Mercato Team (Ausilio, Marotta, & Co.) and Strategies

[Pickelhaupt]

Concerning competitive ability the mercato has been decent to good with improved, or at least sustained, capacity at most positions. From a financial perspective it has been very good, despite getting low-balled for Brozo and overpaying for Arnautovic. All in all I think it has been well executed by the front office.

 

[brakbrak]

With Pavard in and everything as is, it's a solid 8/10 mercato imo. We got Pavard+Arnautovic for more or less the same than what we would have if we had gone for Lukaku, thats a huge W imo.

This is precisely what some of us suggested, we didn't need to buy Lukaku as it's much better to reinforce other areas, but we got ridiculed by a handful of people . This is great work by our management and credit given when credit is due.

 

[NimAraya]

I guess after Pavard, no more incoming transfer?

Another midfielder or forward could arrive. I think we're still one midfielder short. Pereyra is still available I guess? His versatility could prove useful.

 

[varmin]

Ladies and Gentlemen, that was the craziest and pazza mercato of Inter I've been witnessed in my life. It was absolutely insane.
I put aside all the drama around Lukaku, Samardzic, Pavard etc., and will share my thoughts about the mercato:
Goalkeeper - We downgraded a lot here. Handanovic and Onana >>> Sommer, Aduero. But..., it looks like Sommer is not bad shot stopper for now. he actually could be even better than Onana in this aspect, but his ballplaying skill is poor, and we'll suffer against stronger opponents. The first test will be against Fiorentina, because they also like to press high, as I've seen in their last match. Rating: 3/10
Defense - For me, we actually improved in this department. Pavard is better than Skriniar for RCB position, and the rest is more or less the same. Bisseck won't get so many chances, same as DD last season, so I don't think he will be impactful to worth mentioning him. Unless he fuckes it up big time. My rating: 6/10
Wingbacks - Huge upgrade here. Cuntdrado and Augusto are much better fit than Gosens and Bellanova. We've already seen that Dumfries got his shit together with a quality player breathing down in his neck. Rating: 7.5/10
Midfield: Despite losing a Brozo, my opinion is that we have a better midfield than last season. Frattesi and Sensi are decent bench option, and Asllani is also more experienced and used to his teammates than the last season. Rating: 7.5/10
Forewards - Again, I think that we are better than last year. Thuram is not a goalscorer, but he looks lively, pressing, has a pace and nice dribbling. He is the player that Correa was supposed to be. Arnautovic is better than Dzeko's corpse and he will be fine for us. We all know Alexis and his pros and cons, so I won't dig into him at all. The negative side is that we don't have a type of player like Lukaka or Dzeko. I don't know how this will affect the team, but it's up to Inzaghi to find a solution how to integrate the new attackers. But let's not forget that Arnautovic and Sanchez are oldies, so the attack shall be rejuvenated soon again. Rating: 6/10
At the end, the management were able to get rid of Correa, Lazaro, Gagliardini, and Dalbert, regardless that the latter two had their contracts expire. This deserves +1 itself, so my total apprisal is 7/10.
Anyway, considering the difficulties which Marotta and co have overcome, maybe they deserve even more.

 

[acroMacho]

I like this mercato as well, solid 7/10. But I have to add that considering all the circumstances and low budget, this is 11/10 job done. Marotta is a genius.

 

[wera]

I like this mercato as well, solid 7/10. But I have to add that considering all the circumstances and low budget, this is 11/10 job done. Marotta is a genius.

Only Marotta? What about my boy Ausilio?

 

[brehme1989]

Only Marotta? What about my boy Ausilio?

It's a post of praise.

For Ausilio please press post of hate.

 

[magnesium]

The most interesting in this Mercato is how we spend Onana money.

Sommer, Arnautovic, and Pavard.

Onana, Lakaka, and Skriniar.

Three Players who have good reputation replaced with underrated player.

