I'm just speaking on the state of the team after our exit tbh and comparing our situation. For me Barella is a player we should absolutely never sell so he never crossed my mind. I'm just saying that we are not setup the best financially and so I'm proud of where we are today. I simply wanted to make the point that sure we signed more experienced players but going young like what milan did isn't the way clearly either. Doesn't win you shit. At least we have the title.
Bottom line is, we can cry all day that Atletico isn't 'elite' and has all homegrown players but take a look at their wage bill Griezmann and Oblak alone probably earn more than our entire starting 11 combined.
Also don't agree that we couldn't go past city, madrid etc. I think we underestimated Atletico and at home on their game Atletico could've beaten any of those sides too. Atletico is arguably the most annoying team we could've faced. They'll fight their ases off for 120 minutes more than any of the other teams we would've faced. We were 2-0 up, no matter how you cut it or slice it - we threw away the tie.
Anyways, better luck to us next season proud of the boys and hopefully we come back stronger <3