05-23-2012, 04:20 PM
(05-23-2012, 02:27 PM)Revolver Wrote: There are indications that Montolivo will not be tried as regista. He will be on left or on right of midfield trio.
I think there is a lot of mind games by Allegri lately, because in one instance he says that Boateng will be a part of midfield trio, which means attacking midfielder has to come and Montolivo could play as regista, and in another instance he says Montolivo will not be regista, which means he'll be more up to the front to help creativity in the final third and Boateng will be left as trequartista.
My opinion is that Boateng will be left where he is, because last summer Allegri also said Boateng will be tried as box-to-box and that never happened. I think we will buy a replacement for Van Bommel and the system will be the same as before now.
What do you guys think?
Not much to add, I generally agree (no one said we won't sign another midfielder). I'm not sure if Boateng will remain as trequartista as I'm struggling to find exactly what Allegri said. In Elmago's translation from Milannews, it said Boateng can do well on the side of a 3 man midfield, while the translation on the official site just says he can do well as a wide midfielder. If the translation on the official site is correct, then could he be hinting to a change of system?
Generally, I agree I think he's just playing mind games, as he talks about so many hypotheses that it's impossible to tell what he's intending to do right now, never mind the mercato's just started.