About berardi, it seems mosts concerns stem from him making the jump to a better team. I’m less worried about that and more about his lack of athleticism and how it would translate to piolis team.
He has great numbers and they’ve been good for a long while, his consistency is a lot better off compared to a guy like belotti for example. If Pioli wants to keep emulating the Liverpool and Bayern model we’ll need to keep upgrading the athleticism on the team, the more guys like Theo rebic kessie tonali and leao the better. However, we could have used Berardi for some struggles against low block teams, better than the plug and run options we’ve had. Although a competent CAM would also solve that problem and still let us play a high octane RW…
Also random thought but Berardi could fit us like how Mahrez fits city. And no he is nowhere near that level, I’m comparing their style of play not talent. Before Mahrez went to city he was being heavily linked with Roma, a lot of big teams I think were hesitant to buy a ball heavy winger that’s not super fast. Berardi isn’t lazy and I think he can still do well here, he’s not Suso. Berardi with upgrades in CAM and striker would be more than fine.