 

[wera]

The only possible upgrade is Pavard, but yes, I agree, Onana unlocked something good for us. While Lukaku could still be good for us (with better numbers than Arna will have), I'm glad the deal failed. Ever since that interview at Chelsea, I get second hand embarrassment just by association.

 

[M.Adnan]

Unpopular opinion I guess, but we've made a better mercato than Milan's which I think is overrated.

 

[ADRossi]

Unpopular opinion I guess, but we've made a better mercato than Milan's which I think is overrated.

Well, Milan sold a player worth about 40M for double that, so that immediately means they had a great mercato. The signings look solid, but it's early.

 

[wera]

I would say we have made just as good of a mercato. Milan looks like they have better attack, but we have better defence with a lower tier goalkeeper than Milan.

The derbies are going to be crazy

 

[Besnik]

I would say we have made just as good of a mercato. Milan looks like they have better attack, but we have better defence with a lower tier goalkeeper than Milan.

The derbies are going to be crazy

Milan has only a better goalkeeper IMHO.

 

[Anne Marie]

Its intriguing. Milan signed all sorts of good players for 15-20m. Meanwhile almost every attacker we wanted to sign would cost >40m.

 

[IM21]

 

[Nyall]

All things considered we’re a much better team than how we ended last season.

Losing Onana stings but a great GK is a luxury, a good one like Sommer will do just fine.

DiMarco and Dumfries ended last season playing well and haven’t skipped a beat and Cuardado and Augusto and depth means our wing play will be constant for 90 minutes. Our central defence is better than it was last year too, now that Pavard is here.

Our starting midfield is by and large the same as last year and there is more depth on the bench, Gagliardini was first off the bench at times for us last year. This time it will be Frattesi.

Lukaku fucking around really hurt us in attack and we will likely struggle to replace his end of season production. Strikers scoring goals is something we will likely struggle with but I’m happy we didn’t end up panicking and wasting money on Skamkaka. Atalanta is holding that L hard. I still think the collective 4 can score 50 goals between them this season.

Considering the situation I’d probably say this is an 8. Best mercato in a long time probably since the 2009. We didn’t overspend, we lost a big part of our team but used that to build back better.

 

[RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot]

I’ve been thinking about it and I’ll give it a 7.5 given our circumstances.

Pros:
— Pavard
— Frattesi
— Augusto
— Thuram
— Getting rid of deadweight like Gagliardini, Correa (kind of)
— Lowering wage bill
— Lowering average average squad age (although not by all that much)

Cons:
— Forcing Brozovic, a club legend and one of the best in his role, to fuck off for less than his market value (to the Saudis no less )
— Skriniar walking for 0 (yes I will put this in this window)
— losing Onana (although we did get a decent fee)
— wasting time with Lukaku… again
— Samardzic fiasco
— Missing out on Vicario
— not signing a physical midfielder

Neutral:
— Sommer, decent keeper but only a short-term solution
— Bisseck, wildcard: we’ll see
— Arnautovic, not an inspiring signing and probably too costly for his age, but I also have a sneaking suspicion that he could end up being effective
— Audero, fine as a #2 I guess
— Cuadrado, I hate him but I think he has something to prove and is a decent rotation option sporting wise
— Losing Gosens, he never really took off here but I still don’t like losing a player with his sort of character and potential output
— Bringing back Sanchez, ehh at least he’s better than Correa not making 7+ mil anymore
— Renewing De Vrij, seemed like a mistake to me, but he’s played okay in the first two matches; maybe he will find his feet again
— Letting Handa walk, could have maybe been useful to have around for another year but I get it
— Dzeko, was a contributor but also too costly

 

[_R9]

Listening to Dimarzio Inter earned 100 mln and reinvested 100 mln in this window of mercato.

There are a little possibility to buy someone else.

 

[junkie]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1696720193119224035

 

[qb4ever_2k]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1696720193119224035

It's CdS so I'm skeptical of these numbers, anyway, we've still cut our cost quite a bit from the wages of Lukaku, Skriniar, Lazaro and Brozovic alone.