Let's hope the club is liberated in the near future...
Getting way ahead of everything here, and I truly believe the season is ours to fuck up provided that the core team stays healthy, so I have high expectations.
Would like to see the following and I understand that some sales would still be needed in the summer, so I'll start with that.
I'd sell Dumfries and Hakan honestly. Both are having great seasons and that's my issue. They probably won't be avle to replicate it.
We could fetch plusvalenza for both, decent prices. Hakan has a huge salary that we may not want to sustain.
Arnautovic, Cuadrado, Sanchez, Klaassen and Sensi would have to go. And no point in keeping Audero.
Mkhitaryan potentially also should leave if his growth decree is no longer valid. Super useful still, but anything more than a 1 year extension is probably too much.
I mention this because we keep having this issue. Our squad seems to have an expiration date for the most part with a lot of stop gap solutions. Some, like Mkhitaryan are more than solid, or Dzeko in his first few months, others are just no good.
We need to find a sustainable system and that requires a new ownership which in turn will get us a new management style.
I expect Bisseck, Asllani and Agoume to be loaned out next season. Asllani probably is the only one that survives the winter mercato as well.
If we have a lot of money, I think we're going for Trubin next summer. Since we won't, I think we'll go for Bento who is a solid idea for an investment. He can rotate with Sommer next season until we phase Yann out.
Now, there are some very interesting players, as things stand, for Bosman consideration;
Zielinski
Jorginho
Djalo
Ndindi
Taremi
Fornals
Ben Yedder
Just to name a few that could be interesting for us, although the list changes if we stay with the current ownership and we're populating it with the likes of Batsushayi, Kimpembe, Bissaka, Dier, Schar, Spinazzola, Felipe Anderson.
Of course there's Mbappe and Kroos but let's not even mention such names.
I'm a big fan of Yedder and prefer him to Taremi, but I think both will end up in the Arabian peninsula.
Effectively I'd like to see us sign Zielinski as tough as that sounds. Perfect long term replacement for Mkhitaryan.
Jorginho as a stop gap to replace a potential Hakan sale should suffice for a season. After some miserable years in London he should refound himself in Milano.
I'd really love it if we pushed for Zubimendi. I feel he has top 10 CM potential out there.
If we could land both, that'd be great.
Not sure what Fornals would ask for as a rotation option at a top side, but as 5-6th option he'd be a luxury we should be ecstatic to afford. If we can. Otherwise Mkhitaryan for an extra year, why not?
A midfield of Barella, Zielinski, Zubimendi, Frattesi, Jorginho and Fornals is just too good.
If we have the defense with Pavard, Bastoni, De Vrij, Acerbi, Darmian and a new signing in Djalo, again. Top defense.
Left side we're covered with Dimarco and Augusto.
Right side we'd need new functional and complementary players.
Up front we'd need to supplement Lautaro and Thuram. Ben Yedder would be perfect if he accepts a limited role and some salary decrease. Signing Colpani for such a role would be a waste imo. But I'd still like to see it if possible.
Effectively we'd need a younger version of Arnautovic and a younger version of Sanchez.
With this we're shedding ~40m in salaries. So there's space for maneuvering and if we expect some influx from a post Zhang world all we'd need is to manage to sustain a great squad. Which currently we cannot.
Long story short, while it's still early, we are in a position where thinking about how a future Inter looks like is required.
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