Worst Inter Transfer Post-Treble?

[IM21]

It's hard for me to say Nainggolan as he did have a good season with us and his goal did get us into the Champions League.

 

[Ethor]

I'm holding off, plenty of terrible transfers could still happen this year...

 

[Il Drago]

Except Radja is still a decent player and a turd like Joao Mario absolutely contributed to nothing. Can't even sell the fucker

Nainggolan certainly contributed more than Joao Mario but he offered less than expected when we signed him plus the fact we lost the most promising primavera youngster. Furthemore, we had to pay a part of his wage to find him a team to go on loan and even after his good season at Cagliari the best offers we have received for him are simply loans.

 

[brehme1989]

Is it really Radja's fault that the management wants him out? It's not like he was a failed transfer, it's just a locker room clearant dispute.

Joao Mario and Gabriel Barbosa were far bigger wasted of funds. The Zaniolo catalyst is what makes people triggered about this transfer most of all. At best, he'd be loaned to Empoli or Parma that year though, he probably wouldn't be part of our squad.

 

[Il Drago]

Is it really Radja's fault that the management wants him out? It's not like he was a failed transfer, it's just a locker room clearant dispute.

Joao Mario and Gabriel Barbosa were far bigger wasted of funds. The Zaniolo catalyst is what makes people triggered about this transfer most of all. At best, he'd be loaned to Empoli or Parma that year though, he probably wouldn't be part of our squad.

Of course Nainggolan is a failed transfer. He offered much less than expected. And the fact we wouldn't give a chance to Zaniolo doesn't make it any better. It is simply another indicator this team is terrible at promoting players from the primavera.

 

[brehme1989]

Of course Nainggolan is a failed transfer. He offered much less than expected. And the fact we wouldn't give a chance to Zaniolo doesn't make it any better. It is simply another indicator this team is terrible at promoting players from the primavera.

Nainggolan is perceived as a failed transfer only because we decided to get rid of him.

- Reached CL, scored the goal to seal the deal actually.
- Performed well in big games, with the exception of when he wasn't fit.
- Got us 9m for Santon.

He didn't become the team's leader and he didn't score a ton of goals, but what exactly were you expecting other than an upgrade of our existing midfield (Gagliardini, Valero etc).


Had he remained, he'd be one of our best midfielders. And he was our second best midfielder that season as well.

 

[phonk]

Here’s the way I look at it: From a 2020 POV this transfer most certainly didn’t pan out, it was bad.
From a sporting perspective I think he did a decent job, he wasn’t great, but certainly not terrible. I think by now we should all know what a terrible player looks like and Nainggolan wasn’t one of them.
I don’t like the way Marotta handled this situation. He would have certainly been a serviceable player for the 19/20 campaign and Conte would have appreciated having him in the team.
Imo his disciplinary shortcomings weren’t even that horrendous, compared to some other players in the squad.
The Zaniolo situation hurts, but I agree with Brehme here, he wouldn’t have been a starter her anyway.
To wrap this up: As I said, it was a bad transfer... among many others. And there were most certainly WAY worse.

Edit: I wrote this posts in my notes, so the forum page wouldn’t time out. If there are similarities with your last post, they were not on purpose. Can’t be arsed to adjust it now

 

[Il Drago]

Nainggolan is perceived as a failed transfer only because we decided to get rid of him.

- Reached CL, scored the goal to seal the deal actually.
- Performed well in big games, with the exception of when he wasn't fit.
- Got us 9m for Santon.

He didn't become the team's leader and he didn't score a ton of goals, but what exactly were you expecting other than an upgrade of our existing midfield (Gagliardini, Valero etc).


Had he remained, he'd be one of our best midfielders. And he was our second best midfielder that season as well.

Well when we signed him people were expecting him to elevate the level of our midfield and he failed to do so. It was YOU who claimed he was the best Serie A midfielder and he didn't perform anywhere near that level. Personally i wasn't expeecting much as it was clear from his last season at Roma he was in decline but he even managed to fail my low expectations. Apart from the away game against Bologna, he barely contributed in the first part of the season and he started performing only after his punishment. He had a decent second round for his standards but this wasn't enough to justify the price. The fact he was one of our best (Brozovic was the best) midfielders doesn't say much when our other midfielders were Vecino, Gagliardini, Valero and Mario.

