Matteo Politano

[Pajo]

It's strange tho, how his end product quality dropped badly after coming here. It's like he lost his composure coming here. The technique of the crosses and the curve is great, but it seems like he always overhits them a bit. And they go into vain, reaching no one. It also seems to me that he is afraid to shoot, his body language when he needs to shoot tells it all. Hence the bad finishing.

If he could only improve those aspects of his game, like he did last year, we have a gem. If not, he will be no more than just a rotational player, but still important one. You need players like him in the team.

 

[Wallace]

Isn't it 25mil redemption?

 

[.h.]

It's strange tho, how his end product quality dropped badly after coming here. It's like he lost his composure coming here. The technique of the crosses and the curve is great, but it seems like he always overhits them a bit. And they go into vain, reaching no one. It also seems to me that he is afraid to shoot, his body language when he needs to shoot tells it all. Hence the bad finishing.

If he could only improve those aspects of his game, like he did last year, we have a gem. If not, he will be no more than just a rotational player, but still important one. You need players like him in the team.

the problem is our midfield. our wingers have to work harder to compensate for the lack of midfield imho, which means they are less focused on the attacking piece

its inevitable we score less when, whenever we go 1-0 up, we sit back and settle for the scoreline.

thats why we need to look past our player's immediate performances and think about how they COULD perform with an appropriate midfield.


for me, all roads lead to MC right now, and its the one area we arent trying to fucking reinforce. Very frustrating.

 

[Alex de Large]

I've read it's 16m to get him permanently

 

[CafeCordoba]

The redemption is 20m€. We paid the loan with Odgaard.

To me Politano is just a domestic level player, not international level player until proven otherwise. His finishing has been just piss-poor and he hardly can hit inside all the posts. Politano's past performances have been with Sassuolo so big fish small pond phenomenom is still there looming (to be proven wrong or true). We have to hope that is not the case and Politano will find the next level in his game where he starts delivering quality end products in a more demanding environment (Inter).

Anyway for this price, he will be acquired for sure I think. I hope Karamoh can give him a good competition for the starting spot next season.

 

[n4l]

It's strange tho, how his end product quality dropped badly after coming here. It's like he lost his composure coming here. The technique of the crosses and the curve is great, but it seems like he always overhits them a bit. And they go into vain, reaching no one. It also seems to me that he is afraid to shoot, his body language when he needs to shoot tells it all. Hence the bad finishing.

If he could only improve those aspects of his game, like he did last year, we have a gem. If not, he will be no more than just a rotational player, but still important one. You need players like him in the team.

His quality didn't drop. This has always been his quality. The goal stat from last season is deceiving if looked at in absolute.

He is at 2 goals and 3 serie A assists on a team now where he is not guaranteed starter, not guarenteed 90min every game (which it essentially was at Sass). Last season was really an anomoly for a variety of reasons;

Positions played - played MANY games as a roaming forward without a lot of defensive responsibility.
minutes - He played over 2800 minutes last season, almost all as starter. He's on pace for 2600 (and I doubt that)
shot attempts - he had 102 shots last season . Right now he's on pace for 80, from a wider position.
team playing for - this is Inter, not Sass. Most inter games we're dominating possession and the opponent is parking the bus playing counter. At sass, it's exactly the opposite, so more opportunities to score in space, vs what it is now....very congested area.

His other seasons prior to last are 5 goals/6 assists, which I think he will ultimately achieve here.

 

[.h.]

The redemption is 20m€. We paid the loan with Odgaard.

To me Politano is just a domestic level player, not international level player until proven otherwise. His finishing has been just piss-poor and he hardly can hit inside all the posts. Politano's past performances have been with Sassuolo so big fish small pond phenomenom is still there looming (to be proven wrong or true). We have to hope that is not the case and Politano will find the next level in his game where he starts delivering quality end products in a more demanding environment (Inter).

Anyway for this price, he will be acquired for sure I think. I hope Karamoh can give him a good competition for the starting spot next season.

i think you're right that him + karamoh could be quite interesting

 

[Adriano@10]

The redemption is 20m€. We paid the loan with Odgaard.

To me Politano is just a domestic level player, not international level player until proven otherwise. His finishing has been just piss-poor and he hardly can hit inside all the posts. Politano's past performances have been with Sassuolo so big fish small pond phenomenom is still there looming (to be proven wrong or true). We have to hope that is not the case and Politano will find the next level in his game where he starts delivering quality end products in a more demanding environment (Inter).

Anyway for this price, he will be acquired for sure I think. I hope Karamoh can give him a good competition for the starting spot next season.

Totally agree! For those 20 mio we should sign him. Like you said i m hoping we give the rw to him and karamoh next season and see if one of them can reach that next level. We ll have bigger issues to fix in our squad than RW so why spend big bucks on it when you already have a player who can decently cover that position?
Our goal next season should be to challenge napoli for that second spot and get out of the CL group. Challenging for the scudetto should not be the main objective, yes we should be there to give jube a run for their money if they slip up but if we finish within 5 points of jube id still consider it a huge success.
Imho Politano is good enough for us to do that if we improve our midfield and maybe LW and LB.

