Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[emrecemsan]

I hope that Milan don't have that much serious problem on making signings as you guys said. Because they really need to add some new players to their squad right now. They achieved the league title and it was wonderful. But the current squad may not be enough to repeat it again and to become successful in the Champions League also. By saying ''successful'' I mean that they should manage to get past the group stage without big problems at least. After that it's going to be up to them to move on to the upper stages. Their probability of making it would increase if they make the necessary signings.

[KTChampions]

I read a news about milan condition now, Milan is currently in serious trouble regarding the transfer of players. Rumors, RedBird will not provide enough money for Milan in the transfer market this summer. Of course this is a blow to Pioli and staff like Maldini. Because, Milan already have a plan to buy some players, but if Milan didn't get funds from RedBird, the plan could change and could not be executed as well.

As I've imagined it, but I don't think that it would be a big issue like you say, Milan anyway has a great team and they can challenge for the first 4th place also the next year, most probably they will not win championship

anymore, but they can fight for the higher rank. RedBird has invested a lot into this team, and is clear that they doesn't want to spend money this year.

I don't think any of the Milan fans would agree with such a huge drop in ambition - being champions to fight for getting into the top 4. Huh? Plus, everyone would like Milan to perform adequately in the Champions League and not just play the group and fly out in 1/8 (or get into the Europa League). Maybe the financial situation will change, there is still time.

[bekti3]

I read a news about milan condition now, Milan is currently in serious trouble regarding the transfer of players. Rumors, RedBird will not provide enough money for Milan in the transfer market this summer. Of course this is a blow to Pioli and staff like Maldini. Because, Milan already have a plan to buy some players, but if Milan didn't get funds from RedBird, the plan could change and could not be executed as well.

This is something that is quite difficult for them now because if they want to continue competing then it is clear they have to improve so that they can continue to be competitive next season.
But with news like this, it will indeed be very difficult, not only to add the worst risk players, they also have to remove several players so that they are not affected by a bigger crisis.
Inevitably they must try to save now and prioritize what is important and have to give up some of their wasted plans.

[dezoel]

I hope that Milan don't have that much serious problem on making signings as you guys said. Because they really need to add some new players to their squad right now. They achieved the league title and it was wonderful. But the current squad may not be enough to repeat it again and to become successful in the Champions League also. By saying ''successful'' I mean that they should manage to get past the group stage without big problems at least. After that it's going to be up to them to move on to the upper stages. Their probability of making it would increase if they make the necessary signings.

I was also feeling in this way but right now nothing is sure what happening and how things are going in few leagues because few teams are already having financial issues and these are trying their best for avoiding this all like Barcelona in Spain and Milan in Italy.

It's all happening due to after shocks of Covid-19 hopefully things will be normal for them very quickly because they are defending champions, and they need to act few things very quickly for better results in next season otherwise they can face problems like Barcelona which coast them very badly, and now they are under huge debit which is having big impact on their market as well. I have one question if someone can give update I read AC Milan is one of most strong clubs in Europe then why they are right now struggling. I am asking in financial terms.

[FanEagle]

Romelu Lukaku's big problem at Chelsea is that he's been a bit slow in adapting to Chelsea's style of play and the Premier League. On the other hand, when he strengthened Inter Milan in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons he played very well as the spearhead. That's a big difference in my opinion, now he's in the same team when he played well. Hope this helps him in getting his game back.

He is definitely better when he is playing in Italy because of the national difference. In Italy teams play a bit more hardcore defense at it is famously known, so having a big striker that is playing like a pivot, means that you get to actually use him a bit more for his strength and his added agility for his size helps him score a lot of goals.

On the other hand teams play from the wings a lot in EPL and that means it is not going to be that easy for Lukaku, he is not a wing man, and all he could do is get all the balls he could be thrown at, maybe some header goals could be good for him, but that doesn't change the fact that it is not going to be that simple.

[MonsterV]

Inter have a strong team to win the league next season. They are heavily favored by the bookmakers. Juventus is again highly regarded, and there is no other way if you see what kind of players are walking around there. Juventus is praised defensively, but that is where things went wrong last season, right? They have sufficient quality in attack and in midfield, but the Achilles tendon seems to be the defence. De Ligt may still be too inexperienced.

[judas]

When it comes to the championship odds next season, I see very different kinds of odds on different websites now. Some of them show Juventus as the biggest favourite by a slight gap and Inter are following them right behind. Milan are right behind these two for example. I would understand them for putting Milan behind Inter as Inter have a better squad quality than them now which makes them have a bigger potential theoretically. But we should keep in mind that they are still very close to each other as they both became the champions in the previous two seasons.