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Here’s the way I look at it: From a 2020 POV this transfer most certainly didn’t pan out, it was bad.
From a sporting perspective I think he did a decent job, he wasn’t great, but certainly not terrible. I think by now we should all know what a terrible player looks like and Nainggolan wasn’t one of them.
I don’t like the way Marotta handled this situation. He would have certainly been a serviceable player for the 19/20 campaign and Conte would have appreciated having him in the team.
Imo his disciplinary shortcomings weren’t even that horrendous, compared to some other players in the squad.
The Zaniolo situation hurts, but I agree with Brehme here, he wouldn’t have been a starter her anyway.
To wrap this up: As I said, it was a bad transfer... among many others. And there were most certainly WAY worse.

Edit: I wrote this posts in my notes, so the forum page wouldn’t time out. If there are similarities with your last post, they were not on purpose. Can’t be arsed to adjust it now

This thread is about the worst deal, not about the worst player. He was indeed decent but we were expecting more than decent when we signed him. On top of that, we lost one of the most promising primavera youngsters. So in my eyes, it was a really bad deal.

 

[brehme1989]

I'm not saying he was a good transfer.

But it definitely does not belong in the top contenders for worst transfers. Nowhere near as bad as Barbosa or Mario.

 

[phonk]

I'm aware of that Il Drago Imo Nainggolan wasn’t the worst, that honor goes to Joao Mario.

 

[Il Drago]

I'm not saying he was a good transfer.

But it definitely does not belong in the top contenders for worst transfers. Nowhere near as bad as Barbosa or Mario.

Hadn't it been for Zaniolo, I would agree with you. I am probably a bit biased but after what happened with Pirlo i am sensitive when i see our youngsters doing well elsewhere.

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I'm aware of that Il Drago Imo Nainggolan wasn’t the worst, that honor goes to Joao Mario.

I know. I just didn't want people to believe I consider Nainggolan our worst post-treble player and I used your post to make that point.

 

[Raul Duke]

I'm not saying he was a good transfer.

But it definitely does not belong in the top contenders for worst transfers. Nowhere near as bad as Barbosa or Mario.

He was no Barbosa or Mario, but he was no better than Hernanes.

 

[IRR26]

Joao Mario but good alternative is Kondogbia. Many times it seemed like he hadn't even saw a football before that terrible his touch was. Valencia saved Inter but without his transfer Kondogbia would have ended in same situation as Ciao Mario.

 

[PHM1605]

Kdog was not a disaster, at least he managed good enough to convince the loaned club. We lost "only" 15m or so eventually.
Mario is 45m thrown directly down to the toilet.

 

[SiamoNoi]

In hindsight, certainly Nainggolan. Even though I was never a fan of the move, it went even worse than I feared.

In hindsight,certainly not Nainggolan after last Zaniolo injury okerface:

 

[Glass box]

Barbosa.

 

[ADRossi]

The fact we were pretty easily able to sell Barbosa while we are destined to loan out Nainggolan and Mario for the duration of their contracts seals the deal for me.

 

[Batman]

Wtf?? Why names like Nainggolan is being mentioned here? We have like 50 worse transfers and we argue about Nainggolan? Dude who scored and assisted quite a few, including a screamer against Juve, and a crucial one against Empoli that sealed us the qualification for CL. He did perform regardless the problems we had last season.

 

[CafeCordoba]

The fact we were pretty easily able to sell Barbosa while we are destined to loan out Nainggolan and Mario for the duration of their contracts seals the deal for me.

Come on. Gabigol, the ultimate bhenchod, took part in 9 Inter matches, scoring 1 goal. In 3 years. I wouldn't say the sale was "pretty easy". We had to eat his annual cost for several years and paying large chunks of his salary all these years (maybe not the latest, dunno).

Nainggolan wasn't useless for us. He wasn't loaned because he was useless for us, unlike Gabigol (or Ciao Mario, or numerous other players).

The argumentation is really mindboggling.

 

[varmin]

Nainggolan was pretty useful in second half of season 2018-2019 and has his share at bringing Inter to top 4.
For me JM and Barbosa are worst deals.