Your REALISTIC Inter squad or line-up

[andrei]

Let me write an opinion that most of you probably don`t like. I am very sceptical that we will have a big budget to splash. And I don`t think Oaktree gives a shit which players are coming.
I was a few years ago, before Beppe and Simone, a big fun of investing and developing young talent. But I change my mind with Simone. Let`s be honest, who are the players who were the biggest surprises under Inzaghi. The oldies, who nearly everyone hated when they came and after that we respect. Nobody was exited when Darmian, Mikhi, Dzeko or Acerbi came here. But look at them! And in Serie A, maybe more than in every other league, you see players who are still very good way over 30yo. Why change what works? Luckily, we don`t need an overhaul. Where we have a problem is the strikers department. Only Lau and Thuram. The other 2 old farts are dreadful.
So, let´s see what we need:
RWB - Zappacosta. Free agent, perfect to alternate with Dumfries.
MF - Pellegrini. One year left of his contract and I heard he want to go. Would be excellent for us. Offer them Frattesi for Pellegrini and some cash eventually. Asllani can also go.
FW - Chiesa. Liverpool paid peanuts, he was thrash, his value is all time low. Inter would be an excellent place to redeem himself. He would bring other qualities we don`t have. Another option is a loan (+/- obligation) for Hojlund. Manu for sure will buy another striker and he seems not to be what they expected (their Haaland). But he has quality, characteristics we lack and could rescue his career.
CB - here we probably need to find a long term solution for Acerbi and splash some cash. Keep Acerbi but buy a new body and let him alernate with Acerbi until he is ready. Someone like Beukema or Solet. De Vrij can go.

Basically we keep our starting eleven which is good but you add 4-5 new faces for depth, but who on paper have enough quality to be starters.

 

[Alex de Large]

I didn't think about Hojlund but it makes sense if ManUnited get tired of waiting him.
We can make ManUnited look like clowns again, and that it always sweet.

 

[brehme1989]

Hojlund has a high book value and Man Utd, at least until now, doesn't care about amortized book value but only what they actually paid.

I wouldn't deal with them as much as I like the kid. Unless we have the money to spare that is.

 

[varmin]

Let me write an opinion that most of you probably don`t like. I am very sceptical that we will have a big budget to splash. And I don`t think Oaktree gives a shit which players are coming.
I was a few years ago, before Beppe and Simone, a big fun of investing and developing young talent. But I change my mind with Simone. Let`s be honest, who are the players who were the biggest surprises under Inzaghi. The oldies, who nearly everyone hated when they came and after that we respect. Nobody was exited when Darmian, Mikhi, Dzeko or Acerbi came here. But look at them! And in Serie A, maybe more than in every other league, you see players who are still very good way over 30yo. Why change what works? Luckily, we don`t need an overhaul. Where we have a problem is the strikers department. Only Lau and Thuram. The other 2 old farts are dreadful.
So, let´s see what we need:
RWB - Zappacosta. Free agent, perfect to alternate with Dumfries.
MF - Pellegrini. One year left of his contract and I heard he want to go. Would be excellent for us. Offer them Frattesi for Pellegrini and some cash eventually. Asllani can also go.
FW - Chiesa. Liverpool paid peanuts, he was thrash, his value is all time low. Inter would be an excellent place to redeem himself. He would bring other qualities we don`t have. Another option is a loan (+/- obligation) for Hojlund. Manu for sure will buy another striker and he seems not to be what they expected (their Haaland). But he has quality, characteristics we lack and could rescue his career.
CB - here we probably need to find a long term solution for Acerbi and splash some cash. Keep Acerbi but buy a new body and let him alernate with Acerbi until he is ready. Someone like Beukema or Solet. De Vrij can go.

Basically we keep our starting eleven which is good but you add 4-5 new faces for depth, but who on paper have enough quality to be starters.

Chiesa is injury prone, winger, and currently not good enough for us. Pass
Pellergini - high salary, declining. Maybe worth it if we can get rid of Zielinski. Otherwise no.
Zappacosta - not bad for a free back up.

Overloading with old players is quite risky as well. At one point we will be stuck with players with no release value, which are unreliable due to their age and injuries. Most of them cannot run as much as young guys as well. We need a balanced mix between old and young.

