When you read babbling like this, you really start to question did Inter have a plan at all this summer? Failed in their 1st choice to replace Onana, then bamboozled by Lukaku. Guess they did good with the midfield tbf, after letting Brozovic go for peanuts. Start the dang season already.
Management could have handled the goalkeeper situation better. If they were certain that Onana was going to be the player that the club would sacrifice this summer, then steps should have been taken to sound out and secure replacement(s) well before the transfer window opened. And I think this should have especially have been the case with Handanovic leaving.
If they wanted the Ukrainian keeper, they should have asked Donetsk's asking price alot earlier. Regarding Sommer, I am not sure that it has been clear cut from the beginning. I think there were a couple of weeks when Bayern considered hanging on to him. The same goes for Lukaku, management would not have anticipated that he would commence negotiations with Juventus.
I guess what I am trying to say is that sometimes, player transfers go in a direction that a club cannot possibly anticipate and for that reason, it is important to have a back up plan and a third plan of action if the backup plan does not work. Also, I think it is really important that if a plan for a target does not come to fruition, that a club needs to quickly move on rather than linger and lose precious time and access to future transfer targets.
Of course, our financial circumstances are an additional complicating factor. Obviously, certain parameters need to be met and we can noy just go onto the next player as the club's finances are limited.
At this point in time, I cannot help but feel that Inter's management have a great many things to consider and juggle when it comes to the transfer market and that our limited finances by no means make things easy or straightforward.
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