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10 years of FIF
Nostradamus
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Other coaches in his situation (championship contenders + deep CL run) don't have just 13 reliable outfield players for the rotation.He is quite perfect indeed. Despite all that he brings in trophies. Not yet Scudetto, but if he's given SOMETHING in the summer, I think we can do it next season for sure. While competing at CL simultaneously.
I know his rotation isn't ideal, but if we had a proper backing and ambitious owners, we'd be seeking to replace Gagliardini with Milinkovic-Savic, Skriniar with Scalvini, Lukaku with Hojlund, Dzeko with Firmino, Asllani with Frattesi, Bellanova with Lazzari and D'Ambrosio with someone like Bensebaini.
Ironically, apart from some transfer fees, our salary budget wouldn't necessarily increase here. Or at least by much.
But in our situtaion we'll be lucky if none of our current core doesn't regress (age + fitness concerns) and if we add at most 1 extra reliable player in the rotation. Yet expectations would remain the same. Scudetto challenge and deep run in Europe.