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Extended Clip - AC Milan, Juve, Inter, Napoli, Roma, Fiorentina Or Lazio: Who Won The Transfer Window?
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Carlo and Nima rate the transfer window business of AC Milan, Inter, Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina, Juventus and Napoli.
This is an extended preview of this weeks Thursday episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google podcasts.
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Transcript
Grading System for Italian Football Transfers
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to the Italian football podcast. Transfer market grades. We'll go through just the big clubs. So we'll give a grade. I don't know how they grade you at school in Sweden. They do like A, B, C, D. No, no, no, no. We do the Italian one to 10. That's what we do. It's the Italian football podcast. Never mind Sweden. Never mind England. It's one to 10.
00:00:26
Speaker
Okay. And one is... Crap. Ten is the best. And ten is the best. All right. Okay. All right.
Milan's Transfer Window Evaluation
00:00:32
Speaker
One to ten then. Milan. I give Milan a six and a half, seven. I think they spent... You know what? Six and a half. Because I don't think they addressed the right wing situation. They did... De Kettler is a great player. He's young. It's typical. You know, they follow their mould.
00:00:55
Speaker
But, yeah, for me, six and a half, because I don't think Xunir and Messias, unless they can find a way to fit Brahim, Brahim Diaz and the Kettler together on that right wing, at which point, hats off. Yeah, no, I agree. I'd go with that. I would go six and a half, because I think apart from the attacking midfield position, I don't really see them as having strengthened any areas of the pitch or any positions, to be honest with you. I think if anything, the central midfielders may be
00:01:22
Speaker
little bit weaker because they lost Kessie a but then again it with Milan it always you don't know it always depends on the youngsters they bring how they develop you know and there's always a possibility they could suddenly surprise but yeah I would go six and a half they didn't lose any other players and so they kept their other big guns into
Inter's Financial Strategy and Player Improvements
00:01:42
Speaker
Well, this is a difficult one because of what happened with Dibala and Bremer, but I'm not going to be like that. I'm going to look at, objectively, Correa was on this year's financial statement, Lukaku on a loan, Aslani, Belanova, Mikitarian, Onana, Acherbi are all better than the players they replaced, every single one.
00:02:04
Speaker
They slashed the wage bill by 20, 25 percent. They cashed in on players that they sold. I mean, Gravilon di Gregorio Casade Pinamonti will bring them around 40, 45 million euros, 35, 45 million euros. These are players that were completely peripheral and not relevant to Inter's project. I have to give them a seven. They got Lukaku,
00:02:34
Speaker
who they wanted, who Inzaghi wanted. They finally got a chervy who he wanted. Aslanian, Mikitalian are better than Vissino and Vidal. Belanova has a back, right back, you know, young understudy to Dumfries and DiMarco and Gossens on the left.
00:02:52
Speaker
uh with with darmian helping out uh onana is better than rado i mean it's for me it's just improvement they didn't improve their starting lineup dramatically um but i i think they improved um and yeah seven yeah yeah i would go i would go seven and a half because i think they improved their starting on paper seven and a half on paper doesn't always necessarily translate because
00:03:20
Speaker
seven and a half because they improved their first team, they improved their squad. Also for all the reasons, the financial reasons, like I said, they slashed their wage bill and Marotta did some great deals in selling some of the younger players and squad players and making money on them.
00:03:41
Speaker
and also not losing any of their big stars, not losing Scrinya or Barela or Lautaro. The only negative really is they lost Perisic who, you know, he's 33, they were going to have to replace him at some point.
00:03:56
Speaker
they probably have downgraded and they've lost a player that's able to beat a man, which is so, so important. So I think they will lose something there in the bigger games anyway. But yeah, I think they've done really well. The only doubts is if, and this is where on paper, it's not always how it is on the pitch, if Lukaku
00:04:14
Speaker
you know, ends up not being the same player that he was two years ago, and he hasn't been great in the first games of the season, then, then you suddenly could look at this completely different in terms of our interest strong as they were, you know, but you know, time will tell on that one.
