Serie A Calcio Mercato, Summer 2021-22

[DARi0]

Approaching that time of the year, let the discussions begin...

Inter
IN: Darmian (3m, fo), Tagliafico, Dimarco, Emerson, Mandi, Giroud, Dzeko, Raspadori
OUT: Politano (19m, fo), Candreva (3m, fo), Young (f), Kolarov (f), D’Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Mario, Nainggolan, Lazaro, Pinamonti, Vecino

Aïssa Mandi has signed with Villarreal CF, you can take him off that list. According to the reports, Maksimović should be added instead [contract expiring].

Nikola Milenković seems to be liked both by Ausilio and Marotta, and keep in mind that his contract is expiring in 2022.

We should sign Gosens as a priority if we continue with Conte, not Palmieri.

Georginio Wijnaldum [contract expiring] has been linked to us in previous months, however his request seems to be big while we still have Vidal on our books.

Top midfielder (SMS/Kanté/De Paul/Malinovskyi) would be awesome, especially if Brozovic is being sold.

and for the backup ST (Simy/Giroud) we are probably going for the free one. Stay away from Dzeko.

 

[IM21]

I think SMS or Gosens are pretty much impossible to get after what we are hearing about our finances. This will most likely be another window of free or low transfers. Lets just hope we dont lose any of the important players, cause that way Conte will leave. So, Tagliafico, backup CB and a 4th striker is all i think we are gonna get. Also hope we can finally get rid of Mario, Nainggolan and Dalbert.

 

[RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot]

We don't really need to make big moves. If we can splurge in one area it should be LWB and the rest of the mercato should be focused on locking down our key players and adding quality depth for a reasonable price.

 

[Il Drago]

We don't really need to make big moves. If we can splurge in one area it should be LWB and the rest of the mercato should be focused on locking down our key players and adding quality depth for a reasonable price.

I'd even keep the same starting lineup and only make loan deals or free signings to fill the bench if it meant keeping our starters. Selling starters could take us many years back if they aren't replaced properly.

 

[Bluenine]

If we are skint, then the minimum mercato we need to have is this:

OUT: Young, Kolarov, Vecino, Pinamonti

Thats like 20m saving right there in wages, plus we may get some transfer money for Vecino and Pinamonti. Even if we don't, loan them out. Then we should sign Ranocchia and D'Ambrosio on new reduced wage contracts. We can easily save a few million more there annually, they are paid too much.

The above should be easy to do. If possible (and this one is a long shot for obvious reasons) let Vidal go on a free - thats another 10m saving.

We are getting 22m this summer for Politano and Candreva. Maybe a few million more for Mario. Don't spend any of it, use it to pay wages for free agents. Just go for free transfers, something like this:

IN: Dimarco (lr), Maksimovic (f), Marega/Benteke/Giroud (f)

This should be the minimum baseline mercato. We end up reducing our wage bill and being slightly more competitive. Hopefully we can do a bit better than this in the mercato, but this should be the minimum even if we are skint.

 

[crzdcolombian]

Honestly if Vecino can be kept on low wages might not be bad dude is a solid bench player. I mean we get 10-15 million let hi
Go but def prefer to keep him on the bench if we can’t get anything better

We need a bench. Joao keep him too if we can’t sell him. Enough sending these dudes out and paying their wages.

Vidal is staying and a good reminder of why not to go after free agents same with Sanchez. No one is going to
Give them 1/4th the wages we are.

 

[Strale]

One more question is what kind of mercato will Conte find acceptable. Sure, it's not unimaginable we pull it off and keep all the starters and add few suitable free agents, but is that enough to convince a guy who just won the scudetto...

 

[magnesium]

One more question is what kind of mercato will Conte find acceptable. Sure, it's not unimaginable we pull it off and keep all the starters and add few suitable free agents, but is that enough to convince a guy who just won the scudetto...

Conte need two name, Emerson Palmieri. Then he will be happy. After that, Dzeko . Then he will be very happy.

Then if we want make Conte cry like baby, we can buy De Paul or Kante.

 

[crzdcolombian]

One more question is what kind of mercato will Conte find acceptable. Sure, it's not unimaginable we pull it off and keep all the starters and add few suitable free agents, but is that enough to convince a guy who just won the scudetto...

That doesn’t matter

We spent huge last 2 seasons. He has a team now. A incredible 8 players who can start for another 3 seasons. He has Handa who is declining but still one of the best keepers in the league, no LWB, and the Eriksen/Vidal role…. Are the only places where a real starter would be an upgrade.

Think Handa has another season in him. We have Eriksen, Vidal and Sensi. Would be nice to have someone better but again 3 people to cover that for now

LWB …. young is leaving and Persic is out of position. We need someone better to get out of group stage of champions league

But again rather get no one than lose one of the 8 starters we actually have.

