Francesco Acerbi

[Universe]

Welcome to the 30s. Any chance you've woken up yet one morning with inexplicable pain in the back of your left knee that ended up taking two months to properly go away? It's all just the beginning of the end from here on out. (The only time that knee didn't hurt was on the tennis courts. I could still play tennis. Ask me to crouch down to do a quick task though and it was an entirely-elaborate process because I literally could not crouch on that knee, the pain was way too much.)

I can't piss without farting uncontrollably. I have to eek out small amounts of urine at a time, perhaps a mouthful in volume, otherwise the pressure placed on my abdomen will cause an expulsion of noxious gas.

 

[Atech]

Welcome to the 30s. Any chance you've woken up yet one morning with inexplicable pain in the back of your left knee that ended up taking two months to properly go away? It's all just the beginning of the end from here on out. (The only time that knee didn't hurt was on the tennis courts. I could still play tennis. Ask me to crouch down to do a quick task though and it was an entirely-elaborate process because I literally could not crouch on that knee, the pain was way too much.)

Meniscus right there.

 

[bubba zanetti]

So we gonna bash one of our best players in last two years cause he is injured?

 

[wera]

No, we won't. Why ask?

 

[Alex de Large]

I'm Ok with the same defenders in 24-25 season for 25-26 season. In 25-26 we can eye a young pure CB to cover one of Vrij or Acerbi.
Meanwhile the focus this summer should be get a good striker as Arna and Correa are NOT good enough. while Acerbi and Vrij are definitely good enough!

 

[PHM1605]

I'm Ok with the same defenders in 24-25 season for 25-26 season. In 25-26 we can eye a young pure CB to cover one of Vrij or Acerbi.
Meanwhile the focus this summer should be get a good striker as Arna and Correa are NOT good enough. while Acerbi and Vrij are definitely good enough!

Good enough is one thing. Fit enough is another. We can't assume Acerbi is delivering his fewer minutes at the same time De Vrij will be injured.

Acerbi will be 37 at that time already and obviously he is no Mikhy.

Fortunately we have the medical team to assess whether his body could convince us to extend or not.

 

[CraigM]

I've found it interesting that De Vrij has been playing as well as he has for years since Acerbi picked up his injury and he has been starting an extended sequence of games. Means we don't have to replace both these guys next summer and we can stage this with one in 2025 and another maybe the summer of 2026.

Of course this might be thrown out with an apparent urgency to sign someone this January because of the lack of faith on Acerbi to be a significant player for the remainder of this campaign.

 

[wera]

I'm Ok with the same defenders in 24-25 season for 25-26 season. In 25-26 we can eye a young pure CB to cover one of Vrij or Acerbi.
Meanwhile the focus this summer should be get a good striker as Arna and Correa are NOT good enough. while Acerbi and Vrij are definitely good enough!

I wanted one of them gone already this summer (and I like both). It seems we couldn't find another CB that would be good AND cheap enough, so now we have a complete unknown in an old Acerbi and a serviceable good CB in De Vrij

This is clearly something we need to remedy this upcoming summer. I'm not convinced by Bisseck for CB - at least not yet. I'm okay with giving him more chances there

 

[IM21]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1873439160461406377

 

[Besnik]

I wouldn't be surprised if he's declined significantly through this time. He's had many absences and recovery period hasn't gone well.

Not confident that he's gonna be as impactful as before though.

 

[Puma]

Approximately four weeks ago, there was a report that the club was considering rescinding his contract given his problems with injury. The article focused on Inter's frustration that they were unable to call on him and the fact that he had suffered injury upon injury. At the time, I thought it was unlikely and still believe thst is the case given his most recent setback.

I think the club should look for and pursue an option during the January transfer window: relying on both Acerbi and Pravard given their stuggles with injury would be foolish.

 

[NimAraya]

Approximately four weeks ago, there was a report that the club was considering rescinding his contract given his problems with injury. The article focused on Inter's frustration that they were unable to call on him and the fact that he had suffered injury upon injury. At the time, I thought it was unlikely and still believe thst is the case given his most recent setback.

I think the club should look for and pursue an option during the January transfer window: relying on both Acerbi and Pravard given their stuggles with injury would be foolish.

Acerbi is not the one to blame. In a season where the clubs are losing their much younger players to injuries, the club should knew better about not relying on their older players to be matchfit all the time. One doesn't need to be a genius to know that a 36 years old cannot keep up with these many matches.

 

[uny_arturo]

In a way his injury has helped us out. We were debating if we should renew De Vrij or Acerbi for another year. The choice is now pretty clear, barring any last min surprises.

Everyone at Inter will miss his masterful performance against Vlahovic, Lakaka, Haaland etc., but both parties need to move on. Acerbi will be remembered fondly however.

 

[Ffi201zi002tlis]

He was absolutely world class during his time here, but at the current state, we should renew SDV instead.

 

[Il Drago]

He was absolutely world class during his time here, but at the current state, we should renew SDV instead.

The problem with De Vrij is he has a high salary. Keeping De Vrij means we can only make a signing like Bisseck (at best) in defense to replace Acerbi.

Can De Vrij be trusted as our starting cb for couple more seasons? That's the real question.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Approximately four weeks ago, there was a report that the club was considering rescinding his contract given his problems with injury. The article focused on Inter's frustration that they were unable to call on him and the fact that he had suffered injury upon injury. At the time, I thought it was unlikely and still believe thst is the case given his most recent setback.

I think the club should look for and pursue an option during the January transfer window: relying on both Acerbi and Pravard given their stuggles with injury would be foolish.

I think you are mis-phrasing that rumor from few weeks ago. It wasn't that we would be rescinding his contract right now, but next summer (when we have the release clause 500k). Unless that's what you meant.

 

[Kramerica Industries]

I think you are mis-phrasing that rumor from few weeks ago. It wasn't that we would be rescinding his contract right now, but next summer (when we have the release clause 500k). Unless that's what you meant.

Yeah, I dunno how common these are in this sport but these are extremely common in North American sports contracts. We call them "team options", either the team can renew the contract for $x or they can decline the option, usually with some form of a buyout fee attached.

Sometimes these contracts have player options, sometimes they're mutual options. In the case of the latter, both parties need to agree to renewal, if either turns it down then the player is out of contract.

We did this with Darmian and Mkhitaryan as well recently, if I'm not mistaken. Signed thru 2025 with a team option for 2026 or a 500k buyout if we decline the option.

I will also just say that it would be exceptionally imprudent to let Acerbi and De Vrij walk in the same summer. Even if we need a new interior CB next season, it would still be better that the #2 option be someone with system familiarity during the transition.

 

[NimAraya]

The problem with De Vrij is he has a high salary. Keeping De Vrij means we can only make a signing like Bisseck (at best) in defense to replace Acerbi.

Can De Vrij be trusted as our starting cb for couple more seasons? That's the real question.

Depends on which de Vrij is going to show up, as he's had his ups and downs in the past seasons. But if it's the good old de Vrij, then we can rely on him for at least the next 2 seasons. If we don't have money to spend for another reliable CB, we should go for renewing de Vrij and try to use Bisseck, Palacios and Bastoni as his vice. Inzaghi should give more time to Palacios. He is showing a glimpse of potential from the few minutes he had. But we can't be sure if he's up to the task by this very limited time he's getting.

 

[Damageplan]

The problem with De Vrij is he has a high salary. Keeping De Vrij means we can only make a signing like Bisseck (at best) in defense to replace Acerbi.

Can De Vrij be trusted as our starting cb for couple more seasons? That's the real question.

If its this season De Vrij we can squeeze 2 more season out of him.

 

[IM21]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1876965592436973894