 

[crzdcolombian]

Hojlund has a high book value and Man Utd, at least until now, doesn't care about amortized book value but only what they actually paid.

I wouldn't deal with them as much as I like the kid. Unless we have the money to spare that is.

loan deal if they sent a 90m player out on loan to Betis why wouldn't they send him to us on loan. We can insert a buy option in it to that is realistic because he isnt coming off a great season and could just be a 1 season wonder

 

[wera]

 

[pier]

Here's what my realistic lineup looks like, at least for now.

Just a friendly reminder that this is a thread for "your" lineup ideas, so it'd be cool if you could also post your own version instead of just disagree with my selection.

This is all just speculation to fill time during the international break, so let's get started.

This is a list of possible candidates that might fit the budget. They are mostly just names that have been mentioned in rumors.
We may end up with some relatively unknown names in the early summer transfer market. We may also see some random prospects bought for the upcoming U23 team.

There are rumors that we may have a transfer budget of around 50-70 million before any sales, although there is no guarantee that Oaktree will spend this much. Marotta has said that they probably won't spend a lot on one player. I also remember when Marotta said that there won't be any revolutions or major overhauls. So probably we just need to patch this 5 position. A new RWB, CM/DM, and possibly 3 new striker.

There will be some versions: the possible positional budget allocation, the personal preferred one, the restricted mode and then the ultimate mode.
First, there's a scenario where the club may allocate the budget to the position needed.

Players IN:
- Sucic. He has already signed, so I'll only include the numbers for the upcoming transfer.
- Zalewski, most likely he will be redeemed.

- NEW RWB backup (price range: under 10m)
To be honest, there aren't many good options available for Denzel's backup. The budget would be around 8m, and it's most likely a mediocre or prospect rotational players. The options would be...
- Mattia Zanotti: He's homegrown and relatively cheap. He's much more ready now after two seasons in Switzerland, at least for rotational role.
- Alessio Zerbin: He's surprisingly doing well in his new position at Venezia. They have the option to buy him for 4 million, regardless of relegation.
- Nadir Zortea: He's the only one who came close to Dumfries in terms of goals scored this season.

- NEW CM/DM. (Price range: 20-30m)
It'll depend on Sucic's position. If Inzaghi thinks he's a DM—the position he played at Dinamo—then we'll probably look for a new CM. Here are some options:
- Martin Baturina. He's a cheaper option, but he's highly skilled. Creativity option from the bench.
- Nico Paz. Expensive, complicated transfer situation.

Here are some new DM options:
- Samuele Ricci. He'd be great, but the rumors say he's a bit pricey.
- Nicolò Rovella. It'd be nice to have him back to nerazzurri.
- Morten Frendrup is more like a physical DM type, but he's got good control.

- 3rd striker (price range: 20-30m)
- Santiago Castro. Lautaro successor. There are a lot of rumors about this one, and quite expensive.
- Nikola Krstović is another option, but at 25 million, it's a bit overpriced in my opinion.
- J. David is another option, but he's got a high wage demand and a high agent fee. He's leaning toward Barca or EPL, he might also demand a starting position.

- 4th Striker.
- Ange-Yoan Bonny: Not much chatter about him, but having him and Castro would be like having Lautaro and Thuram pairing clone.
- Arnautovic is a cheap option, especially if he'll settle for less money. It might not be the popular choice, but with things the way they are, the club might think about keeping one of the three strikers rumored to be leaving.

And for the 5th striker,
- S. Esposito: homegrown, cheap, knows Serie A.

Players OUT:
- Let's just assume that we sell the players on the list for that price.

Why no new CB? As of now, I think that Acerbi's experience and leadership are crucial, he can still can contribute for another season, since his contract ends up in 2026.
De Vrij is very underrated despite having a very good season. If the options on the market are just Beukema, De Winter, Bijol, Soulet... i'd pick De Vrij. Beukema probably stands out from that option, but he hasn't even been called up to the national teams.
After all, imo, there is not much difference in quality, the only positive is just lowering the squad age average.

This is just my take on things right now. We'll have a better idea of what we've got when we evaluate Acerbi and De Vrij at the end of the season.

Here's what I'm thinking:
Transfer net spend: 25m
Annual Cost: ▼19m

If the transfer budget is approximately 50m, there's still some budget left for more signings, such as a CB. However, we might not even have to spend it.
The annual cost would also go down by 19 million compared to this season.

