Any great playmaker in the history of our team?

[PlaymakerX]

During a recent chat, a friend said Inter has never pursued an attaching and creative midfield or a playmaker, and all Inter does is defence first, then counter-attack, typically Italian style. And I was getting puzzled, wondering if this is true. Besides Suarez, is/are there any great playmaker(s) in our history? Names and simple description will be appreciated.

[Ilkinio]

Djorkaeff, Baggio?

[Stefan]

Not really a classical playmaker but lothar was the equavalent of gerrard and lampard of today only better.

[Adam]

Does he had to been great for Inter or just considered great in general? Emre is the only one true playmaker I can think of right now, but I guess Stankovic and Figo could qualify aswell.

[David Suazo]

Sandro Mazzola?

[Sassuolu]

Lothar Matthaus.

[Ilkinio]

Zlatan.

[Besnik]

Figo

[Handoyo]

Emre was more of a 2 way midfielder. Cuper used the flat midfield a lot. And even if sometimes he used the diamond, Emre was hardly used as the tip, IIRC Dalmat/Morfeo/Recoba was preferred for that spot.

BUT, Emre of 02/03 remains as one of the best Inter midfielders in this decade. Too bad he's as injury-crocked as Recoba the season after and never really regain his form.

[lonewolf19]

Suarez

[Ziyad]

Djorkaeff was good

[ciamac]

we haven't really had a great one. it's a shame. we have always had great goalkeepers, defenders and strikers, but not that much great midfielders.
so PlaymakerX ask about great midfielders in recent decades and i say Matthaus.

[alvaro]

Lamouchi, Okan, van der Meyde.

[Ilkinio]

Lamouchi, Okan, van der Meyde.

What are you, living in parallel universe?

[NimAraya]

Yeah: Dejan Stankovic!

[DARi0]

Suarez

Do you even bother to read at least what the FIRST POST says!?!....


Stop talking about Lamouchi, Okan, van der Meyde, Stankovic.... he asked for A GREAT ONE !
I also remember Lothar Matthaus as a really great defender but always dictated tempo! but he is not that classical playmaker....
Emre was really good, too bad he was unlucky.

[tritolone]

Do you even bother to read at least what the FIRST POST says!?!....


Stop talking about Lamouchi, Okan, van der Meyde, Stankovic.... he asked for A GREAT ONE !
I also remember Lothar Matthaus as a really great defender but always dictated tempo! but he is not that classical playmaker....
Emre was really good, too bad he was unlucky.

If you remember Lothar as a defender you must be quite young. He "became" a defender very late in his career.

[Karim]

Mazzola
Recoba (When fit)
Figo (although he was already wasing up)
Mattaus
Baggio (late in his career)
Emre (never got his real chance with us)

[bennyblanco]

there was this run of great form from Stephan Dalmat when he was at Inter,

i dont know how it happened but Dalmat was the closest to a #10 that i saw

there was a period of about 10-15 games Dalmat was unstoppable with crazy jinking runs,he was killing them with one on one's and assisting everywhere

Ibra,Matthaus and Baggio,Emre had their moments...

Ibra to me is the man,only when he leaves will we understand what we have now and what we had before

[Stefan]

there was this run of great form from Stephan Dalmat when he was at Inter,

i dont know how it happened but Dalmat was the closest to a #10 that i saw

there was a period of about 10-15 games Dalmat was unstoppable with crazy jinking runs,he was killing them with one on one's and assisting everywhere

Ibra,Matthaus and Baggio,Emre had their moments...

Ibra to me is the man,only when he leaves will we understand what we have now and what we had before

Dalmat was good when he played as a winger. When he started to insist on playing in the centre his form dropped dramatically.