[han2503]

We've been discussing this in the old Serie A thread. Let's move convo here


Gabbia to Villareal almost done. Loan without option


On the surface this doesn't make any sense. We should be selling him outright. But apparently Villareal needed a defender and this is probably being done to sweeten the Chukwueze deal.


Hopefully Gabbia has a good season and we can sell him off for around 10m next summer.

[han2503]

Rebic off the books is massive

Now Origi needs to be next.

Ballto-Toure and Messias are on minimal wages. Still important to move them on but Rebic, Origi and Florenzi are 3 of our highest earners and they don't really have any value.

Messias is being linked to Besiktas as well. Hopefully we ca get it done. Pioli playing him in a pre-season friendly and him subsequently getting injured is the epitome of idiotic Pioli decisions. Let's see if that bites us in the @ss.

Hopefully we can get buyers for Origi and Messias. Ballo-Toure rejected Fulham... If they don't go, we should just terminate their contracts at this point. We should not allow bench warmers to keep collecting their paychecks like we've done in the past. Be ruthless with these players

Regarding Musah. I'm just not sure about him. He's a box-to-box. He's very young and raw. And 20m seems like a lot. Especially when we desperately need a DM. I watched the 1st half against Juve, and it is the same issues we saw last season. Our defence get's too exposed and then mistakes happen. Krunic CANNOT be the starting player for that position until Benna comes. It defeats the purpose of all the other great business we've done so far.

All the rumours I keep seeing are for another striker. We're absolutely stacked in attack. DM should be top priority.