Udinese have freakishly good scouts and pick up a lot of talent from South America too -- they also have a whole lot of players on loan at Granada. I'm not as optimistic about them getting out of the group stage as I would've been had Inler and Sanchez remained but i'm not ready to stick a fork in them just yet.
Thing is, the probably wont even make it to the group stage, which is just gonna be another black mark on Serie A. They wont go the way of Sampdoria in Serie A but I dont see them doing anything different in the CL. If your only aim is to generate profits and keep yourself afloat, why bother competing for CL spots when you are not gonna take it seriously? Same goes for the likes of Palermo who feel as if it is their god given right to be in the CL and when they fail to make it and in the process trying hard to get into the EL, they take it as a joke.....
No wonder Serie A lost it's 4th CL spot and I dont see them getting it back for quite a while. The ironic part is that clubs like Roma, Napoli, Lazio and Juventus have started to strengthen AFTER we lost the 4th spot....
We will sign Sanchez.....then draw Udinese in the group stages of the CL
Udinese have to go through the qualifiers first and they will be UNSEEDED, which means they are likely to face the likes of Bayern and Arsenal. Just dont see them making them through when they have sold almost the entire backbone of the team (Sanchez, Inler, Zapata)