2024/2025 Defenders Rumours Thread

[Il Drago]

If this is the model we're stuck following, we're absolutely fucked. Signing a bunch of unproven 20-25 year olds and hoping our scouting can identify stars, only for Oaktree to want to sell them a few years later.

That's not the biggest problem even though it would bring an earthquake to Inter environment and it's worth an analysis by itself. The real problem is Oaktree want to do it without spending money.

When Elliott got Milan and started their youngsters model they spent a lot of money. Even successful selling clubs first make investments and then make big profits from sales. And since Dortmund is often brought up as an example. Everyone remembers their huge sales of Dembele, Sancho, Bellingham, Haaland etc. but we should also remember they also spent a lot of money to get them in the first place. 20m for Sancho, 35m for Dembele, 30m for Bellingham, 20m for Haaland. Finding future stars with peanuts is rare even for clubs that have implemented this model in their philosophy. And there were also many Dortmund transfers that didn't work. And this applies to most selling clubs. Even in Serie A with the recent example of Atalanta.

Obviously our scouts did a tremendous job with Bisseck but you can't expect to find a Bisseck every summer. There will be few hits with this strategy but there will also be a lot of misses.

 

[CraigM]

If this is the model we're stuck following, we're absolutely fucked. Signing a bunch of unproven 20-25 year olds and hoping our scouting can identify stars, only for Oaktree to want to sell them a few years later.

This is the model that the great majority of professional clubs in world football follow.

 

[CafeCordoba]

This is the model that the great majority of professional clubs in world football follow.

But Inter don't want to be like that because Inter is here to win it all, not nurture talents for bigger fish. Most of the clubs yes are like that but top echelon clubs aren't and Inter is one of those clubs.

Point of this club is to win. Not make money, not nurture talents for other clubs. Winning or trying to win, is the essence of Inter.

 

[CafeCordoba]

@Il Drago is spot on with Bisseck. That's not usual, it's not to be expected to happen these days that we manage to find a player to our first team for 7-8m and he takes a spot there in 6 months. Football world is so scouted these days that it's simply about luck when all the conditions are perfect, so that Bisseck kind of thing can happen.

Business / squad building strategy can't be based on getting bissecks.

 

[Nerazzurri_Ninja]

Maybe we should take a gamble on someone like Mattia Viti, still very young. Linked to him a few yrs ago.

 

[CafeCordoba]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811476040688238939

New name, Juan Cabal.

Btw, this was first reported by Damiano Er Faina on Sunday

 

[IM21]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811490235039011249

 

[Hikonyán]

This is the model that the great majority of professional clubs in world football follow.

The majority of clubs that win one of the big 4 leagues with pure domination gets 10m€ from their new owners, expecting that to improve the team?

Are we watching the same sport?

Being told to reinforce the defense by making 10m€ available at this level is borderline insulting. Might as well be a cheap bottle of wine and a half eaten pizza.

 

[Abu Bader]

Anyone watched Cabal closely?

@crzdcolombian how do you rate this guy?

 

[varmin]

This guy is instead of Bijol? Or we will take two players if we sell SDV

 

[CafeCordoba]

Haven't watched, quick transfermarkt scouting tells us that he played a bit as CB in 4-man defence at the end part of the 22/23 season for Verona. Than last year, after returning from hamstring injury, he stayed on bench and then took his spot in starting XI at the middle point of the season as LB in 4-man defence.

 

[CafeCordoba]

This guy is instead of Bijol? Or we will take two players if we sell SDV

Bijol looks more like central CB (in terms of how he would fit us). And if those Pedulla figures are to be true for Cabal (8M + bonuses), Bijol costs double that figure.

 

[CafeCordoba]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811476040688238939

New name, Juan Cabal.

Btw, this was first reported by Damiano Er Faina on Sunday

As Er Faina reported this first on Sunday, he reports today that also Juventus inquired about Cabal.

 

[IM21]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811509107066544183

 

[CafeCordoba]

Pedulla reports we've asked about Kiwior from Arsenal, but they don't want to loan him.

 

[crzdcolombian]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811490235039011249

He got called up but wasn’t given a shot 4th or 5th choice LB for us….. thought him to Lazio was a done deal with Loan obligation a few weeks ago. Honestly haven’t seen him enough and just won his spot 2nd half of the season. Happy he getting minutes and play time but no where near ready for us. Why not just give one of inters youth players a shot?

If we want him as a CB. Cheap Colombian Cb grab Davison Sanchez or Carlos Cuesta(plays it in Belgium) and both start on the nt tho Lucumi of bologna is way way better than both of them will just be expensive.

 

[IM21]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811512648598425744

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811512848880988175

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811513973847859589

 

[DARi0]

Fits the budget, left footed, won't occupy Non-EU slot. Sounds credible, I wonder if anyone watched him besides highlights

Seems like he can kick a ball

 

[Fitzy]

If this is the model we're stuck following, we're absolutely fucked. Signing a bunch of unproven 20-25 year olds and hoping our scouting can identify stars, only for Oaktree to want to sell them a few years later.

The old Udinese model.

 

[BasedGodPunk]

Well it was nice while it lasted. Juve going ballistic in the transfer market while we’ve been reduced to this.