According to Sky Sport, Rodrigo De Paul’s agent was seen at dinner with Udinese sports director Daniele Prade and that of Atletico Madrid in Berta. The Argentinian remains one of the main targets for Inter in the summer, many sources already reported an agreement between €30M-€35M. But the player is also liked very much by Diego Simeone.The De Paul transfer isn't yet confirmed, right?
Right??
That's not a very good logic, is it? Just because we overpaid for vecino doesnt make De Paul's 30m deal any better. 30m is simply too much for this guy, better off funding it for better playersI don't think 30M is too much - for only 6M more we would be bringing in a player much more exciting than Vecino.
We also overpaid for J Mario and Gabigol. That is just how Inter make deals in recent years. Personally, I think De Paul is a solid player that's worth the money. I do wanna hear what options you would suggest for 30m.
Whjo the fuck is this guy and why are we wasting 35 million on him?
Haven't we wasted enough on these stupid signings?
We also overpaid for J Mario and Gabigol. That is just how Inter make deals in recent years. Personally, I think De Paul is a solid player that's worth the money. I do wanna hear what options you would suggest for 30m.
What do you expect from a mediocre sporting director, we were on the right track with Lele Oriali, and at least Oriali was one of our top players back then, not some kind of dodgy unknown piece of shit like ausilio.
for signings like this its always important to remember the FIF morons who didnt want inter to sign josip ilicic last summer.
I would be very cautious when extrapolating Illicic's Atalanta form to Inter. Atalanta are a club with a very defined attacking system, which makes its players look much better in the system. As a team they are far greater than the individual sum of parts, as it should be. Similar to Ajax. However, if you buy an individual part of their team, don't expect that player to give you the same output outside of the Atalanta system. Just look at some of biggest talents Atalanta have sold in recent years:
Kessie - 32m
Cristante - 26m
Gigliardini - 24m
Conti - 24m
Caldara - 20m
Bastoni - 31m (though this one is possibly a dodgy enhanced market value deal for FFP)
None of them have really lived up to their reputations or even re-created their Atalanta form. Maybe only Kessie to some extent, but even he is a poor cousin of what he was at Atalanta. Some of them have distinctively looked like fishes out of water in their new team's system. Ilicic is talented, but I suspect the Atalanta system brings the best out of him.