“Inter will not offer Icardi around and not even propose him as a bargaining chip,” writes the Corriere dello Sport.
Kovacic has been deemed the only untransferable player should adequate offers arrive. Icardi could only leave if a massive offer arrives, and then he will be negotiable.
“Guarin however, after dealing with the situation in the next few hours with his agent despite the estimation of Mancini, in all likelihood, will be offered between England, Spain, and Germany. What happened Sunday night when he was replaced versus Lazio is not to be neglected. San Siro booed him hard and he responded with applause, which was not conciliatory but controversial. Even last year something like this had happened, but time had sewn up the tear. Now the situation is even more complicated.”
The paper went on to note that Nemanja Vidic and Yann M’Vila are both in the same boat. They both wish to secure starting spots and prove their worth, but could leave nonetheless.
Source: Corriere dello Sport
Author’s note: I honestly think unless we get an offer upwards of €35 million, which is very, very unlikely, we must keep Icardi. He is simply lethal in the box, and I would really want to see what he can offer with competent attackers around him. I would not want to see him go any sooner than within another year or two, because he’s only going to continue growing. With the kind of sums other teams muster for lesser talent, we need to be getting top dollar here. Guarin however, I think has honestly had as many chances as any organization claiming to have any semblance of sanity can dare to provide before parting ways. He’s had his run, it’s been an absolute roller-coaster, but the lows were always steeper than the highs.
Vidic, I want to see play in place of Ranocchia, I really do. I think his biggest mistakes took place in organization on set pieces, and on dead-ball situations. Ranocchia has shown criminal incompetence during the flow of game, especially defending counters, and I believe Vidic would be much better in such situations. Given how assured and well-suited to Serie A M’Vila has looked, I would hate to see him leave so early. He needs to get in shape as soon as possible, because I think if that is done, his partnership with Medel in a 4-2-3-1 could be as great as any.
What do you think? Who do you deem untransferable? Did you know that is actually a word? I didn’t. How much would you demand for Icardi, Guarin, or Vidic?
Vidic with one leg is still better than Ranocchia! Vidic is fearless and thats why he made some mistake this season , but also thats why he is one of the best defenders ever! Ranocchia is not brave, therefore he will never be Inter material!
A defender needs to be smart, not brave.
Vidic better than Ranocchia. Thats the point! Speed, reflexes, sense for positioning and intercepting, ball control- all this is important for complete CB. Ranoccia doesnt have those characteristics. And now you tell me that Ranno is smarter than Vidic. For defenders is important to be brave, not to be affraid of contact or tackling. Juan get it, not Ranno…
One big issue with Andrea is that he is constantly trying to leave the defence line and going forward with the ball or attempt to win the ball in a duel high up in field, he did do that vs Lazio and lost the ball and that resulted in a counter attack for Lazio where they scored a goal. His bad decisions leaves his colleagues in the defensive line with not only opponents and area which they themselves have the responsibilities for but also they now have to cover up for one brainless captain.
Those times he looses those aerial challenges, he is not able to recover back to his position in the defence line in a reasonable time. If I were the manager of Inter and I had to start with him in the defence it would be as the the central defender positioning as far back as possible (as he could be useful in the aerial challenges close to our penalty area, and with this limitation of his work assignment and role in the defence he could concentrate in his marking and positioning skills). I would rather see Juan Jesus or Vidic as the partner to Andrea (if I had to play him), doing the challenges leaving the defensive line as they have better agility and also strong bodies to win aerial challenges and my impression is that they work harder to recover back to the defensive line when loosing the ball and not going forward with the ball as much. At the moment Ranocchia is currently often taking the responsibility from our midfielders bringing the ball forward and increasing the tempo in games, which is where players like Kovacic for an example does it a lot better and with less risk in conceding goals…
Yes, Ranocchia showed many times criminal incompetence, but Mancini doesn’t give a shit about it and stubbornly keeps Vidic on the bench. The fact that player like Ranocchia inherit Javier Zanetti as our captain is the biggest joke ever.
Camacho and Perisic also will be great additions, but Cerci and Leiva are the same old mediocre players we used to buy during Branca era.
I think it would be great to exchange Icardi with Lamela and Paulinho together. However it wouldn’t be likely to happen.
Agree with author about the rest.
Stop fantasying about Lamela, he’s playing regularly at Tottenham and he is becoming important player for them. They certainly won’t sell him now and Inter couldn’t afford him anyway..
He started 6 out of 10 last matches of Spurs and just had one decent show against Burnley, so considering his price he is still a failure.
So it’s likely to tempt Spurs with Icardi to get him.
He is third by the number of minutes that he has played this season in their squad, has the most assists and is third best rated player for them.. Also he’s been MotM 3 times.. Maybe they would accept direct exhcange Icardi for Lamela but I seriously doubt it.
I am agree for Vidic and Guarin, although we want to offload the former because of his high salary, i suppose. Mvila in my view must leave, because he’s had no improvement since his arrival. He is as fat as the summer, when he’s come. Ok, he posses good vision and passing but in terms of defense he can’t offer too much. I think Mancini wants to get one more solid DM, who can cover together with Medel our shaky defense ( Lucas Leiva’s rumors) and thus to give more freedom to Kovacic /Hernanes and the three lads upfront.
– Guarin just fails to impress time after time after time. For each good move he does, he makes up for it with 2 bad ones. His contribution in the last game against Lazio was non-existent. And we keep giving him chances game after game after game. He claims the whistles only motivate him, but I have yet to see quality 90 minutes from him, and he is here for more than 2 seasons now. So, I would most definitely sell him.
– Icardi, another very inconsistent player. Dont get me wrong, the kid has a lot of potential, that’s for sure, and he does have some very nice goals and moves this season, but he is still a pale shadow from himself while playing for Sampdoria. And the clock is ticking and ticking.
– Vidic = sell him asap. I knew his purchase was a big mistake when I first heard, because he was a train wreck the last season and a half for United. So they wanted to get rid of him, and he came knocking. Very bad move by Inter. Samuel would have been 10x better option.
– Mvilla = I would give him more chances before making a decision, I’ve seen him play very few times to form an opinion.
I’d try to get as much money possible out of selling Guarin, an exchange with Spurs with us getting Paulinho would be nice though.
I also would like to see Mvila & Vidic get some playing time with better players around them,give them a chance till the end of the season at least.
as of Icardi, he should be unsellable for me, even though he hasn’t been that good lately, maybe we should sell Wanda to get him back in form 🙂