Mercato Team (Ausilio, Marotta, & Co.) and Strategies

Roma spent over 70 m euro this summer,,
if we spent like them, we need to sell sneijder, maicon, julione, or maybe the whole entire squad,,

ORIALI VENTS: "INTER, WHY AM I OUT? NOW I SEE SO MUCH CHAOS."

"Branca and others convinced Moratti to continue without me. Even Barca would be in confusion with four different coaches."

Milan - At Inter for 30 years and the team is obviously in his heart even if he is out of the team and suffering in silence. But since it is impossible to remain silent forever, Lele Oriali has finally came out and spoken about it. He had never done anything like this since he left the club. He talks about Moratti and Branca, Benitez and Gasperini, Mancini and Ranieri. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank, through the Gazzetta, the fans who showed me great affection by displaying that banner at the San Siro. And I am determined to talk to them and all other messages that they have sent me wondering why I am no longer at Inter."

You have never explained this...
"Because I don't know the real reasons because after 30 years at Inter where I thought I had earned more respect and credibility. Instead I was ousted and I don't know why. All I know is those that ousted me at Inter."

Who wanted you to leave?
"After the departure of Mourinho, the president was persuaded by Branca and other directors who wanted a new project without me."

Benitez brought with him to the bench Carboni: so it also depended on him as well?
"My place in the management team was not taken by Carboni. If someone thinks that I was angry with him, they are wrong."

You didn't ask Moratti for clarification?
"I spoke with Moratti before and after. Even a few days ago he said some nice things about me on TV. Perhaps he has understood more now in time but he couldn't go back to the past."

You used to work with Branca, so can you continue working together?
"Given the results of these last 16 months, I am happy not to have been part of this project."


Gabriele Oriali was born in Como on November 25, 1952. The former player (played for Inter and Fiorentina), was a sporting director at Bologna, Parma and Inter.

1982 - With the shirt of Italy, he won the World Cup in Spain.
1994 - After leaving football, he became the sporting director of Bologna and in 1997 bought Baggio from Milan.
1999 - After a year at Parma, he returned as Inter director where he remained for 11 good years. Left in 2010 after the arrival of Benitez.

So what are the mistakes?
"The mistakes are in the inexperience and overconfidence in the planning stage of the process. Directing at Inter is not easy and nobody can think that they understand everything if they don't have the experience."

But what was the biggest mistake?
"Benitez was a new coach and supported by those who know the environment at the club very well. And then you can not change four coaches in less than two season. I have nothing against Gasperini but everyone knew how his clubs play. So instead of hiring Ranieri who was available in June, time was wasted. These changes create so much confusion not only in terms of tactics but the players would lose points of reference in their head. Even the champions at Barcelona would be confused if they worked with four different coaches in such a short time."

If Moratti calls you, would you return?
"Inter are always in my heart and perhaps one day. But now the conditions are not there and I am not the type that provides ultimatum. I am not even going to the stadium although Moratti kindly gave me the card just to avoid creating problems with my presence. And since I am always a big fan of Inter, I hope my break can help the team to find itself again."

What could the target for this year?
"We must be realistic. In the Champions League, the level is higher. In the league the minimum target would be finishing third. But for now we must forget about it because the standings are worrying and it is better to score points as quickly as possible in order to leave the bottom zone."

Who will win the title?
"To Milan or Juventus. I also like Napoli very much but there's Champions League for them. Then watch out for Lazio and Udinese, really wonderful clubs that should not be overlooked."

And what do you do in the meantime?
"I have three, four offers. But last year, from January to June, I preferred to go to Manchester with Mancini and take the opportunity to take a course in English. Mancini has been very good at changing the mentality and the way of coaching the English players. And the idea of returning working with him, I would not mind."

Lele made a good point about not taking Ranieri initially. Gasp was a big gamble that did'nt pay off.

CR has basically started his time at Inter behind the 8 ball.

Hmmm not really digging how they treated Lele. A lifelong Interista gets thrown to the curb because of this supposed "new project?" that isn't even new at all tbh. We're still playing the same squad that won with Mourinho.

"Given the results of these last 16 months, I am happy not to have been part of this project."

Fucking spot on assesment even it sucks to admit it.

Nothing to be said really...

Poor Lele

so wait..

Lele is saying the project is a bust and now everybody agrees? Whilst all along, FiF members have been pointing out the failures in this same supposed project over the last 3 mercatos only to be thwarted by words such as "you can't judge the project now because it is a long term project"?

nerazzurri4life said:

so wait..

Lele is saying the project is a bust and now everybody agrees? Whilst all along, FiF members have been pointing out the failures in this same supposed project over the last 3 mercatos only to be thwarted by words such as "you can't judge the project now because it is a long term project"?

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Who's everybody ?

Yeah. Don't see everybody out here. There is not a clear project yet in the progress unless we consider this "buy younger players" a project. Rafa-project was a definite failure and that can be considered one project. But if this whole shit (between moment after Mourinho left to this day) is one project, it is a big failure indeed.

Serioisly should´nt Oriali have own thread? He is one of the Inters legends as far as I know.

World champion in 1982 with Italian national team
Italian Serie A champion in 1971, 1980 with Inter
Coppa Italia 1978 and 1982 with Inter

Okay, it's very interesting to see what happens if we can't get to CL. How many players will leave? Would Sneijder ask for a transfer? What Maicon wants to do?