Other than maybe Lautaro. Not sure if it’s just the papers always saying he wants Barca or a raise. Just rubs me the wrong way

 

[IM21]

If we wont be selling key players there wont be problems. Young can be replaced by Dimarco and Kolarov by Pirola. We should also extend Rano and Dambrosio. They dont earn a lot anyway. Next if we wanna get rid of a big wage its got to be Perisic. I dont think anyone will want Vidal or even Sanchez. Also, this has to be a year we get rid of Mario, Dalbert and Nainggolan. We wont get even 10M for those 3, but they gotta go. Lazaro is another player that should be sold as we dont have use for him on the right wing. Id like to see Vecino or Gagliardini gone, but i dont think anyone wants them, especially Vecino who was injured all season. If one does go, Agoume is capable of being a backup. Pinamonti, Esposito and Salcedo should all go out on loans. So, we need a LWB. Probably someone like Emerson, who wont be expensive and a 4th striker, who should also be cheap. We wont be buying a GK, as there is no great one that we can get and i dont want someone just cause they are cheap.
Anyway, its time to get rid of players we dont need once and for all.

 

[Candreva Crosses]

The thing we should be afraid of is Conte not being happy with Mercato and leaving us last second like Mancini did.

 

[CafeCordoba]

I don't think Conte will leave at the last second. I don't think he's going to leave at all.

Our project will be probably "austerity" but they will agree with the management that it's not EXPECTED to win the Scudetto again (or go far in CL, I believe knockouts will be a requirement though). Conte left Juve because the expectations and the level of the team weren't a match in Conte's mind. Only thing he demands is that the targets are fair and square, and communicated clearly to outside too (like Marotta did last autumn when he talked how our target is top 4).

 

[thatdude]

If we wont be selling key players there wont be problems. Young can be replaced by Dimarco and Kolarov by Pirola. We should also extend Rano and Dambrosio. They dont earn a lot anyway. Next if we wanna get rid of a big wage its got to be Perisic. I dont think anyone will want Vidal or even Sanchez. Also, this has to be a year we get rid of Mario, Dalbert and Nainggolan. We wont get even 10M for those 3, but they gotta go. Lazaro is another player that should be sold as we dont have use for him on the right wing. Id like to see Vecino or Gagliardini gone, but i dont think anyone wants them, especially Vecino who was injured all season. If one does go, Agoume is capable of being a backup. Pinamonti, Esposito and Salcedo should all go out on loans. So, we need a LWB. Probably someone like Emerson, who wont be expensive and a 4th striker, who should also be cheap. We wont be buying a GK, as there is no great one that we can get and i dont want someone just cause they are cheap.
Anyway, its time to get rid of players we dont need once and for all.

I think it’s wishful thinking we would take these kids who are struggling for game time at clubs fighting for relegation or in Serie B and make them back ups in a title winning side. I get it we are broke, but let’s be honest, Conte would prefer a journeyman from a midtable side to a youngster he deems unreliable. And to be honest he is probably right for thinking that way. Consistency wins trophies, potential does not. As bad as Kolarov was his experience helped the dressing room and he has personality on the pitch. Replacing him with a kid like Pirola is a wildcard. Agoume hasn’t really shown anything at Spezia that makes me think he’s ready for Inter.

Dimarco and Vanhuesden on the other hand are different. One is 23 and is having a breakout season in Serie A at a mid table team. The other is 21 and has two professional seasons under his belt as a starter in a decent championship + EL football (admittedly a lot of that time was spent on the treatment table). It’s just different, those guys have proven they can play consistently against grown men at a high level. Pirola and Agoume have not and that’s ok, that are still both 19, they're on track but they ain’t ready yet. If they come back too early they will end up having a Pinamonti season. Or one like Dimarco just last year.

 

[IM21]

I agree with everything. My thing is that that was the easy solution that would cost pretty much nothing. Of course Conte will rather have older players. Its the money i am worried about.

 

[CafeCordoba]

I have a feeling all those things could be even okay for Conte as long as the expectation levels are set correctly.

 

[Il Drago]

I have a feeling all those things could be even okay for Conte as long as the expectation levels are set correctly.

Conte will certainly ask for it but at the end of the day i don't think it makes much of a difference. Conte had asked for it last summer as well which led Marotta and Zhang to set objectives as low as possible. But this didn't prevent Conte being under pressure from media and fans. Especially after CL exit media even argued Conte had the obligation to win Scudetto.

 

[.h.]

"you arent obliged to win the league next year, we'll pay you 12m"

"ok"


that's exactly how the conversation will go.

 

[CafeCordoba]

If that's okay for Conte, then it's just fine. If he shows the same commitment he did this season and gets the team to continue the same path they took together this season, then it's perfectly fine.

 

[Candreva Crosses]

"you arent obliged to win the league next year, we'll pay you 12m"

"ok"


that's exactly how the conversation will go.

Its disgusting though. How can 12m be paid without any expectations? We could bring Spalletti back for a top 4 expectation and not 12m. I still appreciate him and wonder if this is just a PR trick.

 

[.h.]

Its disgusting though. How can 12m be paid without any expectations? We could bring Spalletti back for a top 4 expectation and not 12m. I still appreciate him and wonder if this is just a PR trick.

I think there's a difference between what we formally say, and what the expectation is as such. Like this year, I would have been ok if we had come 2nd, Conte isnt going to risk getting sacked if we dont win the league. We probably do expect him to win it, but we also recognise that there are challenging circumstances and there are situations where he wont win it for reasons outside of his control, yet he's shown enough progress at Inter to justify a decision to continuew ith him.