Probably needs the equivalent of a preseason to get in top shape. The biggest shame about his time here is I don’t think we’ve ever seen him in form. Just when he was starting to play really well he got injured in the derby and basically never looked fit the rest of the year. Now he’s even older and looks more like Lukaku when he showed up. If he loses a few kilos and finds some joy in playing for Conte he could be a huge help. This guy can pass, tackle and score goals.
Yeah. The issue might be he can't find the joy and motivation since he's not a protagonist in this team. That's why he wanted to move to Cagliari, to be the protagonist. But now he's stuck here, because of his big balance sheet value and salary. Next summer his value is still almost 10m€. Maybe we sell him to Cagliari next summer for 5m€ and take that 5m€ minusvalenza hit.
How long before 9golan has his agent looking at rescinding his contract to get his move to Cagliari ?
Minusvalenza
I am 60% sure this is how it will end. Being soft with players like Canreva and Nainngolan needs to stop. Either eat bench or find a decent buyer who is ready to pay the full signing fee.
nah just sell him with the same price 10m just to screw Giulini..i mean, he saw how important n9 was to them last season and still want to get another discount or expect we do godin style??? wtf. maybe after experiencing relegation battle this season with crotone and genoa he will pay that...or not if they got relegate...
swab n9 + youngvalenza with cragno or nandez for next mercato.
really hope n9 can get motivation and be usefull for us this season.. come on man play hard for just this one season and make conte drops gags to bench!
well, this time we haven't been soft, otherwise we would have sold him for 5 mil and a youngster.
Ehm, why would Cagliari pay 10m€ next summer when Nainggolan has one year left of his contract, if they didn't want to pay 10m€ now when he had still 2 years left of his contract?
We aren't screwing Giulini one bit if we ask 10m€. Giulini will be then just like "okay, you can keep him".
The problem is Cagliari didn't even offer 5m plus a youngster. They offered zero cash and two youngsters who were loaned to a Serie C team. That's how highly they valued Naninggolan. If they wanted him so much they could offer Cragno or Nandez in the deal but in reality they wanted to get him for peanuts.