2023/2024 Midfielders Rumours Thread

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Are we getting rid of Asllani?
 

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Who is this guy and what is his particular role in the mid?
 

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What we all should not forget that we still have to keep an eye on our boy Fabbian. So far he has played 11 games (just 353 minutes) and scored two goals in his first season in Seria A. We have a buyback-clause for him. Does anyone of you know if this clause is valid only this summer or for a longer period?

I'm just mentioning him because next to our current midfielder (Hakan - Asllani - Mhiki - Frattesi - Barella) it seems that Zielinski is already a done deal. So we already have 6 players for 3 positions, so getting Fabbian back and even sign this Bergvall dude could be a bit too much, as far as they won't get loaned out.
 

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What we all should not forget that we still have to keep an eye on our boy Fabbian. So far he has played 11 games (just 353 minutes) and scored two goals in his first season in Seria A. We have a buyback-clause for him. Does anyone of you know if this clause is valid only this summer or for a longer period?

I'm just mentioning him because next to our current midfielder (Hakan - Asllani - Mhiki - Frattesi - Barella) it seems that Zielinski is already a done deal. So we already have 6 players for 3 positions, so getting Fabbian back and even sign this Bergvall dude could be a bit too much, as far as they won't get loaned out.
It should be valid for 2 years (at least).
 

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Who is this guy and what is his particular role in the mid?

FC Barca has likened him to Frenkie De Jong in terms of sttyle
 

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FC Barca has likened him to Frenkie De Jong in terms of sttyle

I'm not sure if it's a good thing. Seeing how underwhelming Kovacic's career's turned out, I'm not sure if I want another press resistant DM who has no end products and does nothing in defense.
 

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Kovacic's career underwhelming? I would say your standards are ridiculously high if Kovacic's career is underwhelming. What the fuck?
 

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Kovacic's career underwhelming? I would say your standards are ridiculously high if Kovacic's career is underwhelming. What the fuck?

Given his talent, we all expected him to become someone like Modric, Iniesta or at least Thiago. But all he's done is sitting on the sideline and collecting trophies that he played no major parts in.

I mean who would you expect to become a world class regista between Kovacic and Calhanoglu? They are the same age.
 

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Given his talent, we all expected him to become someone like Modric, Iniesta or at least Thiago. But all he's done is sitting on the sideline and collecting trophies that he played no major parts in.

I mean who would you expect to become a world class regista between Kovacic and Calhanoglu? They are the same age.
Now you are speaking for yourself when you do these statements that "we all" expected him to become someone like Modrid, Iniesta or Thiago. And I would argue about Thiago who has 33k total minutes in his career when Kovacic has 31k.

Kovacic career is very, very respectable in my books.
 

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Kovacic has/had a respectable career, but i think he, as a individual, could have been much better... I still think his last Inter season was better than any seasons he played for Real, or Chelsea.
 

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In terms of playability, he may be a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. Although his stats were not very impressive, I think he still a good team player.
His technical ball control abilities and gliding dribble were nice to see, however.

Anyway, regarding the Bergvall boy, he might prefer Barca or Frankfurt as rumoured.
Even if his contract expires in 2025, I doubt his teams will let him go for cheap or even free, and I strongly doubt we will invest a significant amount of money on a prospect right now.
 

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Kovacic for Simone ball sounds legit. Quickly drop Barella from the starting XI.
 

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Now you are speaking for yourself when you do these statements that "we all" expected him to become someone like Modrid, Iniesta or Thiago. And I would argue about Thiago who has 33k total minutes in his career when Kovacic has 31k.

Kovacic career is very, very respectable in my books.

I expected more from Kovacic.

He was a decent player but didn't fulfill the potential and talent he showed at Inter. However, he has won a few titles through his journey, so respectable yes.

Will he go down as a legend, no.
 

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SMS not happy in Arabia (like many others), too bad we are fucking loaded on midfield.
He`s only to blame himself for singing those contract extensions and agree to Saudi move.

“Many things have been said about Milinkovic-Savic that are not true, from losing him as a free agent to the idea he didn’t want to stay,” Igli Tare told TV Play.

“The only true thing is that President Claudio Lotito rejected a very important offer, worth over €100m, from Milan and Manchester United.

“I don’t want to get into why the sale did not go through, as Lotito wanted to maintain a strong squad and keep the promises he had made to the coach. Let us not forget that the season which was interrupted by COVID, Lazio were on the verge of winning the Scudetto.”
Lotito delusional confirmed :LOL:
 

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I hate seeing us be linked to players for months only to see them fuck off to a team nowhere in same league as Inter.

Lucas Bergvall - Tottenham Spurs, enjoy actually never winning a title son!
 

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Tottenham and Milan just troll us by only going after guys we are scouting
 

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I hate seeing us be linked to players for months only to see them fuck off to a team nowhere in same league as Inter.

Lucas Bergvall - Tottenham Spurs, enjoy actually never winning a title son!
What's there to hate?
 

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What if we try KhéEphren Thuram?
In Marotta style, free in 2025 or two 10 and 15 million installments in the summer.

But where to fit Fratesi then?
 
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