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

[varmin]

Arnautivic is better than Dzeko's corpse, and the replacement of Skriniar is actually Darmian, who is better. I agree for the rest.

 

[RotterdamNerazzurri]

Whoever replaces Brozovic will also be a downgrade. There's no doubt in my mind this squad is worse than last season's.

It is. Far worse than our squad last season. Even tho Skriniar and Lukaku didn’t perform like we expected, they are quite obvious far better players than Bisseck and Thuram/Arnautovic. And Brozo was a better ‘vice Hakan’ than Asllani atm. And Dzeko had is worth, especially in the CL. Onana was on another level than Sommer. That bein’ said we had a very good run with Darmian - Acerbi - Bastoni backline. Although I do think Onana had a big part in that too, we must hope they can regain last seasons form. If they can’t, we have a very big problem. Since I foresee a lack of goals from our strikers.

But we did actually saved a lot of wages. Maybe this is a step in the right direction by being self sustainable. We must pray it don’t costs us a top-4 spot. Otherwise it was all just for nothing…

 

[Gal]

Lukaku in 2023 isn’t a better player then Thuram. Thuram is technically a far superior player to that of Lukaku that has as much technical talent as a piece of wood. Lukaku lived entirely on his physical size and strength and ability to place himself correctly but on on most other aspects he was a below average player, he messed up so many plays last term and also did under Conte, but you lived with it because he was scoring goals.

Arnatovic had as good a season as Dzeko, it’s a sideways step, proclaiming otherwise and your putting more into the name then the actual performance of said players. Quality wise there hardly any difference between the two today.

Lukaku and Dzeko was nothing to rave about last season so there really aren’t going to be a noticeable difference between them.

The biggest step back is loosing Brozovic, but Barella and Frattesi we know work extremely well together so in fact I actually don’t anticipate he will be all that missed as those fit like a glove probably to much better degree then Barella ever did with Brozovic. So I’m just not all that concerned about it.

The biggest problem is the drop in quality on the goal and quality of the dept of the team.

 

[CoolMan44]

On paper, I agree it does seem worse. However, there are always surprises throughout the season. Someone we think may contribute a lot might actually flop, and vice versa. Lukaku was supposed to help us get the second start last year, but apart from the last few months, his time here last season was a huge flop, especially given salary and loan fee.

It's hard to know what to get from our forward department. On paper, this year does seem worse than last year. But then again, last year was a huge disappointment from forwards bar Lautaro. Just look at some of this from last season:
- Dzeko - between matchday 17 and matchday 38, he scored in ONE game, out of 22 matchdays.
- Lukaku - by the end of Round 30 (about 80% in the season), he had ONE goal from open play.
- Correa - 3 goals for the league, between matday 5 and 38, he scored ONE goal.

Those are some horrific numbers, and make you wonder how we even got Top 4 with 3/4 strikers having these numbers. Now granted, Lukaku stepped up in the last 8 games, and Dzeko had a period after Lukaku's injury where he stepped up.

I'm not saying that our attacking department is better now, at least not on paper. I'm just looking at the season holistically and looking back, all of Dzeko/Lukaku/Correa were pretty much major flops for most of the season. I think Dzeko deservers a pass because he kept fit all season long, was not expected to play as much as he did, and gave his all.

I think on paper, the one are we improve in are wingbacks (provided Augusto joins). I like Gosens a lot but he did not really fit in how we play, and Augusto can be an improvement in that area. Also, while I didn't mind Bellanova (I don't think he got enough chances), Cuadrado is definitely an improvement given Bellanova did not contribute at all last season.

 

[crzdcolombian]

downgraded starters :

Onana -> Somer
Lukaku -> Thuram
Dzeko -> Arnautovic
Skriniar -> Bisseck


somehow they are still trying to make us believe they are playing for the title

this is not a mercato, this is Suning cashing out of a sinking ship.

Lukaku was bench.... Dzeko was 37..... Skriniar didnt play after January......

So I am not going to judge as hard as you are with those 3 facts out there.

Onana for 60m is a great deal. Sommer was not 1st choice and cost 1/10th of what we made.

 

[Mino]

Lukaku was bench.... Dzeko was 37..... Skriniar didnt play after January......

So I am not going to judge as hard as you are with those 3 facts out there.

