Barring Chuk and Musah, there are no surprises on who Amorim evaluated as worth keeping, and who should be sold. It is a shame that RLC had his annual monster game in a meaningless preseason derby, just enough to convince our coach.
But this tempo is really slow. Like why do you need 1 full month to evaluate all the fodders? It is quite alarming, that Amorim had at least 30 training sessions with some of the fodders, only to come to the same conclusion as 90% of rnb - players like Tomori, Fofana, Estupinan, Ricci, Terracciano, Bondo, Gimenez are just shit. I understand evaluating the question marks, such as Nkunku, or Jashari, as both were terrible last season, for different reasons. But Nkunku in the first training session pictures seemed in super good physical shape, so yes, there was some hope he can rediscover his old form. But rightly so his soulless performances in preseason put him into the sell list. At the same time, Jashari actually showed some promise in the friendlies, and earned his stay for the next year.
The mercato closes in 17 days. The signings, where you correctly identify the most needed positions to upgrade, you act quick and decisive, and secure your first choice players, are likely to be successful transfers, like Ramos, and Gila. Going on a crazy 17 day revolution, with selling/loaning 12 players, and getting 4-5 new signings, based on market opportunities, are likely to be epic fails.
