Witsel is a no for me. Costs too much for what he offers and is not the type of player we need imo.

Lavezzi has been up and down ever since leaving Palermo. He'll hit a good stretch of games and than disappear. Maybe part of that is due to constantly being in and out of the line up so he could never hit a good stride. Whatever it is, he is not the same player he used to be a few years ago and will be 31 at the end of the season. His wage demands will probably be huge and is another type of player that can be useful for sure, but not the biggest necessity right now. I would focus our resources on other players if it was up to me.