How the hell Sheva can be a bigger flop than Quaresma? We gave Porto 18m€ pure cash PLUS Pele for Quaresma. Milan got Sheva one-year-loan (reported). Most probably, if they paid anything for that loan, it's something like one million euros, max two.
Expectations for Quaresma were much higher than what they were for Sheva. Sheva didn't come to Milan to be starter, Quaresma came to Inter to be a starter. Quaresma has got hell of a lot of chances something Sheva hasn't got. It's just not what the fans (Milan-Sheva) and the media (Inter-Quaresma) hypes, it's what was the management's expectations. Clearly Inter bought Quaresma to be a starter, we can see that when we look at Quaresma's minutes in the start of the season. Now the stats starts to be different as Mourinho has wisely started to use formation which doesn't suit to a winger.
It's quite clear that at this point, Quaresma deservedly got that award. Fanboys should be less biased. But I also agree that media likes to mock Inter (like these awards) whenever it's possible. Adriano is a good one for last season but Tiago was a ridiculous flop also.