Perpetual Managers Rumours Thread

[Wings]

Why you all ruling out Pochetino? He is a viable option, isn’t he?

I wouldn’t want Conte to leave. This was his first year with us and the team has clearly improved. I’m sick coach changes every summer. I want to build on what we have but if Conte were to leave I’d take Allegri.

Pochettino would be my first choice too (better than Spalletti imo), but isn't he still under contract at Spurs? Ideally of course Conte doesn't quit on such short notice.

 

[IM21]

Pochettino would be my first choice too (better than Spalletti imo), but isn't he still under contract at Spurs?

Jose Mourinho is the big boss there now.

 

[Candreva Crosses]

Conspiracy theory.

What if Conte went out crying like the gobbi he is to get more players for next season and demanding even more players? Maybe even ask Zhang to pay a ref here and there

 

[Il Drago]

Spalletti at the same level as Poch? I must have missed it when Spal reached a CL final.

 

[.h.]

Handanovic

Hakimi Skriniar De Vrij Bastoni
Sensi Barella DM
Lautaro Eriksen
Lukaku
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I'm not thrilled about Bastoni at LB, nor playing Lautaro at RW in this formation

Handanovic
Hakimi Skriniar De Vrij Bastoni
Sensi Barella DM
Eriksen
Lautaro Lukaku
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Not massively thrilled about the lack of width here tbh.



Given where our squad is atm, if we are gonna play 4 at the back, 4-3-1-2 is probably the most likely thing, but I'd worry that we aren't gonna get the best out of Hakimi, Bastoni, or play particularly great football.

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Pochettino would be my first choice too (better than Spalletti imo), but isn't he still under contract at Spurs? Ideally of course Conte doesn't quit on such short notice.

the contract will be pretty irrelevant, if poch gets a job spurs will most likely just terminate so they dont have to give him a pay out. Both sides win. While there's no other job for Poch, there's no pressure on him to terminate.

 

[Il Drago]

Sensi can't be something more than a squad player given his injury history. If we go for a diamond, we need another starting midfield next to Brozovic (or his replacement) and Barella.

 

[dynasty27]

Yes, Brozovic needs a Kante like bodyguard. Barella is better suited for RCM.
We also need forwards who can play on the wings for Allegri to exhibit flexibility in his formations. Too bad Lautaro isn't that kind of player.

 

[vex]

Allegri is playing three at the back if he comes, I'm willing to bet my house for that, he ain't stupid. Conte made him great foundation, why would he tinker with it. Although we will almost certainly see a lot of flexibility there, maybe even mid game formation changing, but I think default state will be three at the back.

 

[andrei]

4-3-1-2 seems at this moment the formation which would played at the strength of our personnel and that include Hakimi and Tonali.
Still there are 2 question marks:

Will be Brozo able to raise his game alongside 2 young workhorses like Barella and Tonali. Or we need another bulldog in midfield like Kante ideally. We could play Brazo-Barella-Kante and bring tonali gradually in the team or let Tonali play DLP alongside Kante-Barella.

Eriksen behind LuLa could work very nicely. Still it is a caveat here. Lack of width. Probably against 90% of Serie A wouldn"t be problem but against big better teams in Italy and CL. We don't need two wide attacking players. One is enough. As we stand now, we could use Alexis from the left and Hakimi from the right. Hakimi is anyway an attack first RB (someone like Barella would need to cover his back when he run upfront). Still I don`t trust Alexis completely at this point. One idea would be to Sell Lautaro to Barca and buy Chiesa. Chiesa is not the forward like Lautaro, but brings something else to the table: he is fast, a good dribbler and can play wide in both positions. So, you have flexibility. We could play 4-3-1-2 or 4-3-2-1 with Eriksen-Lukaku-Chiesa or even 4-2-3-1 with Eriksen-Alexis-Xhiesa behind Romelu when is necessary.

 

[.h.]

hakimi-candrevao n RB/RW might make sense, then you've got a bit of defensive balance.

Young-Sanchez on LW perhaps
but then we areont playing Lukaku-Lautaro. I think playing two strikers is gonna happen unless we sell Lautaro realistically.

 

[nurko]

I would prefer to keep Conte for another season, but since we're throwing ideas...

