With Ramires now looking a distant target for Inter, the Nerazzurri are now on the lookout for alternatives to the Brazilian midfielder.
Premium Sport report that among others, Inter have identified LOSC Lille’s Yves Bissouma as a potential alternative to the 30-year-old.
Inter are eager to bring Bissouma to the club on loan with a €15 million redemption option this window but if successful it will not have been without difficulty due to a high number of other top clubs courting the Malian.
As for Kempf, the German is a central defender and has little over six months remaining on his current deal with the Bundesliga club, therefore meaning he could be brought in on the cheap. The 22-year-old has struggled with injuries this term missing no less than 14 games through mostly muscle related injuries. As a result, the multiple time German youth international has been limited to just seven appearances in all competitions.
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In case you didn’t know much – or anything – about Joao Mario, here is a lowdown of what he is all about.
As a youngster, he spent the first two years of his footballing career at Porto before making a move to Sporting Lisbon, which is where he would go on to make his name as a player, making his debut in December 2011 as a 78th-minute substitute in a 2-0 away defeat to Lazio. The following season, Mario was a regular in the Sporting B team, making 31 appearances, helping himself to 11 assists and a single goal but that was enough to see him elevated into the first team permanently ahead of the 2012/13 season.
He had to wait until the second half of the season though to have an impact, making 15 appearances and grabbing six assists. The 2014/15 season, Mario was a regular in the Sporting side, making 45 appearances, scoring seven and assisting five times and in the 2015/16 campaign, he notched 12 assists and again, scored seven goals.
Following Portugal’s Euro 2016 win, Mario was snapped up by Inter for a whopping 40 million euros (plus five million more in add-ons) and made 33 appearances in his first season in Italy, scoring three times and assisting on eight goals.
This season has been a real struggle though as he has made only ten appearances for Inter, but has managed an assist once every two games in that spell.
According to Whoscored, Joao Mario’s strengths are key passes, dribbling, taking set-pieces and ball interception. In Serie A this season, he had a pass success percentage of 89.4% and makes an average of 29.4 passes per game, 1.2 of them are key passes.
we should look to bring players who have proven themselves in Serie A, its not easy for foreign players to perform in Italy. while we hate Juve but we can’t deny the fact that their transfer strategy is far better than ours. they invest mainly in players who hv done well in Italy.
Is he a star? Seems like he has been a substitute lately at Lille. How about Wilmar Barrios from Boca Juniors? His interception stats are sick and he seems like a real pest for the opposition. I wonder how much he would cost.
I wonder how much he would cost. — you mean after A LOAN.
Hehe, funny. If it would be only a loan without option or obligation to buy his price after the loan would be determined by his performance on the pitch. The price would either go up or down. But jokes aside, I was just interested in general about his current asking price.
Tried to google information about him and came across with a week old news that says Barrios and his team mate are in court right now accused of threatening couple of women with a knife. Sounds like a nice chap this Barrios.
accused of threatening couple of women with a knife.
— thanks God, there is no “a couple of woman” in our first team, at least, as far as I know or hope.
But jokes aside, I really think we should 100% avoid bringing any troublemakers, …
remember osvaldo.
Of course. This kind of stupid stuff really makes me not want this guy to Inter anymore.
I think it’s better to aim for settled Seria A players. I don’tknow this guy, but if it’s not insane quality (Like Patore who has a Serie A past), then I just assume it’s an oncoming failure. Hope someone will prove me wrong soon enough. Maybe Rafinha who I dare to trust a little after all…
So you still dont think cancelo is an upgrade in our team? Interesting
If we look to an individual. Maybe cancelo is an upgrade. But i think candreva playing good with ambrosia behind him
It’s only a matter of time for Candreva to settle with Cancelo in the flank.
Don’t worry bro, if candreva is that good of a player then he will adapt
Of course I think he is an upgrade. It is not impossible to find upgrades. My point is, that in most (or at least many) cases I end up disappointed when we buy from other leagues. So like I stated: I would AIM for settled Serie A players, since I am growing more pessimistic when buying (low) mid-range from abroad. Saying that I don’t think Cancelo is an upgrade are your words. Not mine.
His contract would last for next 18 months. It means his price is likely negotiable. Is he better compare to Cyprien?
Cyprien is better, bissouma is also good but still too raw
Raw material at 30yo? Doesn’t sounds good
No, the one who’s in 30 yo is ramires.. read again bro
Oh my bad then. Still doesn’t look that he is our actual target