[Danny]

http://milanrant.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/th...in-history.html

It's no wonder I've just totally given up on this club.

[maldini03]

I can't believe it's taken me this long to read this thread, where's Danny?! Come back, I have some fresh ideas!

I think that a small club player can go to a big team and jump in quality, look at Vidal, sure he made his name playing for his country but before that and for a major part of his career ~mid 20's was playing for smaller teams. He comes to Juve and bam he jumps the list to one of the top 10 midfielders in the world. For me it's a crap shoot, and it depends more on the mentality and work ethic of the player, and the players around him. Look at Benatia, Lewandowski Miranda. There are plenty of examples of players developing to their full potential despite playing for much of their careers at small teams. There are also players who seem promising with a big club, stall and resucrect themselves at smaller teams.

That being said, who knows if Baselli or Soriano would be able to make the jump to becoming stars, both are also relatively young so I would be surprised if they never get a chance to find out. The market today is a different beast then it has been in the past. Players are joining the best clubs as teens, with teams like Chelsea going for quantity hoping 1 in 10 can push their way into the first team. We simply don't have that business model, we go for quality young players. Abate, DS, Anto, Donna are not superstars by any stretch but they are good squad players. Without the superstars to inspire, push, and take the pressure off of them they don't really have a good chance to become superstars. In that vein, do you believe that Thiago Silva would be as good as his is without Nesta next to him? I'd bet not.