Maicon Douglas Sisenando

[.h.]

someone who can play at least averagely week in week out will deliver 10x more than maicon can over the course of a season

 

[Alex de Large]

I would, only because we have Zanetti and Jonathan.
but 15/20m, Chelsea has money and can pay. 8 is ridiculous.

 

[Suneet]

He has only 1 year left on his contract. 8m is fine.

 

[Pajo]

8 + bonuses, which means it will be 10+.

Maicon is 31, is declining fast, has less than one year left on his contract and has huge wages. And he is defender, they cost less, always. So, you still think 8+bonuses is too low? Hell no, it's fine as it is. Ffs, Jose offered 5 earlier

 

[.h.]

agreed. 8m is actually a lot. i'm surprised it isnt 4-5m.

 

[The Wall]

The transfer itself is fine but:

-money won't be reinvested(and if they decide to spend it they wouldn't spend it on areas of need, we really can not afford another RB with Zanetti still and here and having paid for Jonathan a year ago. He is shit but he was our investment and we need to stick by it)
-Maicon>>Chivu+Palacio

He is at least capable of producing few magical perfomances per season at this point of his career unlike Palacio and Chivu who won't get his slow ass off the bench but will still bank +€2.5M.

 

[.h.]

shrug

look at the savings though

this is about moving towards financial balance, because then you can look at revenue growth for reinvestment.

last season we were down by like 60 million euros, iirc.

this season having ditched cordoba, lucio, orlandoni, forlan hopefully, maicon, and for the love of god please stankovic, thats like 6+8+1+7+8+6m savings = 36m a season in savings ALREADY.

You can see quite easily how we return to positive financial balance, with little affect to the actual first team. We should have dropped Chivu too, which would have saved an additional 10m instead of 5m.. if we do sell Cesar and replace with Handanovic thats like another 6m savings on the wage bill...

 

[The Wall]

It comes to this to me. Would you rather have Maicon and his wages or Chivu(his wages)+Palacio(his wages+transfer fee) as combined money is pretty similar(Maicon's wages+money from Chelsea?

I would rather have Maicon.

 

[.h.]

I'd rather have palacio.

 

[Pajo]

I won't, not the Maicon of last year or two. Ffs, i think even Naga was better overall last season.

 

[The Wall]

It's basically Maicon vs Palacio because Chivu is a human practice prop at this point.

= Chivu

 

[Pajo]

At this point tbh, i'd rather have Palacio. You are underrating the guy, a lot. Hope he proves you wrong

 

[Lionheart]

I don't get this. Y'all say he isn't at his best anymore & he is 31 & bla bla, first of all 31 is nothing for a defender! But even though he ain't at his top anymore, he was still one of our best players last season compared to all the other miserable performances. Don't y'all remember how dead that right wing of ours was when he was injured a few times?



If a 31 year old Maicon is going to be good for a Chelsea who has reinforced hard already, who will go for defending their CL title, & compete hard for winning the league, how come that same Maicon isn't good enough anymore for a fucked-up Inter who will compete in Europe League & has nothing to lose?



To me personally, Maicon is one of the untouchables of this team along with Sneijder, Julio & Zanetti. Too bad that Zanetti is the only one of those four who will stay here for sure. With this fucked up management & sick transfer policy you never know... :sigh:

 

[.h.]

Chelsea havent exactly had a great selection of right backs lately, and also, he's probably one of the best AVAILABLE.

Maicon has been mediocre to the extreme barring like 3 games last year, and to be honest, clearly has no motivation anymore. Going to Chelsea might reinvigorate his motivation and cause him to reach previous levels again, but I dont see him delivering that at Inter.

Furthermore, while our defense is CRAP, Maicon does not aid that. At Chelsea they have a pretty good defense, and Maicon would get a better license to roam and attack....

Everything about this deal makes sense.

 

[Pajo]

And he will be more motivated, something he lacks at Inter. That's why he shows up only in big games.

Besides, doesn't the contract and his wages mean something?

 

[monster09]

Chelsea havent exactly had a great selection of right backs lately, and also, he's probably one of the best AVAILABLE.
.

They have Ivanovic, who was very good last season. He offers very little going forward but very good defensively. Also he is a monster from set pieces.

Edit: Agreed with rest of the post. He will be great signing for Chelsea if they can get him for 8 Million.

 

[.h.]

no, pajo we have so much money we can hire enough players to pay them 1m per game for 5 games a season, its fine..

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They have Ivanovic, who was very good last season. He offers very little going forward but very good defensively. Also he is a monster from set pieces.

sure, but ivanovic has asked to play at his native centre back more often, i can see him being in rotation with Luiz for the next to terry slot, and as terry gets phased out....

 

[n4l]

no, pajo we have so much money we can hire enough players to pay them 1m per game for 5 games a season, its fine.

But we have enough money to pay chivu and mundingayi? At least Maicon can perform on the big stage and has marketing value. Those guys offer ZERO. Seriously, think before you make a comment.

sure, but ivanovic has asked to play at his native centre back more often, i can see him being in rotation with Luiz for the next to terry slot, and as terry gets phased out....

don't forget they have Cahill as well. Wealth of CB options tbh..

 

[.h.]

a wealth?

luiz cahill terry and ivanovic. not THAT much...


When was the last time Maicon 'performed on the big stage' for us? I mean, sure, he did well against Juve... But he got tore apart by Tottenham for fun, and he's been fucking mediocre.

No thanks, but pass. I'd rather have a reliable but unspectacular right back, than one who is shit for most of the season and then sucks the fan boys back in with 2 good goals.

 

[Jacquez]

From a sporting and financial perspective, €8m + bonuses for a Maicon who has been performing below par for the last couple of seasons is a good deal, considering his wages and the fact that he only has one year left on his contract.

The downside is that we lose one of our biggest stars - if not the biggest, next to Sneijder - which could be interpreted as a lack of ambition, an interpretation that will be reinforced if we choose to buy Mudingayi.

Bottom line is that I think the right thing to do is to let him go. He was hardly a decisive player last season, playing only 23 games in the league, and chances are that his performances won't improve as long as he stays in Milano. We probably won't reinvest the money in another RB, seeing as we have Zanetti, Naga and Jonathan who can all play in that position.