2016/2017 Midfielder Rumours Thread

[Ed.]

Bazoer isn't exactly what we need though imo. He's not a no.6 (Lucio/Andreolli), more of an 8 (Zlatan/Palacio). Box-to-box. Although I rate him high, I'm not sure he will solve our problems.

:chan: :troll:

 

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Record Portugal: Kia Joorabchian has arrived in Lisbon to present #Inter's official offer for #JoaoMario. 50m (45 fixed and 5 bonus)!

 

[CafeCordoba]

That's simply an INSANE offer. I really hope it's not true. Does not make ANY sense. We would need to sell Brozovic (or someone) to finance that move and I don't see any logic in that. We don't need offensive minded players like Joao Mario anymore.

 

[Ronaldo]

Record Portugal: Kia Joorabchian has arrived in Lisbon to present #Inter's official offer for #JoaoMario. 50m (45 fixed and 5 bonus)!

Kia Joirabchian... Now we REALLY know why Inter are after Joao.

 

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Di Marzio: #Inter, negotiations for #JoaoMario continue!

 

[Bluenine]

That's simply an INSANE offer. I really hope it's not true. Does not make ANY sense.

In a way, it makes perfect sense. Let me indulge in some speculation, more like joining the dots:

Kia Joorabchian is the guy who got all those stars like Ramires and Teixiera for Jiangsu Suning. He became the football advisor to Zhang Jindong even before Suning bought Inter. This is fact.

Once Suning bought Inter, looks like there was an obvious power struggle. Kia was advising the owners on transfers, and his targets were very different from the ones Mancini wanted to focus on. Thohir had given the manager the control of transfers, and Mancini was not ready to give away that control. Ausilio backed Mancini, perhaps because he perceived a threat to his job by the likes of Kia Joorabchian.

We know what happened next. Mancini lost the power struggle, and was offered a contract extension without any say in transfers. He refused and left, and was replaced by one of Kia's own men (guess who represents Frank De Boer?). Now there is an alignment in the transfer market between Kia and De Boer, though its unclear who is more in-charge. My fear is that since Kia is the closest to the owners, he is getting his way - this crazy Joao Mario bid seems to suggest that. Guess who Joao Mario's agent is? Who will get a cut of the crazy transfer fee? Its Kia, of course. I don't trust "greedy super-agents" like Kia, their self interests are rarely aligned with the clubs they represent. You have to work with them at this level and keep them in good terms, but never let them dictate the club's strategy - they should NEVER have more power than the Sporting Director or the Coach. That will end in disaster for the club (and great business for the agent).

So is it all bad? No, there are some silver linings:

1. Ausilio almost quit because of all this, but thankfully he has been persuaded to stay with an extended contract. Hopefully this means that Zhang Jindong (as a clever businessman) wants a power counter balance to Kia in Ausilio.

2. Frank De Boer sounds like his own man. A lot depends on whether he has the balls to demand the players he wants, and whether he is stubborn enough like his predecessor to get what he needs.

 

[crzdcolombian]

Di Marzio: #Inter, negotiations for #JoaoMario continue!

Love how they photoshop him in but don't Photoshop Rano out haha

 

[Wobblz]

No sane person would let some guy that obviously has a lot of conflict of interest to advise him on how to spend his money, let alone a huge Chinese corporation. Those guys are extremely smart and they have a lot of power, even political. So yeah, at most Kia can offer us players and try to convince them to join us instead of other teams, but that should be about it. It's millions were talking about here, after all.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Di Marzio: F. Melo could leave to make space for Luiz Gustavo.

YES PLEASE.

 

[Quantum]

Di Marzio: F. Melo could leave to make space for Luiz Gustavo.

YES PLEASE.

But who would take Melo at this point?

 

[JJM]

Di Marzio: #Inter, negotiations for #JoaoMario continue!

When did Miranda get a tattoo?! :troll:

 

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Love how they photoshop him in but don't Photoshop Rano out haha

I dont wait tooo long

Spoiler: CLICK TO VIEW

 

[ScottishInterista]

How many non EU spots do we have left and is Gustavo non EU

 

[Black Knight]

Gabigol's got quite a large head over there. Sniper's Dream, you could call him.

 

[Ed.]

How many non EU spots do we have left and is Gustavo non EU

We have 1 left because we used 1 for Erkin. Gustavo has german nationality in transfermarkt..

Not sure why but Gustavo rhymes to Guarin in my head.

 

[El Matador]

Can someone with a real idea and knowledge of Joao Mario tell us what type of player he is, what position he plays, where he would fit at inter. Cause I honestly thought he was the alternative to Candreva at RM.

PS. i can go watch a youtube video and give my own analysis on the player but thats not reliable and not what I want. I want analysis from people who actually watched games hes played in.

 

[Hugo Boss]

Bazoer isn't exactly what we need though imo. He's not a no.6, more of an 8. Box-to-box. Although I rate him high, I'm not sure he will solve our problems.

But, but he wears no.6 at Ajax....

 

[Dogen]

Kia "The Snake" Joorabchian is simply out of control. #stahp

PS: I like Joao Mario.

PS 2: Mandatory "I don't believe it".

 

[Bluenine]

Can someone with a real idea and knowledge of Joao Mario tell us what type of player he is, what position he plays, where he would fit at inter. Cause I honestly thought he was the alternative to Candreva at RM.

PS. i can go watch a youtube video and give my own analysis on the player but thats not reliable and not what I want. I want analysis from people who actually watched games hes played in.

You are right, he was the player Kia wanted us to sign before Mancini pushed Inter towards Candreva. Mario plays mostly as right winger, though he is naturally more of a AM. I guess the new plan is to install him as a AM behind Icardi, pushing Banega to the regista role.

To me, it sounds ludicrous that Inter are thing of spending 40m+ on a position(s) where we already have decent quality, when there are glaring gaps at other parts of the field. So I hope this deal does not happen.

 

[El Matador]

I dont think we are playing 4-2-3-1 with De Boer.

Maybe hes going to be on the right side of a midfield trio with Kondogbia and Banega