what's happened to Inter Milan and other Italian teams...?
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A few years ago they were Italian heavyweights, Mourinho left in 2010 after them being champions af Serie A and then next year they came 2nd (ok, not a massive down fall!) but the following year they were 6th, and last year they were 9th!!!! what on earth is happening?
Roma - remember when they were also one of Italy's "big guns" - Totti, Cafu etc playing for them, last year they were 25 points behind 1st place.
i guess times change!
Roma - remember when they were also one of Italy's "big guns" - Totti, Cafu etc playing for them, last year they were 25 points behind 1st place.
i guess times change!
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Inter have/had huge debts so became a selling club and the player bought in are not of the required standard, not to mention they haven't had a solid manager since Mourinho left.
Roma, were taken over by some guy from USA good article here. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130...
Roma, were taken over by some guy from USA good article here. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130...
Inter Milan have fallen foul to having seemingly no youth program.
When they won the treble Mourinho was quoted saying that it was great because it was a "last chance" for most of the players in the squad given their age. Since then they haven't spent and have continued to play the same ageing squad as they did 4 years ago.
Except that squad now doesn't have Maicon, Cesar, Lucio or Eto'o any more. It also speaks volumes that their biggest signing over the last few years is probably Palacio, who is 29/30 IIRC so its not like he's a new young talent.
Basically if you look at the crux of their squad, Milito, Zanetti, Cambiasso, Samuel its still the same as Mouinho left it but with half of the top players from that era having left.
Then you have the board/owners selling players like Coutinho for 8mil (which was great for us) but they must be kicking themselves now.
Inter is a classic example of why, although its nice to keep your older players involved you can't single handedly rely on them, especially when they get injuries (like Milito, Samuel and Zanetti did last season) A club that has done what Inter should have done very well is Chelsea, kept the old guard involved and happy whilst maintaining a good young squad around them giving them a great balance of young enthusiasm and experience.
When they won the treble Mourinho was quoted saying that it was great because it was a "last chance" for most of the players in the squad given their age. Since then they haven't spent and have continued to play the same ageing squad as they did 4 years ago.
Except that squad now doesn't have Maicon, Cesar, Lucio or Eto'o any more. It also speaks volumes that their biggest signing over the last few years is probably Palacio, who is 29/30 IIRC so its not like he's a new young talent.
Basically if you look at the crux of their squad, Milito, Zanetti, Cambiasso, Samuel its still the same as Mouinho left it but with half of the top players from that era having left.
Then you have the board/owners selling players like Coutinho for 8mil (which was great for us) but they must be kicking themselves now.
Inter is a classic example of why, although its nice to keep your older players involved you can't single handedly rely on them, especially when they get injuries (like Milito, Samuel and Zanetti did last season) A club that has done what Inter should have done very well is Chelsea, kept the old guard involved and happy whilst maintaining a good young squad around them giving them a great balance of young enthusiasm and experience.
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