The most important thing in this season is get to the CL spot and quite frankly it starts to look hard to accomplish. Interesting to see what the management will do in January window, are they going desperately for some immediate impact acquisition or do they continue with the long-term plan and get only cheaper younger players to build the future.

I could understand both ways, since CL is pretty important to collect the money so that we can pay the big salaries. On the other hand, immediate impact could still be not enough to get the CL spot and the long-term project would just get hurt with over-sized salary budget and no CL football for next season. Having no CL would mean that we would have to sell some of our top salary players.

Maicon + Wes sold then ??

Guys, it's not about selling this or that player. It's about having a plan, a goal, a strategy. We don't have it, and even if we buy some of the best players of this era, we would still fail, because we're not headed anywhere, we're just playing matches week after week, without any intention.

The guideline on the market is still very clear. The management of Inter does not intend to increase the budget in a substantial, but some investment will come but not more than expected: a reinforcement in the middle, one in defense and other operations only if there were any disposals.

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Meaning Kucka and Juan...Hurrey we're saved...from relegation blivious:

i'm actually glad the management isn't going for half-assed short term solutions like they did last year (ie. tevez)

hopefully they have finally realized that if they want to go with their buying young players idea they need to go into it head first instead of just dipping one foot, realizing that it's cold, then run away only to slip and fall off of a cliff wile e coyote style

skeet said:

i'm actually glad the management isn't going for half-assed short term solutions like they did last year (ie. tevez)

hopefully they have finally realized that if they want to go with their buying young players idea they need to go into it head first instead of just dipping one foot, realizing that it's cold, then run away only to slip and fall off of a cliff wile e coyote style

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The thing is, we have been eyeing up Tevez for A LONG TIME, and have just waited until he is available on the cheap (in prev. mercatos). Now that the time has come, and he is available on the cheap, we somehow can't afford it, and don't think its a good idea!

As a player (meaning: ignoring everything off field), he would be a great 3rd signing in January. He fits into the squad, and gives us something we desperately need since Eto'os departure, real hunger, and real finishing ability.

How do you know we've been eyeing on Tevez for a LONG TIME? It's just media, which links Inter to Tevez. We can't know if we've even been seriously interested in Tevez. Like, we've might made an inquiry about how much he costs/how much he wants, but that's it. Maybe no further negotiations have emerged ever.

You don't seem to understand the changes of the situation. Maybe last summer we could have get Tevez if we've got him for 20m€. Now when we've out of all the races (no one seriously thinks we can win CL), we've perhaps changed to another strategy, a long-term planning. Tevez doesn't fit to that strategy, he's looking for success and glory. He is also a loose cannon and way too expensive. He can earn every euro he earns but it might be just too much for Inter.

Big teams eye good players all the time. That's what they do. How long were we looking at Cristian Zapata? Guy was being scouted by Real Madrid, Arsenal, Juve, and us for like 4 years. We never made a move on him. Just because we scout a player doesn't mean we are going to buy him, same as with Alexis Sanchez. Our management saying Messi is god, we'd love to have him on the team doesn't mean we are going to buy Messi just that we admire him, and basically stating a fact.

I am ok with us going after younger players but then everyone over 29 should be sold. Sadly that includes Zanetti, dislike the last comment all you want and he is the only one showing any balls at the moment but 38 year old starter is not ok.

crzdcolombian said:

Big teams eye good players all the time. That's what they do. How long were we looking at Cristian Zapata? Guy was being scouted by Real Madrid, Arsenal, Juve, and us for like 4 years. We never made a move on him. Just because we scout a player doesn't mean we are going to buy him, same as with Alexis Sanchez. Our management saying Messi is god, we'd love to have him on the team doesn't mean we are going to buy Messi just that we admire him, and basically stating a fact.

I am ok with us going after younger players but then everyone over 29 should be sold. Sadly that includes Zanetti, dislike the last comment all you want and he is the only one showing any balls at the moment but 38 year old starter is not ok.

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Messi isn't the greatest example. If he was in Tevez position, on the outs w/ Barca, of course we should go for him! When the club publicly admires a player it both states our ambition (to sign players of that level) and also to a certain extent, our intent (to buy the player if the opportunity arises). Now that the opportunity has arisen to sign Tevez we suddenly no longer want him!

The CL episode has been blown out of proportion, IMO. Yes, he refused to play, but the situation was a long time in developing, maybe close to a year, where Tevez had asked to leave politely but was refused (and no club was willing to pay top dollar for a player so clearly on the outs w/ his club).

Any way, since this is the Mercato strategy thread, I will just say that I do not think Inter has a coherent transfer strategy at this point. I think it has changed each mercato for the last 2 years, which is why we have sold star players, replaced them w/ inferior players, brought in some Italians (atleast 80% of the reason for getting Pazzo and Ranoc was to appease Italian fans, IMO), signed some younger players on loan, extended the contracts of aging veterans... Its completely inconsistent, hence my view that each time we had a strategy that was different from the previous mercato.

Getting Zanetti out of midfield is definitely an area for improvement in our squad.

Zanetti should be our long term solution for the LB position.