Rodrigo De Paul

No comment on other things but definitely would take De Paul rather than Politano. That would also ditch this stupid winger running the byline formation.

I like how Brehme is defending De Paul, totally sure that if same-skilled player came from EPL to us he would call him mediocre and will use his typical "Atalantinter" neologisms.

Delicate said:

I like how Brehme is defending De Paul, totally sure that if same-skilled player came from EPL to us he would call him mediocre and will use his typical "Atalantinter" neologisms.

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Who would be a similar-skilled PL player that I'd reject?

And are you sure that's what'd happen or I'd be mostly concerned about the inflated price? There's less than 10 players I'd take from the PL and that's due to their cost. If we're willing to splash 100m on a player, then yes, I'd welcome one of those. But I wouldn't want us to get a player like Richarlison or Mahrez for 70m for example.

I have the same feeling for De Paul as i did for Politano last season. I have no issue with this move if he's coming as a backup but i am against it if he's going to start for us. I think he could be a useful player coming off the bench but he's not good enough to start for Inter. And he's certainly not worth the price Udinese are asking for (35m).

brehme1989 said:

P.S: De Paul is far better than Politano is.

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Far better he said...

And lol at he may never become a leading traquartista. Too slow, both in mind and body. His ceiling is current Atalanta, Fiorentina, probably Lazio ie a team fighting for a top 5-7 spot. We already have such players in Perishit and Politano, safe to say FIF wouldn't spend 30Mil on them either. Signing DePaul is fine but not at 30M. He's not even consistent. Signs that he's a huge confidence player. He def won't get any pats on the back here (see JMario and Gagliardini). Would rather keep what we have and sign a world class player who will deliver. to the level we aspire to. Enough of this mediocre bollocks, do we want to catch up to Juve or not???

I never said that spending 30m on him is fine. He's a 20m player and that's what we should be aiming. If we can reduce the transfer fee with a kid, then we should go for it. This is also why I was hoping that Udinese gets relegated as it would make it easier/cheaper to get him.

We need players who can provide an extra spark in attack. De Paul is one of those.

We also need world class players. But we cannot attract world class players when their teammates aren't up to the standards.

Our biggest selling points are becoming irrelevant. Icardi has been turned into a non-factor, Perisic(and Brozovic) who could attract a player like Modric over here wants to leave, Nainggolan hasn't been as effective as we'd hoped and has caused issues in the middle of the season and we only have Skriniar, De Vrij and Handanovic as players to 'play with'. Which is a rather poor standard. We need to raise the level of our team and that takes time. We basically need to keep Icardi here and make him valuable again, hope that Nainggolan keeps the intensity until the end of the season and hope that Brozovic mans up in the final games so that we have something to show for in the transfer market, whilst we sell Perisic and upgrade him with a 'ready' player and not some prospect.

If you expect world class players by dumping your biggest names for crap, and like it or not, Perisic and Icardi are our team's most popular figures, then you are going to have a bad time this summer.

Why are you all here talking about "he should be only a backup player"?
Goddamn, in our team are probably 75% "only" backup players, we need to sign only quality players, who can help us win from the first day or who are "the next big thing" quality .

No more players from Udinese, Sampdoria, Genoa or Sassuolo, who are bench solutions.

brehme1989 said:

I never said that spending 30m on him is fine. He's a 20m player and that's what we should be aiming. If we can reduce the transfer fee with a kid, then we should go for it. This is also why I was hoping that Udinese gets relegated as it would make it easier/cheaper to get him.

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Cool.

brehme1989 said:

We need players who can provide an extra spark in attack. De Paul is one of those.

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I've never seen him breakdown compact defenses so can't comment.

brehme1989 said:

Our biggest selling points are becoming irrelevant. Icardi has been turned into a non-factor, Perisic(and Brozovic) who could attract a player like Modric over here wants to leave, Nainggolan hasn't been as effective as we'd hoped and has caused issues in the middle of the season and we only have Skriniar, De Vrij and Handanovic as players to 'play with'. Which is a rather poor standard.

