Roberto Mancini has selected 25 players for Inter’s Chinese tour.
New signings Montoya and Murillo have been called whilst Miranda hasn’t been included as announced earlier. Surprisingly Xherdan Shaqiri has been selected whilst Vidic has been excluded to due back pain whilst Biabiany, Taider, Dodo, Puscas and Camara have been left out.
The complete squad:
Goalkeepers: Handanovic, Carrizo, Berni;
Defenders: Andreolli, D’Ambrosio, Dimarco, Montoya, Murillo, Nagatomo, Juan Jesus, Ranocchia, Santon, Popa;
Midfielders: Brozovic, Hernanes, Gnoukouri, Guarin, Kondogbia, Kovacic, Pedro Delgado;
Strikers: Icardi, Longo, Palacio, Shaqiri, Baldini.
hehe, yes. i love kova and hope he develops into a world star.
But seriously do u want inter to be back to where we deserve now, cash in on kova and get amazing players in place? Or do u want to wait 5 years and God willingly kova gets to a world class level, and then aim for the top?
Every fan wants to see the team go to the top as soon as possible. I’m open to selling kova for 35 mil-40 mil but no one is offering.
Oh and btw kova > shaq any day. A mid needs time to become complete
i hope there’s a miracle alvarez,schelotto,pereira,taider,belec,guarin,naga and rano/JJ leaves this summer so we can keep shaq and buy perisic
Regarding Shaqiri:
Seriously guys, there is a lot of complaining about a sale of shaqiri. I´ll make it short: shaqiri is an anarchist regarding tactical setups. he’s doing what he wants himself. he also looses the ball often which is not good because of counter attack.. to reach champions league this is not good enough. cry a river and then move on. i like him too, but getting back to winning is more important than to never come back. kondogbia, and such, are players that are needed. icardi has said that he runs non stop. this is players that make a difference. shaqiri is well liked by the fans, but are not good for the team.
actually.. this comment became a little long.. ps! I’m a big fan of him, but i want a competitive inter again more than anything else. but, too be honest. as kova has performed under mancio, i would sell both him and shaq and get salah/cuadrado, perisic and imbula for a 4231 formation. enough rambling. shaqiri and other players must give space for effective ones.
Here’s what happen when Perisic come (after selling Shaqiri):
Inter perform really well with 4-3-1-2 (the best formation to accomodate Kova-Brozo-Kondogbia-and hernanes play together). So, Perisic always come as subtitute more often rather than being a starter.
After that, Mancio will start to think:”My team actually doesn’t need Perisic at all. This is a mistake.” So Inter once again put their new player on transfer list and say that the player doesn’t meet their expectation. This is ridiculous!!!
If you want to sell Shaqiri, find a player that meets his calibre: speed, pace, technique, deadly free-kick, penetration, and age. Replacing him with Perisic is totally ridiculous. The only better aspect from Perisic compared to Shaqiri are his height and being a Croatian (to keep Kovacic comfortable)
Nah brah ur delusional. Put down your controller… perisic has numerous advantages over fat shaq
Ignorant comment. I bet my ass that you never even seen Perisic play. he is easily better dribbler, has better cross, doesn’t lose possession and links up play unlike Shaqiri who is a selfish player and very prone to losing the ball. Perisic isn’t flashy or well known player but I GUARANTEE that he is much better than Shaqiri at the moment and that he will immediately improve our team if Mancini actually decides to use wingers
Shaki is better than perisic in the right position, in the right system, he is DEADLY. Just watch when switzerland play, he does everything as the center piece. Sad that he hasn’t been able to do the same for us, and yes in the system mancio wants to play, perisic would probably be more suited.
Perisic’s been dragging Croatia NT for last 3 years and there are players like Modric, Rakitic and Mandzukic playing for Croatia. It is easier to shine for Switzerland because it doesn’t have as many star players.
his ‘right system’ would be found easily in small to mid table team, simply give the ball to him and let him do what he want until (hopefully) something happen
Hope Puscas, DiMarco and Gnokouri play more…
Where’s medel?
Still in vacation I guess
I hope….and not the fact that he might be sold..he deserves a break since he went to the final of Coppa so probably still on holidays…
I hope he not show again on Meazza!
I would sell kova three times before selling medel!
Inter need results not potential, medel made himslef a starter since the day he arrived, there is no player like medel; he is completely unselfish midfield bully. Just look at his stats. There is no player like him; have you seen chile play? Inter need to get consistency, not unfullfilled promise.
I love mateo as much as the next guy, but id pick medel as a starter every single time!
Are you freaking mind?Medel is mediocre midfielder.Big teams don’t use midfielders like Medel who is short,useless in atack and he don’t have any technique.Maybe he is good like defender,but like midfielder he is complete shit for teams with champions ambitions..
you cant have a team of all number 10’s it doesnt work. look at arsenal they have ozil, cazorla, wilshire and ramsay. they still cant achieve their potential as a team. a team must be balanced with creativity and grit.
gary will not nutmeg players and chip keepers, but he will fight with every last bit of energy he has for the team; to break up play and retain posession. the only two players inter have who can fill his role are gnokouri, who is inexperienced, and fredy, who is inconsistent. there isnt a player like medel for a good price on the market. kondogbia would be a waste in a pivot position; his abilities work as a CM.
so no im not freaking mind; im a realist, and an inter without medel given the leaky defence we have will not amount to anything this year, while an inter without kova can still accomplish big things …. so yeah; medel over kova any day
Our defence with Medel was leaky last season.He is not that good as defansive midfielder because he is short and he is not inteligent player.In modern football defensive midfielders is strong physical like Matic,Schweinsteiger,Nainggolan,Matuidi or inteligent with good tehnique like Xabi Alonso,Kroos,Pirlo,Busquets.So Medel can leave anytime!
Xabi, matic, sergio and pirlo are much better dmfs; the others dont play in that position, can inter get any of them? Xabi and pirlo have lost their legs, while the other two would cost 30+ so which of them can we get? NONE!!
I never said medel is the best dmf in history id prefer esteban over him anyday. But if the question is who is more important to inter TODAY, kova or medel? What would your answer be??
Our defence is leaky because rano and juan are immature, and chase the ball leaving spaces behind instead of holding their position. Medel runs across our half of the pitch so that they are not tempted to leave their post. Even handa and our defence admit that gary made our backline safer; so who are you to say otherwise? If you still believe that kova is more important than medel for THIS COMING SEASON; then you are deluded
I think Kova is more important because he can be player like Xavi or Pirlo.Just he needs good coach.With Kondogbia we already have defensive beast who will be useful in atack also in contrast from Medel.If someone offers more than 10 milion to Medel we must accept the offer.He is little bit better Gargano nothing more..
Okay…
He just got a baby, so I guess he’s got family time
I still think selling Shaqiri is a mistake.Especially for Perisic.Lets hope i’m wrong
doesn’t mean much. nagatomo, androelli are called up as well. good luck to him at schalke. it’s pretty 100% after his brother’s (agent) texts.