We also able register 25 players for UCL with this 4 Homegrown players. Technically we could add more players for serie A only since U22 don't need to be registered.

The shortlist

Spoiler

More playaround

Spoiler

Restricted or saving mode

Ultimate mode, very realistic ;D

 

[ADRossi]

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[varmin]

I'd take Lidenlof, Anguissa and maybe Zappacosta as free agents for the next season. If Fiorentina do not redeem Fagioli, we can try to get him. He can be very decent sub/replacement of Mkhitaryan. Sucic and Asllani to stay. Zielinski and Frattesi out. Zirgzee on loan + option. I think the deal is possible. For 4th and 5th forwards I don't have any ideas. It should be someone not so expensive, not crying about playing time, and with normal salary. No need to get some young and promising guy, only to spend most of the time on the bench. Maybe we can extend Arnautovic as 5th choice. Taremi and Correa - out.

 

[Alex de Large]

Anguissa for Barella sub?

 

[varmin]

Anguissa for Barella sub?

More like Hakan sub. He was mainly DM under Spaletti, I don't follow them so much with Conte now.

 

[DARi0]

You are both correct and wrong. We only really need to spend substantial money that we'll get from CL on two players because we aren't looking at a lot of positions to fill up. We'll try to get a CB and an attacking player (could be a midfielder (Paz?), could be a forward).

We don't have to win Champions League, but we also don't need to spend big on three players because most of the squad is good enough and we are probably not selling any of those players.

Correa & Arnautovic contracts are finally expiring, so that's two already without even thinking of other departments!

Did you not read what Marotta stated these days?

Those days are over in Italy. The new strategy is young blood and sell-on for profit. Serie A became a feeder league.

Yes, we do need to win CL. That's one of the objectives for a club of Inter's level.

 

[wera]

Learn to read.

I did not mean that we don't need to win CL because we shouldn't care about the tournament. Of course we should care. I've been the one who lambasted people in January who wanted to just focus on the Scudetto and go out of CL/Coppa.

We don't need to win the CL to have enough money to get all the pieces we need for next season.

I also did say we'll only have to spend substantial (meaning a large chunk of money) on 2 players this summer, everything else could be brought with less money (Krstović could be around 20M) or on free - Zappacosta, David, some of the loanees. The CB and maybe a player like Paz could be the only ones that will cost a lot more than 20M.

 

[Alex de Large]

Learn to read.

I did not mean that we don't need to win CL because we shouldn't care about the tournament. Of course we should care. I've been the one who lambasted people in January who wanted to just focus on the Scudetto and go out of CL/Coppa.

We don't need to win the CL to have enough money to get all the pieces we need for next season.

I also did say we'll only have to spend substantial (meaning a large chunk of money) on 2 players this summer, everything else could be brought with less money (Krstović could be around 20M) or on free - Zappacosta, David, some of the loanees. The CB and maybe a player like Paz could be the only ones that will cost a lot more than 20M.

R u from South-Korea?

 

[wera]

What silly question. All people originate from South Korea. It is known.

 

[Alex de Large]

i thought we come from Centre Africa

 

[IL Fenomeno]

Here's what my realistic lineup looks like, at least for now.

Just a friendly reminder that this is a thread for "your" lineup ideas, so it'd be cool if you could also post your own version instead of just disagree with my selection.

This is all just speculation to fill time during the international break, so let's get started.

This is a list of possible candidates that might fit the budget. They are mostly just names that have been mentioned in rumors.
We may end up with some relatively unknown names in the early summer transfer market. We may also see some random prospects bought for the upcoming U23 team.

There are rumors that we may have a transfer budget of around 50-70 million before any sales, although there is no guarantee that Oaktree will spend this much. Marotta has said that they probably won't spend a lot on one player. I also remember when Marotta said that there won't be any revolutions or major overhauls. So probably we just need to patch this 5 position. A new RWB, CM/DM, and possibly 3 new striker.

There will be some versions: the possible positional budget allocation, the personal preferred one, the restricted mode and then the ultimate mode.
First, there's a scenario where the club may allocate the budget to the position needed.