[TheGreatPython]

Inter have a strong team to win the league next season. They are heavily favored by the bookmakers. Juventus is again highly regarded, and there is no other way if you see what kind of players are walking around there. Juventus is praised defensively, but that is where things went wrong last season, right? They have sufficient quality in attack and in midfield, but the Achilles tendon seems to be the defence. De Ligt may still be too inexperienced.

In last season we have very interesting competition between top ranked teams for title like in first half Napoli was dominating, but sadly they fail to keep this lead and at the end they dropped to fourth now in this season we have two completely different teams for title race with Inter and Juventus and strengthening their squads most chances we will have only two-way race because AC Milan and Napoli both are struggling and have no good enough players for challenging them in title race. Atlanta and Roma are also having issues which are preventing them for having strong enough challenge for title.

Here in next season most chances Inter will lead throughout but if Juventus able to settle their problems in defense then surely it's going to be very tough challenge for both teams.

[kro55]

I hope that Milan don't have that much serious problem on making signings as you guys said. Because they really need to add some new players to their squad right now. They achieved the league title and it was wonderful. But the current squad may not be enough to repeat it again and to become successful in the Champions League also. By saying ''successful'' I mean that they should manage to get past the group stage without big problems at least. After that it's going to be up to them to move on to the upper stages. Their probability of making it would increase if they make the necessary signings.

I was also feeling in this way but right now nothing is sure what happening and how things are going in few leagues because few teams are already having financial issues and these are trying their best for avoiding this all like Barcelona in Spain and Milan in Italy.
It's all happening due to after shocks of Covid-19 hopefully things will be normal for them very quickly because they are defending champions, and they need to act few things very quickly for better results in next season otherwise they can face problems like Barcelona which coast them very badly, and now they are under huge debit which is having big impact on their market as well. I have one question if someone can give update I read AC Milan is one of most strong clubs in Europe then why they are right now struggling. I am asking in financial terms.

I think what the whole world have experienced in the last few years and what has happened in the whole football world overall will take a little time to get back to everything and have a normal life. In football, a lot of crazy things have happened. We all know what has happened to Barcelona and I think every time should take lessons from this and be careful that something like that never happens. Their situation is not that bad in my opinion but if they don't be careful it can prove to be a real financial problem for them in the future.

[ShowOff]

Lukaku has a very long contract at Chelsea and I don't think getting him permanently is not the right decision, because of course it will cost more money. This rumor is indeed very strong and it seems, there is no doubt that this loan transaction will materialize. Also, this rumor is related to Dybala where previously Dybala was Inter's first choice, but after Lukaku was projected to return to Inter then Dybala was no longer the main choice to get.

The success of Lukaku's loan transfer from Chelsea made the Dybala transfer saga to Inter even more dim. The slow process of negotiations between the player and Inter makes Dybala most likely to be offered to another team by his agent. I don't know for sure which team he will be offered to, but there is still the possibility of Inter getting Dybala if Edin Dzeko, Joaquin Correa and Alexis Sanchez or one of them comes first. Another obstacle is the contract value proposed by Inter for Dybala which is considered not worth it, but it is likely that there will always be because so far Dybala has not decided where he will go.

[Furious 7]

Juventus does not have a problem on the front line, after being left by Dybala it does not make Juventus attack line weak, because there are still several other attackers that Juventus still relies on. The main concern in midfield, Juventus lack a midfielder who can send through the ball to the attackers. Signing Pogba can be done by Juventus to strengthen the midfield, Juventus must also improve their defense, there is no meaning at all if the midfield and attack line are filled with top players if the defense is still fragile.

ye ye, agree with you
https://supersport.com/football/italy/top-scorers

if you look at the top scorers you will see that juventus is not in bad shape at all

maybe it's true, the weak point lies elsewhere
but do you have data that support your thesis?

If you look at the Top Score, indeed Dusan is not bad as a retainer from Juventus but if I'm not mistaken most of Dusan's goals from the 24 Goals he scored were mostly when he was at Fiorentina and only 7 goals he scored at Juventus (CMIIW) in Serie A.
For a team like Juventus, I still feel that they are still having trouble scoring goals and their productivity is still very far from expectations.
This season they have only scored 57 goals in Serie A and this is still quite different from the teams that are above them and even still lose to Lazio and Roma in terms of productivity which incidentally is below them in position.

[alpamar99]

Actually, for Serie A, I don't really look at age because there are a lot of players aged 33 and above who are still competitive there.
Let's call it Bonucci, Dries Mertens, Giroud who is 35 years old, Dzeko 36 years old, Chielini 37 years old, and Zlatan who is 40 years old now. They can still compete well so Di Maria's age is not an obstacle in my opinion.
The most important thing is that even though the performance is quite old, if the performance is still good enough, even though it is definitely reduced, it doesn't matter as long as it is useful for the club, why not.

