Corriere dello Sport – Mancini wants 2 top signings & a contract extension

2 top signings….I got the feeling Yaya Toure is one of it.

The issue Inter is having is that Mancio’s idea of a new player and management’s idea of a new player are drastically different, but both very wrong in my opinion. Mancini wants players that are new to Inter, but very much used and outdated like Toure and Zabaleta, whereas management wants new players meaning both new to Inter and young with potential, but unproven in top teams fighting for qualification and possibly even trophies. Inter should have one goal and one goal only for this upcoming season, and that is to field a team that is fully capable of competing on all fronts while maintaining a CL qualifying position. In my personal opinion, that means making more signings like Banega, a 28 year old, world class, proven champion who fits our team needs. Understandably, we’re not always going to be able to obtain those players for free, but we have I think we should have just enough money to work with. I think Inter’s current priority signings should be Candreva and Cuadrado for the RW/RM due to their optimal skill set and experience in Serie A, but obvious issues with the transfer sums being asked. Juan Mata and Joao Mario, for the right price, could be backup options, but I’m not quite sure if they’re the player types Mancini is looking for to play on the right side, Mata in particular. As for a defensive midfielder to pair with Kondogbia, I think we need to make Biglia top priority. His skill set would pair perfectly with Kondgbia’s and I think those two with Melo or Medel as rotation players could really make the difference. Other players I like for that role are Fernando of Sampdoria and as a last ditch option de Roon of Atalanta, who has potential, but the inexperience worries me in that position especially. Last, but certainly not least is a RB, which I think will be the most difficult position to fill due to availability and price. The ideal signing here in most people’s minds it seems, including my own, is Bruno Peres. The obvious issue with Peres is Torino’s asking price, which if Inter do make other purchases would be difficult to match. Because of that, I feel like Inter really dropped the ball on signing Erkin as a free transfer as opposed to Van der Wiel, but that’s in the past so we’ll have to leave it there. As for alternate options, my two favorites are Danilo of Real Madrid and Fabinho of Monaco, both methods of transfer we’ve had success with in the past meaning signing a talented, yet undervalued, Real Madrid player and them becoming world class with Inter (Sneijder, Cambiasso and Samuel) and signing a young Brazilian RB from Monaco (Maicon). As with most of the others, transfer fees seems to be a lingering issue, especially because it’s unclear how much these players’ respective teams value them. With that said, I think the best plan of action here is to sign just sign a serviceable veteran RB for now, and worry about a world class signing when the time is right. For that option I think the two best possibilities are Zabaleta and Lichtsteiner. Both players carry a risk, Zabaleta not being able to adapt to Italian football at a late age and Lichtsteiner’s health issues, but I think having a RB of their caliber, along with D’Ambrosio as a backup, could help the team enough to warrant signing them even if they’re only effective for one season. Well, that’s a bit more than my two cents, but I hope you guys appreciate my thoughts and opinions and likewise I’d appreciate to hear yours!

sign bernado silva or berardi and a playmaker