Plus i have high hopes for Karamoh so giving him a season at inter without a clear starter in front of him, might give us a good idea of how good he his and how far he can get.

 

[Pajo]

His quality didn't drop. This has always been his quality. The goal stat from last season is deceiving if looked at in absolute.

He is at 2 goals and 3 serie A assists on a team now where he is not guaranteed starter, not guarenteed 90min every game (which it essentially was at Sass). Last season was really an anomoly for a variety of reasons;

Positions played - played MANY games as a roaming forward without a lot of defensive responsibility.
minutes - He played over 2800 minutes last season, almost all as starter. He's on pace for 2600 (and I doubt that)
shot attempts - he had 102 shots last season . Right now he's on pace for 80, from a wider position.
team playing for - this is Inter, not Sass. Most inter games we're dominating possession and the opponent is parking the bus playing counter. At sass, it's exactly the opposite, so more opportunities to score in space, vs what it is now....very congested area.

His other seasons prior to last are 5 goals/6 assists, which I think he will ultimately achieve here.

You are wrong, i watched almost evety game od Sass last year, and he was phenomenal. Almost every shot he placed was decent, and every cross spot on. But last year he seemed to have the balls, his body language showed self confidence, unlike now.

Id agree with most that unless he improves his finsl touch he will be rotational player at most, but even as now he has been one of our best players. I know he is better than this.

 

[firmino]

Playing with Sassuolo is one thing, Inter is a whole other level. Even if Sassuolo were a better team than us, the level of pressure at Inter would still be overwhelming compared to them.

He needs to fully adjust to the new reality.

 

[n4l]

Pajo, he had 102 shots and scored 10 goals, including 1 free kick. So like it or not, that's a lot of shots to get goals. If you detail even further, he had 1/2 (50) of those shots outside the box. At Inter so far, he's already at 25 shots outside the box of 39 total. That should tell you something.

Additionally, he played a total of 63 long balls (including crosses) at Sass for the whole season last year. He's already at 60 with Inter (in serie A) with less minutes at half season. Again, that should tell you something.

The biggest thing for people to notice when watching players at smaller teams, particularly attacking players, is how much of their "impressive" play was on the counter in open space. That is such a big thing that sometimes get ignored. Playing in tighter space is much harder and more taxing on your technical qualities.

So for me, no. He hasn't really gotten worst. The conditions are much tougher than before for him physically, mentally, tactically and technically and you're comparing him to an anomoly year.

 

[Pajo]

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So for me, no. He hasn't really gotten worst. The conditions are much tougher than before for him physically, mentally, tactically and technically and you're comparing him to an anomoly year.

This paragraph was muy point really. He got worse because of those issues. maybe this is the best of him, but i think he can get better. Its his first season on this level and many are impressed because they thought he would be utter shit.

Btw talking about this season only - Dybala has worst stats in serie a. More shots, same goals, less assists, worse key assists and ao on. This also shows that he aint bad.

 

[varmin]

Anyone knows what's going on with Verdi?

 

[n4l]

He doesn't play because he's competing against Mertens, Callejon, Insigne, & Milik. He also got injured I believe at the end of October and only came back a couple of weeks ago.

Real question here....do you think Politano is getting much game time ahead of those players??

 

[varmin]

He doesn't play because he's competing against Mertens, Callejon, Insigne, & Milik. He also got injured I believe at the end of October and only came back a couple of weeks ago.

Real question here....do you think Politano is getting much game time ahead of those players??

I aksed because he was Politano's alternative but ended in Napoli. But if he is good enough he shoud have been given more minutes considering he is quite versatile.
I don't think Politano is so poor as many people here saying. It's more that we don't have any particular attacking system or pattern and due to that our attackers looks like shits.

 

[Pajo]

I said back in april/may when we.were.linked to Verdi, if I can choose, Id take Politano over Verdi any day of the week.

 

[Hasan]

This guy is skillful, fast, pretty technical, very good one on one. If he improves his shooting/finishing and decision making he can reach some high levels.

Must keep because players with those characteristics are hard to find.

 

[YoramG]

I said back in april/may when we.were.linked to Verdi, if I can choose, Id take Politano over Verdi any day of the week.

I actually far preferred Verdi at the time, but it looks like we've definitely got the better end of the deal here.

 

[moii]

This guy is skillful, fast, pretty technical, very good one on one. If he improves his shooting/finishing and decision making he can reach some high levels.

Must keep because players with those characteristics are hard to find.

Are you sure your not drunk?

Fast? and very good one on one?

 

[forzainter257]

He is good at penetrating the penalty box area really. All his attributes are pretty decent, especially ball control is at high level. The only parameter he needs to improve as everyone said here is finishing. And it's not related to composure, he just needs to fix his aim. On the other hand, Karamoh had also pretty awful finishing, but he is very young and potentially can turn to a far better player than Politano. Would redeem Politano only if he agrees to be a rotational player, because I clearly see Karamoh as the starter and we need to play him right from the beginning of the next season.