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[u/RdT97]

So Saele took around 5 years to be Milan level (i consider his Roma season the first one where he really took that step)

You dont get that time at Milan, so when people ask about our scouting not being like Leipzig or Bologna, thats the answer. We might find the players but they wont get the time to develop. Even Saele somehow wasnt sold twice with deals rumored during past summers

[u/Routine-Detail253 → u/RdT97]

I totally agree with your point: this is also why I think people freak out unnecessarily at how many players we sold or loaned out from our last mercato or over the last 2-3 transfer periods. They didn’t develop into what was expected as quickly as needed or stagnated, even regressed (Thiaw, Kalulu, Chukwueze, Okafor, Bondo, Terracciano). 

Somehow Saele managed to make himself an exception by coming back a better player after each loan. His drive is constant, and even though he could improve his goals/assists output for us he definitely shows enough to have a place on the team.