Bessa is (looks) much stronger than Coutinho? He is very good size for a player of his position.
He plays the game at much higher tempo than rest of the Primavera actually. There's little point in keeping him there.
And we don't know if he can handle the senior team football. He might very well slot in instantly like Balotelli did. All we know is that he has done MORE than enough to deserve a shot and my idea is that it'd be absolute "no-no" to do any permanent deals for a player who showed such promise in youth level and without seeing him play in senior level and even having him train with the senior team.
And who said that he has no spot in our team for next season? Thought this through much?
Zarate and Forlan will leave. Possibly so Sneijder. We need at minimum 5 attacking midfielders / wide forwards for 3 positions in the squad which would allow us bit cover for injuries and allow substitutions/rotation which are necessary at that position (espescially ability to make subs in middle of games). As things stand, we're not going to buy a true deep-lying playmaker which would allow us to play 4-3-3, hence our playmaker is more than likely going to play higher up the pitch and we'll use 4-2-3-1. Therefore we need to build up a good cover.
And I'd rather keep Bessa than pay 10 million for some high-wage fuckwit who also makes sure we can register one less decent player in Champions League...
Hell, we need him this season most probably.
And for me there is no question about Udinese taking half of his card if it's valued at 2-3 million. Absolutely no question. They need a player like him and he's more talented than Torje, Fabbrini who are ahead of him.