Serie A Calcio Mercato, Summer 2021-22

[Sqnalkel]

I think a mercato similar to last summer always was the best case scenario with Suning in charge. It could have been even worse. E.g. selling starters in order to cover the losses and a massive cut of wage bill.

Keeping our starters and making only free signings and loan deals wouldn't be a tragedy but we have to be really smart in the transfer market. We need to look beyond ex Conte players and targets. There are always bargains if you know where to look. The management also have a lot of work to do with offloading deadwood.



Not sure this is a good situation for Conte in the long term. Without investments he would have a tough job to do better in CL and defend Scudetto. From a sporting point of view perhaps the best choice for him would be to leave on a high after winning Scudetto. Of course he has 13m reasons to stay but the situation isn't ideal for him and i can't see him staying in the long term.

What a sad excuse, he cannot do better than absolute disgraceful failure with the current squad, really?

We have a better squad than Chelsea (they have a little more depth but we have a better starting eleven), yet they're in semifinals while we were a complete embarrassment.

We have a top 8 squad in Europe, we should be at least in the quarter finals. There is no excuses for Conte, anything less is another failure.

 

[Harpsabu]

What a sad excuse, he cannot do better than absolute disgraceful failure with the current squad, really?

We have a better squad than Chelsea (they have a little more depth but we have a better starting eleven), yet they're in semifinals while we were a complete embarrassment.

We have a top 8 squad in Europe, we should be at least in the quarter finals. There is no excuses for Conte, anything less is another failure.

No we don't lol. One of our back 3 gets injured we are in a world of hurt. Outside of hakimi we have no good wingback. Perisic is performing well there now but it's not his position, darmian is exceeding expectations but we cany rely on that. We are an injury away in midfield from gagliardini being a starter. We have absolutely no replacement for lukaku in the team and Sanchez also can't be relied upon.
Our starting 11 is strong, our squad is weak. I'd take even Napolis squad above ours.

 

[Bluenine]

I guess the plan would be to get rid of as much deadwood as possible (Vecino, Kolarov, Young, Nainggolan, Dalbert, Lazaro, Mario, etc) and buy or get on loan some youngsters with potential or free agents and pray that Conte turns some of them into gold.

If Juve get a top coach (say Allegri comes back) and so do Napoli, we will need a lot of luck to defend our Scucetto.

 

[rockball]

Getting rid of the deadwood has been the plan for each of last 3-5 seasons.

 

[YoramG]

Milan in for De Paul, according to the Gazzetta.

I don't see it, especially without CL. Udinese are gonna ask for minimum 30m.

 

[Jnr]

Milan is financially in serious trouble without CL. They can't even renew Hakan from 2.5M to 4M , out of nowhere they can now offer 40+M to DePaul ( with 4M wages) ?

 

[CafeCordoba]

And they have to redeem Tomori for 28m€ if they want to keep him.

 

[Bluenine]

Conte at Inter
Mourinho to Roma
Allegri to Juventus
Sarri to Milan

If these moves happen, it would be a very interesting league race as all 4 coaches won the Scudetto in their last Serie A season!

 

[brehme1989]

Would be cool to see Spalletti return to the league, hopefully to a Fiorentina squad that decided to throw some money into their squad rather than bent over to Juventus and build their way onto Serie B.

At Napoli he probably makes them a contender if they make a couple of switches and keep their main players.

But I think Spalletti will go to Tottenham. It's going to be between him, Sarri and Rafa Benitez I suppose. Milan will probably be out of the CL, so that means that Napoli probably keeps Gattuso and Milan doesn't have the flexibility to offer top money that Tottenham could and they will end up with whomever doesn't end up at Tottenham (and/or Arsenal maybe).


As for Mourinho, will be interesting to see if he goes for the 4-3-1-2 he was using here or if he opts for a more typical 4-3-3. If it's a striker system, I see him targeting the likes of Bernardeschi or Politano for the right wing assuming funds are limited. And I'm pretty sure that he'll knock the door for Perisic for his left side. Otherwise, I expect a bunch of calls for our central midfielders like I said earlier, targets like Sensi, Vecino, Vidal, Radja etc...

 

[El Matador]

gosens, sms, gervinho and call it a day.

 

[CafeCordoba]

BAs for Mourinho, will be interesting to see if he goes for the 4-3-1-2 he was using here or if he opts for a more typical 4-3-3. If it's a striker system, I see him targeting the likes of Bernardeschi or Politano for the right wing assuming funds are limited. And I'm pretty sure that he'll knock the door for Perisic for his left side. Otherwise, I expect a bunch of calls for our central midfielders like I said earlier, targets like Sensi, Vecino, Vidal, Radja etc...

Didn't pop to my mind that indeed with the Mourinho signing, Roma might be in the market for some proven players and some of our surplus ones might be a fit. Probably they have some kind of a budget, otherwise Mourinho wouldn't have come since Roma's roster is quite poor.