Onana for 60m is a great deal. Sommer was not 1st choice and cost 1/10th of what we made.

the coach doesn't care about cash flows. nobody cares about how much the club sold a player for. if the money isn't reinvested

if Onana, Lukaku, Dzeko, Skriniar are still around the coach will definitely start them over Somer, Thuram, Arnautovic, Bisseck

 

[varmin]

He starts Mkhitaryan over Frattesi as well. That doesn't mean that he is right.

 

[Dave54]

He starts Mkhitaryan over Frattesi as well. That doesn't mean that he is right.

Frattesi is raw still from midtable team. Give it some time, half a season. If he does well, he will start over him.

 

[IM21]

Looks like the transfer budget for this season was 10M. After getting almost 100M from outgoing players, you spent 10 on loans for Sommer, Arnautovic, Frattesi and Bisseck.. go fuck yourselfs you useless pieces of shit.

 

[MKSerbia]

If we are that broke why after this signings of Augusto and Arnautovic don´t keep Sensi and Esposito, sell also Correa and bring no one in defence.

 

[IM21]

If we are that broke why after this signings of Augusto and Arnautovic don´t keep Sensi and Esposito, sell also Correa and bring no one in defence.

We are not broke. They told us that they will bring in players with the money from the sales. So i guess they lied... i dont expect any miracles in the next 2 weeks. This transfer window has been a complete disaster.

 

[IM21]

Dont be surprised if at the end of the mercato they come and say how they wanted to save money, so that they dont have to make many sales next season.

 

[Corrode]

Looks like the transfer budget for this season was 10M. After getting almost 100M from outgoing players, you spent 10 on loans for Sommer, Arnautovic, Frattesi and Bisseck.. go fuck yourselfs you useless pieces of shit.

the budget virtually doesn't exist because of Oaktree's 400M loan, and CCB bank's 300M loan.

 

[vex]

Looks like the transfer budget for this season was 10M. After getting almost 100M from outgoing players, you spent 10 on loans for Sommer, Arnautovic, Frattesi and Bisseck.. go fuck yourselfs you useless pieces of shit.

This ties nicely with the fact that Zhang needs to renegotiate with oaktree next year. Probably tidying up the house before guests come.

Someone's head needs to roll if a certain amount of that money isn't spent on another player. Just the way they bid for strikers this summer and then went and bought the cheapest option possible... Shamelessly insulting fans intelligence like nobody's business…

 

[IM21]

This ties nicely with the fact that Zhang needs to renegotiate with oaktree next year. Probably tidying up the house before guests come.

Someone's head needs to roll if a certain amount of that money isn't spent on another player. Just the way they bid for strikers this summer and then went and bought the cheapest option possible... Shamelessly insulting fans intelligence like nobody's business…

I am 100% sure none of those striker offers were obligations. They were all some minimal loans with options to buy. If these fucks had 20M to spend i am sure they would have got morata

 

[BasedGodPunk]

Yeah there’s not much to say. We have what might be the worst owners in the sport. Until they go well get worse each year. Marotta and assiliocan fuck off with Zhang once he goes. We need new blood all around.

 

[bubba zanetti]

Worst mercato ever.

 

[vex]

Yeah there’s not much to say. We have what might be the worst owners in the sport. Until they go well get worse each year. Marotta and assiliocan fuck off with Zhang once he goes. We need new blood all around.

We need new owners, first and foremost. Part of the reason why zhang is still here is that he hit the jackpot with ausilio marotta combo. Jackpot in a sense of us staying competitive and at the same time bending over backwards to pay the loans. Their resourcefulness and connections, especially when it comes to free deals, allowed the chinese fuck to keep this ship floating. But you can walk that tightrope only for a certain period of time until you fail miserably, and we are getting glimpses of that this summer.

 

[brehme1989]

Worst mercato ever.

Very similar to 2014

 

[Gal]

Looks like the transfer budget for this season was 10M. After getting almost 100M from outgoing players, you spent 10 on loans for Sommer, Arnautovic, Frattesi and Bisseck.. go fuck yourselfs you useless pieces of shit.

Because Inter is fundamentally Insolvent, selling players helps keeping the boat afloat for now. Inter is running in red to such a degree it’s marvellous someone hasn’t pulled the blanket under us. Inter needs to pay a high interest rates to oaktree a loan due next summer and still need to payback parts of the plus 100m they own other clubs from previous trades annually.

Obviously Inter would not be able to reinvest all due to those realities.

This is the real world not a fictional manager game.

People might not care, but they are asking for something that isn’t possible with the financial situation Inter is in, Inter could be selling for 200m euro and they would still not be able to invest very much.