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DeVrij? Godin who still has 2 seasons in him. And we nearly signed Vidal. Handa was a top 3 keeper in serie A when we signed him. Its sad how FIF downplays the prestige of the club. With money and a good pitch, we can attract the kind of players we need who can deliver at the required level (I shall refrain from using the word "wolrd class" as it is subjective in some cases.) Players in a slump or looking for a challenge or looking for more minutes, etc, there are a millions reasons besides playing with better team mates. Players like Draxler, Witsel, Gundogan, Torriera, Rakitic, James, Isco, locelso, seri, are not beyond reach for us if we get our shit together and plan accordingly. Top 4 should've been sealed a month ago and we should now be focusing on transfers but here we are smh.

We nearly signed Vidal and Modric because we had Perisic, Icardi, Handanovic, Nainggolan Skriniar, Vrsaljko and Brozovic, along with the promise of a return to CL football and some good signings in De Vrij, Asamoah and Lautaro Martinez. Can you honestly say that we are more attractive this season than the previous summer? We want to get rid of Perisic and Icardi, Nainggolan has regressed, Vrsaljko is hospitalized since forever and Brozovic is acting like a fool all the time. What promise is there for Inter at this stage? We could have built on this summer but we have made an attrocious squad management (Spalletti is to blame here) and have managed to reduce the value of most of our important players. Inter doesn't look like a very good destination at the moment.
Last season we had Luka Modric, the Balon d'Or winner, begging his club's owner to let him come to Inter. Do you think we will have Griezmann or Hazard begging anyone to join Inter this summer? Not even Modric would bother anymore.

Godin is not an Inter player yet, nor is he announced to be one. We still have to wait for the official announcements but still. Our biggest selling points would be our GK and 3 center backs of which 2 will be featuring at any point in the game.

Some of those players you have mentioned are good enough, but they will be too expensive and their value:money ratio is making them not worth it since we are not sitting on an unlimited budget. Out of these I'd only take Draxler and Torreira assuming their transfer cost is less than 40m each. And James Rodriguez of course. But spending 50m on Witsel, Rakitic or Gundogan is like shooting yourself in the foot. Lo Celso is gone to Betis permanently whilst Seri is not a player for Inter's level, he'd be more like Vecino than anything you'd expect him to be. I don't see Isco leaving Real Madrid. Not for under 70m at least.

Sokrates said:

No more players from Udinese, Sampdoria, Genoa or Sassuolo, who are bench solutions.

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And when Jube do the same thing, people will moaning about how they get all the talents in SA.

brehme1989 said:

P.S: De Paul is far better than Politano is.

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Not commenting on De Paul, but my grandma would be better than Politano.

brehme1989 said:

Inter doesn't look like a very good destination at the moment.

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Inter didn't look like a very good destination in 1997 when we signed the greatest player on the planet. Its all about a sales pitch. History aside, we have a lot going for the club going forward its a matter of harnessing the opportunity i.e. finishing in a top 4 place.

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0But spending 50m on Witsel, Rakitic or Gundogan is like shooting yourself in the foot.

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Why do you say that? Witsel was low key one of the best mids in europe this season. Unfortunately FIF was too busy hyping Brozo to notice. #

The aforementioned were just examples, but if we had secured top 4 like should've done like a month back, guarantee the player a first team place, money (reasonable), consistent champions league football, you'd be surprised who would come. Obviously we can't compete with Barca and Man City, but we shouldn't have to to be competitive. Keep in mind we're on paper the 2nd best team in Italy. Players are guaranteed trophies here. More so than Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, etc Just need to get our shit together.

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Inter didn't look like a very good destination in 1997 when we signed the greatest player on the planet. Its all about a sales pitch.

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Not true.

Inter was the wealthiest club on earth at that time, or at least the club with most spending power. And we had one of the greatest GKs out there in Pagliuca and players like Djorkaeff, Zamorano and Zanetti while we also got Simeone and a bunch of others in 1997. And this was a time where foreigners had a quota so it cannot really compare. And Inter was 3rd in Serie A the season before.

I agree on the premise of your post, but the reality is that 1997 was closer to 2018 than it is to 2019. We had a momentum going. Now it's bust. We are in disarray and we want to offload most of our star players. The momentum is gone. If we're lucky, Modric still wants to join and we'll end up wasting at least 20m on his 3rd and 4th season in the hope that in the meantime he attracts more top talent and brings us some success.