Players IN:
- Sucic. He has already signed, so I'll only include the numbers for the upcoming transfer.
- Zalewski, most likely he will be redeemed.

- NEW RWB backup (price range: under 10m)
To be honest, there aren't many good options available for Denzel's backup. The budget would be around 8m, and it's most likely a mediocre or prospect rotational players. The options would be...
- Mattia Zanotti: He's homegrown and relatively cheap. He's much more ready now after two seasons in Switzerland, at least for rotational role.
- Alessio Zerbin: He's surprisingly doing well in his new position at Venezia. They have the option to buy him for 4 million, regardless of relegation.
- Nadir Zortea: He's the only one who came close to Dumfries in terms of goals scored this season.

- NEW CM/DM. (Price range: 20-30m)
It'll depend on Sucic's position. If Inzaghi thinks he's a DM—the position he played at Dinamo—then we'll probably look for a new CM. Here are some options:
- Martin Baturina. He's a cheaper option, but he's highly skilled. Creativity option from the bench.
- Nico Paz. Expensive, complicated transfer situation.

Here are some new DM options:
- Samuele Ricci. He'd be great, but the rumors say he's a bit pricey.
- Nicolò Rovella. It'd be nice to have him back to nerazzurri.
- Morten Frendrup is more like a physical DM type, but he's got good control.

- 3rd striker (price range: 20-30m)
- Santiago Castro. Lautaro successor. There are a lot of rumors about this one, and quite expensive.
- Nikola Krstović is another option, but at 25 million, it's a bit overpriced in my opinion.
- J. David is another option, but he's got a high wage demand and a high agent fee. He's leaning toward Barca or EPL, he might also demand a starting position.

- 4th Striker.
- Ange-Yoan Bonny: Not much chatter about him, but having him and Castro would be like having Lautaro and Thuram pairing clone.
- Arnautovic is a cheap option, especially if he'll settle for less money. It might not be the popular choice, but with things the way they are, the club might think about keeping one of the three strikers rumored to be leaving.

And for the 5th striker,
- S. Esposito: homegrown, cheap, knows Serie A.

Players OUT:
- Let's just assume that we sell the players on the list for that price.

Why no new CB? As of now, I think that Acerbi's experience and leadership are crucial, he can still can contribute for another season, since his contract ends up in 2026.
De Vrij is very underrated despite having a very good season. If the options on the market are just Beukema, De Winter, Bijol, Soulet... i'd pick De Vrij. Beukema probably stands out from that option, but he hasn't even been called up to the national teams.
After all, imo, there is not much difference in quality, the only positive is just lowering the squad age average.

This is just my take on things right now. We'll have a better idea of what we've got when we evaluate Acerbi and De Vrij at the end of the season.

Here's what I'm thinking:
Transfer net spend: 25m
Annual Cost: ▼19m

If the transfer budget is approximately 50m, there's still some budget left for more signings, such as a CB. However, we might not even have to spend it.
The annual cost would also go down by 19 million compared to this season.

We also able register 25 players for UCL with this 4 Homegrown players. Technically we could add more players for serie A only since U22 don't need to be registered.

The shortlist

Spoiler

More playaround

Spoiler

Restricted or saving mode

Ultimate mode, very realistic ;D

Nice post. I like the personal preferred one as well as the restricted one. I think another CB will be needed tho in case of Acerbi injury

 

[IL Fenomeno]

Sommer/Martinez

Pavard/Bisseck/Darmian - Acerbi/DeVrij/Bisseck/unkown player - Bastoni/Carlos/Bisseck/Darmian

Dumfries/Henrique/Zalewski/Darmian - Barella/Sucic/unkown player - Calha/Sucic/Zielinski - Mkhi/Zielinski - Dimarco/Zalewski/Carlos

Thuram/Arnautovic - Lautaro/David/Esposito

 

[koba]

Sommer/Martinez

Pavard/Bisseck/Darmian - Acerbi/DeVrij/Bisseck/unkown player - Bastoni/Carlos/Bisseck/Darmian

Dumfries/Henrique/Zalewski/Darmian - Barella/Sucic/unkown player - Calha/Sucic/Zielinski - Mkhi/Zielinski - Dimarco/Zalewski/Carlos

Thuram/Arnautovic - Lautaro/David/Esposito

Need more new big players in midfielder and stricker

 

[pier]