Juventus' Balanced Transfers and Prudence
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Speaker
Juventus
00:04:34
Speaker
No, I have a seven for you. I think, I mean, Bremer is an outstanding signing. Costitch is good. I like that they bought Andrea Cambiazzo and sent him on loan. I think Milik is good as a backup. Di Maria will do well. Pogba is okay, you know, in terms of free transfer with the injuries and whatnot. But no, I mean, I look at the players they brought in. I think
00:04:59
Speaker
they they they they have improved and and i look at the players they sold demi raal delete mandragora. I'm and they will only have a net net transfer spend of four million three four five million euros which is good and they've slashed their wage bill no i i think i think seven seven and a half even.
00:05:20
Speaker
I would go six from a sporting point of view, but I would maybe upgrade it to six and a half because of the financial side. I think from a financial point of view,
00:05:32
Speaker
they did cut the wages, they did have a reasonably, if not a positive balance, then they haven't spent much this summer when you look at the money that they've made, say off the lit. But if you actually break it down, department by department, is the defence any stronger than it was last year? Well, Bremmer's come in and I think that Bremmer
00:05:59
Speaker
It was a fantastic deal for Juventus because they've basically made a profit on Delict for a player who, in my opinion, could go on to be better than Delict. Certainly better than what Delict showed for Juventus anyway. But that's a like for like.
00:06:18
Speaker
change that is. That's the thing. It's an improvement. That's the thing. Bremen's replacing Juventus' best defender. You know, Délicte was Juventus' best defender last season. Bremen is replacing someone who was already the best defender. They haven't improved any other positions. They desperately needed full backs, desperately. They haven't got any full backs. So that's huge.
00:06:36
Speaker
Um, I still think they're a player short but center back as well. Bonucci's so many injuries for Bonucci. You can't be playing Rugani. We'll see how good Gatti Gatti becomes. So is the defense any stronger than it was last year? If it is, it's only because Bremis is better than the lift in a position that was already their best position.
Juventus' Depth Concerns in Defense and Attack
00:06:57
Speaker
So I don't think they've really strengthened the fence as a whole. Uh, the midfield
00:07:02
Speaker
Pogba, of course, Pogba, if he's fit, if he stays fit, there's big question marks over that because he's got a chronic meniscus injury. You know, we don't know what's going to happen with that. But if he is fit, then obviously the midfield is much stronger. We also hope that Moretti, you know, but he's 18 years old, 19 years old. We don't know, you know, how well he's going to be able to do over a long period this season. You know, so I think the midfield potentially is stronger. And as for the attack,
00:07:32
Speaker
I don't think there's more goals in the attack this season than there was last season. When Dumaria is injury free, when Kiazaa comes back, Milik look as a backup instead of Morata. Well, they've only got two centre forwards.
00:07:52
Speaker
How many do you want them to have when they play a 4-3-3 with a single number nine up front? I mean, to me, it's not... I have no problem with it. I think Costic has shown really encouraging signs. And again... Not for Juventus so far. He's been awful in his first two games, but hopefully he will be a good sign-in. I think he'll be alright. It takes some time, but I mean, he's not really played in a 4-3-3 before, so I don't think he's been dreadful. I think it's going to take some time.
00:08:20
Speaker
But look, no, I think you have improved. I think this is year one in the Allegri project and I think the science... Well, every year is year one. No, it's not. No, listen. You said it was year one last year. No, I did not. You said it was zero. Go back and listen. Zero, one, two, three. I mean, we're back and it's not a spin, it's math.
00:08:41
Speaker
0 comes before 1, then comes 1, then comes 2. I love how every year is 0. No, it's not every year, it's because you and godly fans are so entitled. Oh my god.
00:08:58
Speaker
No, it's next year, it's year two if he's here. Year zero. Next year you'll be saying Allegri's first season was year minus one. No, that's you. It was the foundation year, minus, underneath. Year zero was the foundation year, and they survived that, they finished in the top four. And this is year one, and I think these signings reflect that. This is now becoming more a Juva that reflects Allegri and a Juva that is away from the nonsense of the
00:09:28
Speaker
Galactico era, and this is more becoming kind of ruthless. One shot against Spetzer in the first 18 minutes. It doesn't smack of a team that has a lot of attacking power. But yeah, anyway, Napoli.
Napoli's Successful Transfer Market Moves
00:09:42
Speaker
What do you give Napoli? I give them nine. They are the Regina del Mercato. Listen to the full show and all other episodes by going to patreon.com slash TIFP and become a member for only $2.99 per month.