Summer mercato 2012

[ACMILAN1983]

not official yet but here is your source

http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=87057

thanks, much appreciated

Well, when your coach knows what he wants, when the management does try to get what the coach wants, when the coach likes to use young players and has clearly made his project, and of course, when the club is willing to invest, that doesn't look that "insane".

If Zeman thinks Destro will be his main player in attack (14 goals in a small team, now he will be in a good team with probably a simple role : scoring and nothing else), I think it's fair to pay, even overpay for this player.

If at the end of the season, Destro will have scored 10 goals, it will be labelled a failure, but he he ends the season with 20-25+ goals, then that means they will have been right to pay that amount.

PS : Even if the young players are rated 1.5M, can it really be added to the final amount of money spent ? I mean, these young players would maybe never have been used by Roma (didn't read the article yet, so I don't know who they are), so they are "used" to make some deals easier, like we also do ... But I wouldn't add them (financially) to the final price.

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About Real Merda, why Modric over Kedhira ? Some of you ask this question, but how do you know it is Kedhira who will be dropped from the first team ?

They could easily play this way :

Ronaldo - Benzema - Di Maria
Modric - Khedira - Ozil

Or

Ronaldo - Benzema
Ozil
Modric - Xabi Alonso - Khedira

I would agree with you if they paid something like 14m for him, but they've doubled his market value to get him, and we're not even talking about a natural phenomenal talent like Pato. This is a player who has shown one good season in Serie A and hasn't proven himself at a top club and now has immense pressure on his shoulders to make sure he doesn't flop. This in a country where players are constantly under scrutiny and the clubs are having financial problems, with the FFP looming. This deal reminds me a little of Andy Carroll, albeit with less money involved.

Like you said, Destro has to score 20+ goals this season just to justify this cost, and with Zeman even this might not be enough as Roma will be all out attack meaning he'll get chances his way. About the youngsters being part of the cost, they are assets within the club and therefore have a value as part of the deal, so imo it is only correct to include them in the price paid.

I want to say I don't think you're wrong if you think that they can justify spending this amount, but rather I think it's a massive risk given the amount of pressure involved in this deal.