 

[Choppin Onions]

Allegri to Juve will be worrisome if it happens. We’re still the stronger squad but Allegri alone will close the gap quite a bit as he’s one of the best managers in the game.

 

[Pravesh]

Allegri to Juve will be worrisome if it happens. We’re still the stronger squad but Allegri alone will close the gap quite a bit as he’s one of the best managers in the game.

And that is why I would love us to get Allegri if all possibilities align to it.

 

[rockball]

Why do people keep shitting on Juve's squad? It isn't bad, and is probably better than ours on the whole.

Remember that Inter doesn't have any decent backup for many positions. Gagliardini is 1st backup in midfield, only backup for strikers is Sanchez, and it's down to fucking Ranocchia for CB.

Juve have a poor midfield. I'd rather say they need a new starting MF like Locatelli who can hold fort there. With one such person, the other options in Rabiot/Arthur/Bentancur would automatically look much better. All these midfielders have in the past done well, but none of them can be the chief driving force there. If they get one such midfielder, the overall quality is much better.

Their defence is aging, but there is still De Ligt. One good signing, and you have great backup options like Demiral too.

Not to mention, the forward department of Ronaldo, Chiesa, Kulusevski, Dybala, Morata, isn't bad at all. Their problem is a coach who isn't able to make the most of it. And maybe Ronaldo who limits your tactical flexibility, if you want to consider that. If he leaves, not only does it free up a lot of wages, it lets you work different formations that any good coach should be able to. Maybe an upgrade over Morata would be helpful, but even with him, it's not a bad department on the whole.

 

[Il Drago]

Why do people keep shitting on Juve's squad? It isn't bad, and is probably better than ours on the whole.

Remember that Inter doesn't have any decent backup for many positions. Gagliardini is 1st backup in midfield, only backup for strikers is Sanchez, and it's down to fucking Ranocchia for CB.

Juve have a poor midfield. I'd rather say they need a new starting MF like Locatelli who can hold fort there. With one such person, the other options in Rabiot/Arthur/Bentancur would automatically look much better. All these midfielders have in the past done well, but none of them can be the chief driving force there. If they get one such midfielder, the overall quality is much better.

Their defence is aging, but there is still De Ligt. One good signing, and you have great backup options like Demiral too.

Not to mention, the forward department of Ronaldo, Chiesa, Kulusevski, Dybala, Morata, isn't bad at all. Their problem is a coach who isn't able to make the most of it. And maybe Ronaldo who limits your tactical flexibility, if you want to consider that. If he leaves, not only does it free up a lot of wages, it lets you work different formations that any good coach should be able to. Maybe an upgrade over Morata would be helpful, but even with him, it's not a bad department on the whole.

Vidal and Sensi are higher than Gagliardini in midfield pecking order. The problem is they have lost many games due to injuries this season. If they managed to stay fit, our options in midfield would be pretty good and certainly better than Juve.

 

[Bluenine]

Allegri to Juve will be worrisome if it happens. We’re still the stronger squad but Allegri alone will close the gap quite a bit as he’s one of the best managers in the game.

Juve started this season with a better squad than us, but Paratici & Co tried their best to fuck it up. Getting a rookie coach, committing silly money on Morata, Pjanic+12m for Arthur, etc. Even then, Juve have a better bench strength than us in all areas apart from midfield, and that only if we assume that our reserve midfielders like Sensi & Vidal are fit.

If Juve get Allegri, and buy 2-3 starters which Allegri will surely ask for including a top midfielder or two, then we start the next season as underdogs once again. If Paratici has any sense, he would get rid of CR7 and some of the midfield rubbish he has collected, and focus on getting at least 2 quality midfielders like Locatelli and SMS. Build from there. Then return Morata, and get a proper striker. Even Icardi will do better then Morata. Anyways, enough talking about Rube, it makes me feel dirty.

 

[Candreva Crosses]

Why do people keep shitting on Juve's squad? It isn't bad, and is probably better than ours on the whole.

Remember that Inter doesn't have any decent backup for many positions. Gagliardini is 1st backup in midfield, only backup for strikers is Sanchez, and it's down to fucking Ranocchia for CB.

Juve have a poor midfield. I'd rather say they need a new starting MF like Locatelli who can hold fort there. With one such person, the other options in Rabiot/Arthur/Bentancur would automatically look much better. All these midfielders have in the past done well, but none of them can be the chief driving force there. If they get one such midfielder, the overall quality is much better.

Their defence is aging, but there is still De Ligt. One good signing, and you have great backup options like Demiral too.

Not to mention, the forward department of Ronaldo, Chiesa, Kulusevski, Dybala, Morata, isn't bad at all. Their problem is a coach who isn't able to make the most of it. And maybe Ronaldo who limits your tactical flexibility, if you want to consider that. If he leaves, not only does it free up a lot of wages, it lets you work different formations that any good coach should be able to. Maybe an upgrade over Morata would be helpful, but even with him, it's not a bad department on the whole.

Its the Cristiano fanboyz who want to protect him at all cost and now they do this by shitting on juves squad.

