Pozzo said something is missing, in reality there are at least four important players who have to complete the squad
UDINE. “Something is still missing to complete the team.” This is how Gianpaolo Pozzo spoke on the family TV on Saturday afternoon in the Santk Veit retreat where he visited the team. We allow ourselves to add “more than something” considering the players currently available to Luca Gotti. So here it is more or less the shopping list that the club has yet to make by investing the 52 million collected from the sale of De Paul and Musso (so far only 2.3 million have come out for Silvestri since Padelli was released and the loan from Udogie that Udinese has the obligation to redeem in a year to over 2 million).
In the advanced department a lot will depend on the conditions of Deulofeu (of which we refer separately). The Spaniard hasn’t played a game since February 14, has been operated on his meniscus again and missed both the test with Bjlie and the family test on Saturday. It is one thing to have 100% Deulofeu an account not to have it. And to date there is no certainty about him.
With Deulofeu healthy Udinese up front should concentrate his efforts on a strong first striker (the Lammers of the situation just to name a few) that stimulates an Okaka who has been insufficient in the last two seasons and a playmaker-mezzala (Ramirez? ) to replace De Paul. In the role of first striker, Pussetto would also have to be taken into consideration, but it should be remembered that the Argentine, after knee surgery, will not be at his best from the first matches of the championship. Foreigners? Last year he seemed like a side player.
If it’s still three, you’ll need a mezzala. Neither Walace nor Arslan are, who struggled last year in that role. Both seem more suited to play with two as Jajalo himself has returned from a long stop. Makengo owner seems like a gamble at the moment. The only level midfielder currently in the squad is Pereyra. Unless Gotti changes form.
Pending the sale of Larsen, only the player who covers Molina’s back on the right is missing here. On the other side, Zeegelaar will have to raise the level if he doesn’t want to be taken over by Udogie right away.
The Pozzo family went ahead with the work regarding the goalkeepers. The Silvestri-Padelli couple offers ample guarantees, something is missing in defense. We need the player who takes the place of Bonifazi (in fact a starter last season) and another addition if De Maio were to leave. With the three-man defense you need at least five central players (the sixth could be Udogie), with the four-man defense four can be enough but in that case Samir could become a man from the left wing. Moral? Three-four holders and a reserve are missing from the appeal. In short, more than something.
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