Last year, without FFP, you could have expected someone like Hazard, Modric or Cristiano to consider joining Inter. We were a club on the rise with promise. Today I'm not even certain we can lure one of Rakitic or Kroos here without overpaying.

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Not true.

Inter was the wealthiest club on earth at that time, or at least the club with most spending power. And we had one of the greatest GKs out there in Pagliuca and players like Djorkaeff, Zamorano and Zanetti while we also got Simeone and a bunch of others in 1997.

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Not sure why you mention Zanetti and Simeone neither was special then especially Simeone.... Anyway Barca had guardiola figo baia stoichkov luis enrique.... And they'd just won a couple of trophies and finished 2nd to Real Madrid. Ronaldos reasons were either Moratti, money (agents), and prestige of Italian football, or all three, it's a matter of giving the player what he wants. Neymar (legacy), silva, sane (guardiola), Pogba (return 'home'), there's an abundance of reasons. I agree Inter is now less of a draw compared with last season and momentum is lost. But I'm convinced we can lure anyone here, even Hazard.

nyall sounds like he discovered the sport 3 days ago

De Paul open to Inter & Napoli

Udinese star Rodrigo de Paul has revealed that he would be open to joining Inter or Napoli this summer.

De Paul has posted the best returns of his career this season, scoring nine goals and providing four assists in Udinese’s quest for Serie A survival.

“I’d say this has been the best season of my career,” the Argentina attacker told Corriere dello Sport.

“I’ve grown and I’m not afraid to take responsibility, to lead the team. I want to play every game and be a leading light.

“There haven’t been any secrets in particular. I’m in the best form of my career: I feel at my peak physically.

“I already have a fair amount of experience and maturity, but I think I can still improve.

“If I have to be honest about my future, right I’m only focused on Udinese and my only thought is staying up, but I’m aware of the speculation about my future.

“I’m ready to play anywhere, but if the teams I read about really want me, we’ll see...

“I don’t go any further than that because it might seem like a lack of respect on my part to talk about this or that club, given that right now I’m playing for survival.

“In June I’ll sit down with the club and my agent and we’ll discuss it. I have a fantastic relationship with the directors and we’ll decide quickly.”

Inter and Napoli are among the clubs linked with the 24-year-old, and he admitted the speculation had made him ‘proud’.

“I wanted to stay here in January and, even if I read certain things, in my head it was clear that I’d stay until June,” he replied when asked about an offer from the Nerazzurri in January.

“I’d given the club my word because leaving midseason, for me, is like playing for 45 minutes and then going off... I didn’t like that at all.

“It’s nice when links with Inter come out because it means I’ve done well. You always work to grow and improve.

“I have a great friendship with Milito, who is the technical secretary of Racing Club, and Samuel, who is the national team’s assistant.

“When Diego talks about Inter, his eyes shine. The same with Walter. It’s a pleasure to listen to their stories.

“Milan is a beautiful city and I’m proud of this talk about me. My family have always loved football and I grew up with stories about Diego in the Napoli shirt.

“When I go to the San Paolo to play, I feel the love of their fans. You think they leave you presents at the hotel because I’m Argentine like Maradona.... it’s exciting.”

Apparently, now close to sealing a move to Napoli.

And if anyone still think "35m is the market today"when De Paul was linked to us, well, the rumour price Napoli pays is 15m.

https://sempreinter.com/2019/05/08/inter-target-de-paul-gives-napoli-blessing/

That's how you do the negotiation. Not some 45m for Joao Mario or 25m for Vecino then excuse "everyone do the same" ffs.

Why would they sell him to Napoli for €15m when they could get €30m / players exchange in equivalent from us?! I don`t buy it, even if it`s coming from GdS.

Napoli are not giving up on Rodrigo De Paul and sporting director Giuntoli, reportedly, has received the yes to transfer of the player to Campania.

According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Napoli could sign the Argentinian fo €15M who has been with the national team since last October. The relationship with the Pozzo family is excellent as both teams have made several deals in the past few years from Inler to Allan, from Meret to Karnesiz. The latest could really be De Paul to continue this collaboration between Udinese and Napoli.