Rangnick and 4-4-2 double 6

Hakimi - Skriniar - De Vrij - Bastoni

Eriksen - Barella - Brozovic - LM

Lukaku - Lautaro​

In attack
Hakimi goes forward, Bastoni stays back.
Eriksen moves centrally as a playmaker, or swaps places with Barella while LM is more orthodox winger.
Brozovic is replaced with competent, level-headed DM.

Many FIFA wins incoming.

 

[brehme1989]

Would LM stand for Lionel Messi by any chance?

 

[andrei]

hakimi-candrevao n RB/RW might make sense, then you've got a bit of defensive balance.

Young-Sanchez on LW perhaps
but then we areont playing Lukaku-Lautaro. I think playing two strikers is gonna happen unless we sell Lautaro realistically.

Hakimi-Candreva makes no sense at at all. I hopefully would not see Candreva at all in an Inter shirt.

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I would prefer to keep Conte for another season, but since we're throwing ideas...

Rangnick and 4-4-2 double 6

Hakimi - Skriniar - De Vrij - Bastoni

Eriksen - Barella - Brozovic - LM

Lukaku - Lautaro​

In attack
Hakimi goes forward, Bastoni stays back.
Eriksen moves centrally as a playmaker, or swaps places with Barella while LM is more orthodox winger.
Brozovic is replaced with competent, level-headed DM.

Many FIFA wins incoming.

What you say, LM would be a player like Perisic (not him, his style). It could work, but I made the presentation assuming Tonali will join us. Tonali instead or Brozo and a new LM. Hmm, not sold for Barella- Tonali axe at this point. Don't forget we want fight for scudetto.

 

[Il Drago]

hakimi-candrevao n RB/RW might make sense, then you've got a bit of defensive balance.

Young-Sanchez on LW perhaps
but then we areont playing Lukaku-Lautaro. I think playing two strikers is gonna happen unless we sell Lautaro realistically.

Candreva is done as a winger. He was very frustrating to watch under Spalletti. There's a reason he had lost his position to Politano of all people. He looked decent this season only because Conte turned him into a wingback. If you want to go for 4-2-3-1 with Hakimi as your starting rb, you need a new starting rw. Though knowing Allegri he would probably use Hakimi as a winger with D'Ambrosio behind him.

On the left, don't disregard the possibility of a Perisic return.

Another issue with 4-2-3-1 is the midfield. As we realised when Conte used 3-4-1-2, our midfielders are suited for a midfield trio. You need big changes in midfield in order to play with double pivot.

 

[andrei]

Would LM stand for Lionel Messi by any chance?

No!

 

[nurko]

Would LM stand for Lionel Messi by any chance?

I know it's not a real question, but no.

The only way I am interested in Messi is if it's perfectly calculated to provide huge financial boost when his wages, transfer fee, marketing revenue etc are all taken in consideration.

 

[IRR26]

Allegri is coming

https://www.fcinternews.it/in-primo...ul-tavolo-staff-gia-allertato-e-pronto-346154

 

[CafeCordoba]

Allegri is playing three at the back if he comes, I'm willing to bet my house for that, he ain't stupid. Conte made him great foundation, why would he tinker with it. Although we will almost certainly see a lot of flexibility there, maybe even mid game formation changing, but I think default state will be three at the back.

This. Allegri is flexible and not an idiot. He uses a system which fits to the squad. So it's either the same or then unsymmetric 4 man defence where Hakimi Bastoni are side defenders. Barella covers Hakimi, we buy a DM to have one extra midfielder and the LCM brings the needed width if Bastoni ain't enough. It doesn't have to be symmetric. Eriksen will have a spot there and he will be so much more utilized than now as mezzala.

 

[.h.]

defending

handanovic
hakimi skriniar de vriji bastoni
tonali barella
sensi
eriksen

lukaku lautaro
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attacking

handanovic
skriniar de vrij bastoni

tonali barella
hakimi sensi eriksen
lautaro lukaku
​

could work i reckon

 

[IM21]

defending

handanovic

hakimi skriniar de vriji bastoni
tonali barella
sensi
eriksen

lukaku lautaro
​

attacking

handanovic
skriniar de vrij bastoni
tonali barella

hakimi sensi eriksen
lautaro lukaku
​

could work i reckon

i am not the biggest Allegri fan, but I am pretty sure he would try something like that and actually try different formations, while with Conte we are stuck with the same formation forever.

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