It’s that of the year where we fans can act like we are playing FIFA in real life – meaning planning the squad for next season. TBH the players who are being linked to us are pretty decent, especially seeing our history, if – and that is a big if – we don’t sell a player like Bastoni. The following linked players all sound very interesting and some of them should still have some decent market value, but let me take a more concrete look at the possible signings:
1.) Dybala: For me he is very important because he would be a perfect signing to show that we are serious contenders next year. Although his salary his pretty huge and he is injury prone we really should sign him. I am definitely not a fan of Lautaro, but having Lautaro – Dybala – Correa – Dzeko sounds very decent, only thing we would miss is a Dzeko successor.
2.) Lukaku: Interesting to see that Lukaku seems desperate to get back to us, but this will never, ever happen. Especially if we sign Dybala and apparently, we still have financial issues to make some Plusvalenza bullshit. I loved Lukaku when he was still around, but those days are over, let’s move on.
3.) Mkhitaryan: As I have written in another thread, I would keep my fingers away from players like that. Years ago, he would have been huge for us, but now he just collecting his last big paycheck. What the Italians have to learn is that those old players aren’t necessarily cheaper than young player with a transfer fee. Just take a look at our Chilean duo – we are going to save 20 freaking millions when we terminate their contracts. And tbh Agoume or Esposito could nearly do what those two dudes did this season. To be fair Sanchez had his moments, but still wasn’t worth such a high salary.
4.) Bremer: Imho he should be a must buy and should have been wrapped already up months ago. I really can see someone snatching him in front of our nose because we were still negotiating. Just make it official, Pinamonti + 10 millions should be possible, especially with Belotti on his way out, so Torino desperately needs a new striker and for a team like them, Pinamonti can be huge.
5.) Scamacca & Fratesi: After this pathetic display against Milan, those two shouldn’t even be considered anymore – overrated and overprized average players, so no thank you from my side.
6.) Asllaini / other squad players for depth: Tbh I can’t really say anything about Asllaini, but it is nice to see that we are looking at younger, “Serie A experienced” players.
All in all, I really think that our squad could be better than this year’s because we are getting rid of so many dead wood (Ranocchia, Vecino, Sanchez, Vidal, Caicedo, Sensi, Radu and Kolarov) with high salaries and are exchanging them with younger players with more qualities / higher ceiling.
If we really have to sell a key player, I would sacrifice Lautaro before even thinking about Bastoni or Barella. I didn’t mention SDV yet, but I really think he is gone, too. Sad, but it is the perfect timing to sell him for some decent money.
I don’t have any trust in Suning, but thank god Morata is still here to save us.
Forza Inter!