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10 years of FIFRepost from herehttp://inter1908blog.com/summer-transfer-activities/
Inter are set for an interesting summer transfer window. Piero Ausilio recently came out and stated that, without Champions League football, we would have to sell a star player in the summer. That player is increasingly looking like Mauro Icardi, who has reached an all-time low in his relationship with Inter fans. Replacing Icardi is going to be a difficult enough transfer proposition for the club – a 21 year old striker who has bagged as many goals as him in Serie A is not only hard to find, but he’s practically unique.
Mauro Icardi, prime candidate for a transfer
Of all of our star players, it is Icardi and Handanovic, perhaps, that are ‘most efficient’ – Kovacic is a long way from a finished, effective product, and Shaqiri – new to Inter – needs to establish himself properly to make any real assertions about his quality. Podolski is unlikely to stay, and Juan Jesus divides the fans a lot.
This puts us in a difficult position. Handanovic cost near 20 million euros, with a nice co-ownership arrangement designed to spread his cost, and Icardi cost 16 million – though there’s no way we will obtain a player of his quality now for the same price. In my dream world, we’re replacing Handanovic and Icardi with Berardi and Perin (illustrative). What would the outlay there be? If we’re lucky, 40 million euros?
Samir Handanovic, another prime transfer sale
So, what are we going to do? We need the revenue to post anything like safety for FFP – having already spent all our transfer money next year with, for example, Shaqiri, Murillo and Brozovic. We’re going to get maybe 40 million euros at best for the pair? One, a keeper who has not played much if any Champions League football, despite his reputation and impressive performances has yet to play on the highest level, with a year left on his contract – and the other, a player who has soured his relationship with the fans (I’m not discussing, nor will I explore, blame) – I can’t imagine getting more than that for the pair. In fact, I would say we’d be really lucky to even get that.
Another thing to be worried about is Matteo Kovacic – he’s our other big star player currently, and we’ve just put in our best performance of Mancini without him on the pitch. How do we reconcile this? I personally believe that Kovacic and Brozovic will be perfect together, but I have no evidence to back that claim up.
It’s a dangerous situation right now, and the money we could get from the sales of these players who look like they are leaving is not going to compensate for the cost of the players we have to bring in – bearing in mind that the 40 million there needs to cover expenses towards Shaqiri (12? million euros) and Murillo (8-10 million euros).
Bringing Icardi and Handanovic back on side and trying to raise the revenue from whatever method necessary short of selling these players is phenomenally crucial to the continued development of Inter.
Inter are set for an interesting summer transfer window. Piero Ausilio recently came out and stated that, without Champions League football, we would have to sell a star player in the summer. That player is increasingly looking like Mauro Icardi, who has reached an all-time low in his relationship with Inter fans. Replacing Icardi is going to be a difficult enough transfer proposition for the club – a 21 year old striker who has bagged as many goals as him in Serie A is not only hard to find, but he’s practically unique.
Mauro Icardi, prime candidate for a transfer
Of all of our star players, it is Icardi and Handanovic, perhaps, that are ‘most efficient’ – Kovacic is a long way from a finished, effective product, and Shaqiri – new to Inter – needs to establish himself properly to make any real assertions about his quality. Podolski is unlikely to stay, and Juan Jesus divides the fans a lot.
This puts us in a difficult position. Handanovic cost near 20 million euros, with a nice co-ownership arrangement designed to spread his cost, and Icardi cost 16 million – though there’s no way we will obtain a player of his quality now for the same price. In my dream world, we’re replacing Handanovic and Icardi with Berardi and Perin (illustrative). What would the outlay there be? If we’re lucky, 40 million euros?
Samir Handanovic, another prime transfer sale
So, what are we going to do? We need the revenue to post anything like safety for FFP – having already spent all our transfer money next year with, for example, Shaqiri, Murillo and Brozovic. We’re going to get maybe 40 million euros at best for the pair? One, a keeper who has not played much if any Champions League football, despite his reputation and impressive performances has yet to play on the highest level, with a year left on his contract – and the other, a player who has soured his relationship with the fans (I’m not discussing, nor will I explore, blame) – I can’t imagine getting more than that for the pair. In fact, I would say we’d be really lucky to even get that.
Another thing to be worried about is Matteo Kovacic – he’s our other big star player currently, and we’ve just put in our best performance of Mancini without him on the pitch. How do we reconcile this? I personally believe that Kovacic and Brozovic will be perfect together, but I have no evidence to back that claim up.
It’s a dangerous situation right now, and the money we could get from the sales of these players who look like they are leaving is not going to compensate for the cost of the players we have to bring in – bearing in mind that the 40 million there needs to cover expenses towards Shaqiri (12? million euros) and Murillo (8-10 million euros).
Bringing Icardi and Handanovic back on side and trying to raise the revenue from whatever method necessary short of selling these players is phenomenally crucial to the continued development of Inter.
