Juventus' midfield recruitment has been terrible in recent years. Imagine going from Pirlo, Vidal, Pogba and Marchisio to Matuidi, Khedira, and Can.
What a steaming pile of shit. Pjanic is the only decent midfielder they have nowadays.
So terrible that the duo Pjanic-Khedira destroyed your midfield in the 2016/17 QFs (i.e. when it counted).
Paradoxically we have done much worse against you with the Pirlo, Vidal, Pogba and Marchisio midfield.
The truth is that when they all played together (so in Allegri's first season, 2014/15) Marchisio was at his peak, Pirlo was way past it, Vidal had his worst season (and in fact we all wanted him gone because his mind was elsewhere) and Pogba was still some steps below his peak form of 2015/16. So the myth of the amazing midfield was actually just a myth: they were amazing but at different times.
They must be the only ones in the world to think so... 90M for one good season, and one decent season. They recouped some of the money from loan fees but still... you dont think they could have done better with that money, or gotten someone cheaper who could still do the job?
Every single one of them? Oh man, is that why Juve flogged the moment they got Ronaldo in?
Juve better win the CL this season, otherwise those sponsors might go chase the next shiny object.
Do you guys realize you're saying Higuain was a failure because he's been replaced by fecking Ronaldo?
He's been dumped because one of the two best players in the world just arrived and for respecting Financial Fair Play (yes, for some weird reason we have to respect it differently from other clubs) we needed to sell. We sell at least one player each summer to boost the financial statements rather than to actually cash in.
With hindsight I still do think those were 90 millions well spent. He banged in 30+ goals in his first season (which is something we hadn't seen in a while from any of our strikers) and still managed to get 24 goals in the second season despite playing as an attacking midfielder behind Mandzukic rather than as a striker.