We were just a backwards-run company play-toy thing that went through an inevitable restructuring phase that being competitive in the modern day requires. But yeah, going there again, willingly and so soon would be foolish to put it mildly. Juve are going there, hopefully, instead of getting the Ramsey's and Rabiot's of the world they could go after the Barella's and Sensi's, but nah. It's the "we need names for the sake of names" mantra that also hides underneath the "get epxerienced players so we can win" argument. There are also plenty of good to great players on low wages in their prime, 24-27 and we should go after those and not the likes of Rakitic. Bargains such as Sanchez are somewhat okay but then again if it was a given he'd do great he wouldn't be a bargain to begin with, so I'd rather not take that risk more often than necessary. I mean, there's no serious club in Europe left that is after the "experienced" players, virtually all clubs are splashing insane cash right now for the youngest and freshest possible players that could both serve them a couple of years and then be resold, even for profit or at a minimal loss most of the time. But yeah, that strategy generally takes skill, which we lacked until now. Hope Marotta's work thus far wasn't a fluke and he really is the type of Director that can turn a ship with the right moves, both technically and economically, unlike the people that brought Mario and Gabigol to this club for record breaking deals...
By the way the last experienced player to work out for us was J. Miranda, even Godin and Sanchez are disappointing thus far, so we'll see.
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Fuck me. Worst part is that the guy was about 30. Doesn't even have the excuse of being a kid.