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Juve started this season with a better squad than us, but Paratici & Co tried their best to fuck it up. Getting a rookie coach, committing silly money on Morata, Pjanic+12m for Arthur, etc. Even then, Juve have a better bench strength than us in all areas apart from midfield, and that only if we assume that our reserve midfielders like Sensi & Vidal are fit.

If Juve get Allegri, and buy 2-3 starters which Allegri will surely ask for including a top midfielder or two, then we start the next season as underdogs once again. If Paratici has any sense, he would get rid of CR7 and some of the midfield rubbish he has collected, and focus on getting at least 2 quality midfielders like Locatelli and SMS. Build from there. Then return Morata, and get a proper striker. Even Icardi will do better then Morata. Anyways, enough talking about Rube, it makes me feel dirty.

Wasn't Morata their best player point wise in CL? Underrated. And I doubt 14 touches Icardi can manage to contribute more than Morata in that team, especially when everyone is playing for Cristiano.

 

[brehme1989]

I find it odd that we still have not heard of a single Bosman transfer.

Gianluigi Donnarumma is possibly the only one that we'll be hearing, but if Milan somehow beats Juventus and then we add to their misery, they're out of CL and Milan possibly in, so he may stay, or at least not move to Juventus. [Would be hilarious if he somehow ends up at Roma with Mourinho ]

Hakan Calhanoglu iirc also has an expiring contract from Milan.

I guess the Messi circus is over, he'll end up renewing with Barcelona.

You have Sergio Aguero, possibly going to join Messi there.

Then we have the likes of Depay, Thauvin, Wijnaldum, Cavani, Mkhitaryan (expires now, but Roma have an option, Mourinho may not want to exercise it), Hysaj, Draxler, Maksimovic, Javi Martinez, Mata, N'Koulou... these are names that have popped up in the past, present or may pop up in the future for several Serie A teams. Not sure what happens, but I trust that we'll try to lock Maksimovic if we haven't already, don't see another option for us there [Depay and/or Wijnaldum?] unless we're ready to sell.


It's going to be a very interesting mercato and we're very lucky to abstain from it to a large degree unless we can offload all the deadwood and make 1-2 big sales. We're still waiting for the CL participants to lock so we know who will try to test the waters a little deeper or if Juventus will return to their shell if they fail.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Yeah, I think lack of Bosman's has a lot to do with COVID. Clubs cannot commit to expensive Bosman deals (they are not free!). Though one big one is certain, Alaba goes to Real with a huge salary.

Donnarumma to Juve feels a lot like Raiola making shit up. Why the fuck would Juve in their terrible financial situation improve their goalie department which is not their priority 1, 2 or 3 when it comes to what they should improve. Donnarumma requires huge salary, commission to agent and player and constant threat of salary requests going up every two years (at least that's the precedence with Donnarumma).

 

[Il Drago]

I find it odd that we still have not heard of a single Bosman transfer.

Gianluigi Donnarumma is possibly the only one that we'll be hearing, but if Milan somehow beats Juventus and then we add to their misery, they're out of CL and Milan possibly in, so he may stay, or at least not move to Juventus. [Would be hilarious if he somehow ends up at Roma with Mourinho ]

Hakan Calhanoglu iirc also has an expiring contract from Milan.

I guess the Messi circus is over, he'll end up renewing with Barcelona.

You have Sergio Aguero, possibly going to join Messi there.

Then we have the likes of Depay, Thauvin, Wijnaldum, Cavani, Mkhitaryan (expires now, but Roma have an option, Mourinho may not want to exercise it), Hysaj, Draxler, Maksimovic, Javi Martinez, Mata, N'Koulou... these are names that have popped up in the past, present or may pop up in the future for several Serie A teams. Not sure what happens, but I trust that we'll try to lock Maksimovic if we haven't already, don't see another option for us there [Depay and/or Wijnaldum?] unless we're ready to sell.


It's going to be a very interesting mercato and we're very lucky to abstain from it to a large degree unless we can offload all the deadwood and make 1-2 big sales. We're still waiting for the CL participants to lock so we know who will try to test the waters a little deeper or if Juventus will return to their shell if they fail.

It's rumoured Milan already have an agreement with Lille for Maignan so losing Donnarumma seems to be a real possibility for them. A lot will depend on Serie A final standings. Hakan is linked with Juventus in case he doesn't stay at Milan.

It's rumoured Aguero is even willing to take paycut in order to join Messi at Barca. Depay is also linked with Barca but i don't think they will get both. I won't be surprised if Depay ends up at Juventus.

Thauvin is close to Tigres of Mexico which sounds like a weird move to me. I guess Gignac convinced him. Wijnaldum was linked with us and Barca but there are no rumours about him recently. Hysaj is linked with Milan in case they don't get D'Ambrosio, Mata is linked with Lazio and Maksimovic is linked with us, Lazio and Turkish teams. Javi Martinez will probably go back to Spain.