QUOTE (Forza Milan! @ Jun 21 2015, 04:04 PM)
I agree Juve is showing us how it's done, not sure about Inter, though. FWIW, if it was up to me I would have not paid what they did for Kondogbia, and I am not sure I would sign a player without a medical either. So, despite my general unhappiness with Galliani (and the negative press we are getting), I am not sure he did the wrong thing this time around. What matters is where we go from here.
I agree we need quality mids and D's before we worry about strikers.
In general, I share the frustration and I am not overly optimistic based on what has transpired so far, but will (try to) be patient (for now).
Juve have spent what? 90m? It's the 21st of June and they've pretty much already done all the business that needed to be done aside from maybe 1 CB. And this while basically already having next years league in their pocket
That's how things are done by a professional club who is ambitious and serious about its future.
Galliani simply goes where the tides take him and this has been very obvious for years now
A Medical is a formality in most cases, sure on rare occasions there's something wrong with the player but these are very rare occasions, like for example finding something wrong with a player's teeth
Like I said in my other post, we could have dodged 2 huge bullets with these deals falling through. Martinez is 29 years old and buying him for 35m when he's never played in a top league was worrying, I wasn't all that excited about it. Kondogbia might be a huge talent, but not at what Inter will end up paying for his services which will go up to nearly a 100m by the time his contract is up. That's simply ridiculous and not worth it. I'd rather spend that kind of money on a creator.
But the failure in these deals is not about just losing out on the players. It's what they signify about Galliani's inadequacy in today's footballing climate. Had we signed those players for 75m it would have been a huge statement, and signing other top player would also have been easier as they would have believed in the Milan project, a project that is ambitious and aiming for instant success.
Reports saying that Inter will most likely have to sacrifice 3 of their midfielders with this Kondogbia deal. I'd go in and take Kovacic and Hernanes or Guarin off their hands and that would be for less than what they paid for Kondogbia. Now that would be smart and shrewd on Galliani's part and would make me believe that the wily fox that got Pirlo and Seedorf still exists in there