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Not really. This kid is more of a deeplying playmaker of sorts, but with good defensive skills. Benassi is more of a box-to-box midfielder. He doesn't have the defensive skills this kid has. Nor is he as comfortable in possession. He's a far better goal-scoring threat though. You could play Gag in front of the defense. At Atalanta he only has Kessie and Kurtic to help him out in the midfield. Neither one of them is particularly defensive.
As i've said. I'm only basing this off a small sample size, but what i've seen makes me excited. He has a lot of composure.
As for getting Benassi for cheap? Torino are asking for 100m for Bellotti (well, that's his buy-out clause). There is a good chance they would expect a lot for Benassi too.
I think that Shaun is right. Pioli wanted a registra and maybe he intends to deploy Gagliardini as one.
Benassi is similar to Brozovic, but the latter is better for me.