Winter Mercato January 2016

[honsano]

The thing with DCS and ELS is that they are both so young still in football terms. As long as they are under 24, they still have substantial room to grow. Sure they are unlikely to be a Messi or Ronaldo but they could be very solid players still. Particularly defenders who always take time to develop (Thiago Silva came to us at age 26 no?). Even not considering the players we have sold recently who turned out pretty good, look at Bonaventura. The guy looks pretty good for Atalanta but comes here at 24 and blossoms into a very good player.

I'm convinced that ELS dropped off because the introduction of Balo. I really think he would fit into our scheme now. I wish ELS went to Genoa with Suso instead of Cerci. Let the latter go to Roma with the option to buy.