Re: The 2014/15 Calcio Saga III

by McLewis Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:23 pm

Roma's window so far:

Gervinho as good as gone for roughly 13m. We'll use that money to sign Nainggolan outright as well as wrap up deals for Astori and Ibarbo.

Bertolacci and Romagnoli are returning. Bertolacci is expected to have a role in the team and will not go back out on loan. Romagnoli may go out again.

Doumbia looks next to be sold. CSKA have said they will take him back. Destro is returning, but could leave again as Roma are looking hard at Bacca and Dzeko as their top strike targets.

Cuadrado is the top replacement for Gervinho with Mou willing to let him go. Roma want him on loan with 25m option to buy. Inter's also in the frame though.

Torino have slapped a 20m price tag on Bruno Peres so it looks like we may need to offload someone like Ljajic to help fund that move. Gregory van der Wiel is another RB option being mooted. Lucas Digne is still top option at LB.

De Sanctis looks set to stay, but with Skorupski gone to Empoli, we're likely going to sign another keeper. Just remains to be seen if it will be someone who can put Batman on the bench or another understudy for him.

by Kaladin Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:01 pm

Manolas, Castan returning, prime Astori, post-NUFC Mbiwa. Romagnoli, will want to start games, and what better way than at Milan where he is reunited with Sinisa :coffee:

by Robespierre Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:21 am

Inter ' s window so far

Spoiler:

by Casciavit Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:22 am

Thought Inter were going to sign Toure and Jovetic

by McAgger Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:27 am

It's okay Robes, first order of business is to sign off on the Kova transaction.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:32 am

Robespierre wrote:Inter ' s window so far

Spoiler:

Justice for Mazarri.

by Tomwin Lannister Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:38 am

Inter need to raid Juve and take our stars as a show of power.

Buy Isla, Ogbonna and Llorente for 45M to assert dominance and superiority over Juve.

by M99 Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:05 am

Lmao forgot that Isla still existed

by Robespierre Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:26 pm

Don't call me James wrote:It's okay Robes, first order of business is to sign off on the Kova transaction.

I fear it's happening Sad

Sign some scrub as Delph pls

by DeviAngel Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:28 pm

Serie A Top young XI: Leali; Widmer, Rugani, Romagnoli, Hysaj; Crisetig, Kovacic, Pogba; Berardi, Dybala, Felipe Anderson. [Sky]

cheers

by Kaladin Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:42 pm

No Bonaventura? He's 25

by BarrileteCosmico Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:54 am

http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Sampdoria/11-06-2015/sampdoria-indagata-licenza-uefa-rischio-inter-vede-europa-league-120132449454.shtml

After Genoa has been knocked out of the EL for the stadium reasons, it now seems that Sampdoria is also being investigated by UEFA. Inter could qualify for the EL after all Laughing

by S Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:30 pm

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

by iftikhar Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:45 pm

Robespierre wrote:
Don't call me James wrote:It's okay Robes, first order of business is to sign off on the Kova transaction.

I fear it's happening
Sign some scrub as Delph pls

You can take Allen, if you want to.

by McLewis Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:50 pm

S wrote:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

Looks like a spaceship landed :bow:

by Dante Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:02 pm

Great stuff from Roma . Could possibly become the best stadium in Italy , as things stand at least

i see dat stadio and then i look at Milan's stadium plans being 48.000 seats... come on , dream bigger Milan .. not sure if there are plans to expand on it in time , but 48.000?? U kidding me ? In our most shittiest of seasons lately we had more than 50.000 in big games . Milan should have at the very least a 60.000 stadio and with option to expand further.

Anyway . Roma's stadium seems massive . Laziali must be fuming Laughing

by Kaladin Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:10 pm

Economies of Scale Dante, the return wouldn't be enough to compensate the extra seats, if we built 60000~80000 seaters, our expense bill will overarch and plateua. It'd be much more economical to build a 45000~ and have the option to expand further, since we only attract around 35k to 40k each game.

by S Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:26 pm

Roma's capacity isnt that big either.Its 52K which can be increased to 60K for big finals and other non-footballing events.

Clearly a decision is being made based on the stadium attendances of the past few yrs.Like ES said,with bigger capacity comes larger maintainence costs so you can see why Juve for example have started out low and Milan are doing the same.

Besides Roma's project isnt exclusively funded by their owners.There's a certain stadium construction company involved as well as other sponsors who would help financing the project.Its pretty huge project and will cost 1.5b euros apparently.Not just the stadium,they'll build a Roma village as well so they pretty much will be totally revolutionizing the area in and around the stadium.

by Dante Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:56 pm

i understand . I still think 48.000 seems a little meh for Milan , but yeah you're both right , i guess they know what they are doing , goes for all these clubs

i still hope all stadiums will grow bigger in the future doe . In a legit Serie A and in a better Italian economy.. me thinks the big four can attract 60.000+ easily . Yet i can see why they begin this way , totally right to do so

by Kaladin Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:48 pm

by zizzle Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:15 pm

The lower the supply the higher the price, hense a smaller stadium

by Robespierre Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:24 pm

It' d be a great stadium
And I think a stadium must not be over 50'000.
I am in favor of reducing San Siro for example, I hate when San Siro looks like empty in most matches because it is sold out for few matches.
I prefer watching it as a full stadium even if it means a stadium less capacious than now

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:46 pm

Have a huge stadium ---> complain about it being empty

Have a small stadium ---> complain about it being small

They can't win.

I feel like a 48k stadium with expandable capabilities later on would be a very good start, especially in Serie A where attendances are not all that.

Stadium revenues pale in comparison to TV revenues in any case.

by zizzle Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:00 am

Not if you're Arsenal

by S Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:28 pm

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We have nine players in the squad born '91 and after.

2nd graphic explains that in comparison to other top teams, we have the highest.

Old ageing squad and all :coffee:

by zizzle Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:46 pm

Many key members of the squad are aging though..

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