I agree with this and I love this in Italian soccer they love performance and fitness they never go with age factor just because of this here we have too many players are enjoying after 35 which is rare in many other European clubs because mostly clubs want younger players because they love to have long term contracts or financial factors also in mind but here in Italy they mostly go with performance and fitness which is amazing culture here.

In last season, we have too many players enjoy even they are playing soccer in bonus after having very long and healthy career in next season we are again going to watch few players those are over 35+ and mostly other clubs are not interested in them but here in Italy they have chance for giving their best at this age.

At least they still have a place here even though many from the other leagues would definitely throw out some players of this age.
And in the case of Di Maria he still has the potential to play well in my opinion because he is still 34 years old, even though his performance in terms of strength is reduced but it will not be an obstacle considering Serie A still has a fairly slow tempo so this will not be a problem which is great for him. Moreover, he is not the type of runner and gives more sweet passes and the skills he applies are still very good.

[Rengga Jati]

-snip-

Because to be a successful team, can't just rely on young players, it takes the presence of experienced players who are over 30 years old.
Even though Ibrahimovic is 40 years old and has been through a lot of injuries, but I believe his contribution is very big to help AC Milan win
the Serie A trophy this season. So I don't think it's a problem for a team to recruit players over 30 years old,

As long as the players have good track records, why not?
The combination of experienced old players and also energic and fresh young players will be good, moreover, if they can really work as a solid team, they can support each other.
And if this is around 30 years old, there are even still several years to play effectively in a team right?
A young player can be a very precious asset for the team if they can really play greatly, and older players can lead the team to be more solid, ready, and experienced than it should be.

[babo]

I read a news about milan condition now, Milan is currently in serious trouble regarding the transfer of players. Rumors, RedBird will not provide enough money for Milan in the transfer market this summer. Of course this is a blow to Pioli and staff like Maldini. Because, Milan already have a plan to buy some players, but if Milan didn't get funds from RedBird, the plan could change and could not be executed as well.

yes, I too am not understanding anything about what Milan is up to
if someone has understood what happens to Milan and wants to explain it to me .. because there is a huge confusion about it
news say one thing, news that disproves immediately comes out
a confusion

[hahay]

I read a news about milan condition now, Milan is currently in serious trouble regarding the transfer of players. Rumors, RedBird will not provide enough money for Milan in the transfer market this summer. Of course this is a blow to Pioli and staff like Maldini. Because, Milan already have a plan to buy some players, but if Milan didn't get funds from RedBird, the plan could change and could not be executed as well.

yes, I too am not understanding anything about what Milan is up to
if someone has understood what happens to Milan and wants to explain it to me .. because there is a huge confusion about it
news say one thing, news that disproves immediately comes out
a confusion

From one source that I read apart from the lack of funds, that the process of taking over by RedBird itself is not yet finished, which means Milan will not be able to do much in the transfer window this summer. This incident is of course very unfortunate, considering that Milan are the winners of the Serie A title this season but the movement in the transfer market is not so optimal. If it is like this, of course Milan will still find it difficult to defend the title next season and do not promise a better achievement in the Champions League next season.

[Sebas.tian]

There are really some news on reliable sources showing that Inter are finishing the Romelu Lukaku loan deal. Inter are very lucky to have him back like this. If they signed him on a permanent deal, it would be a way profitable deal compared to the amount they sold him to Chelsea. Chelsea must be very regretful about paying insane amount of money to sign Lukaku. I think we would most probably see Lukaku going back to Inter permanently later on if he performs strongly.

Lukaku is a talented striker that has what it takes to attract victory at the end of the match that will make other teams to wish to have player like lukaku in their team. It will be a welcome development to inter team, if they can be able to get lukaku back to the team which will really help them to perform well in next season. I think, inter managements will increase lukaku salary compare to the amount he is receiving from Chelsea for he not to regret for coming back to inter again.

[Oneandpure]

The success of Lukaku's loan transfer from Chelsea made the Dybala transfer saga to Inter even more dim. The slow process of negotiations between the player and Inter makes Dybala most likely to be offered to another team by his agent. I don't know for sure which team he will be offered to, but there is still the possibility of Inter getting Dybala if Edin Dzeko, Joaquin Correa and Alexis Sanchez or one of them comes first. Another obstacle is the contract value proposed by Inter for Dybala which is considered not worth it, but it is likely that there will always be because so far Dybala has not decided where he will go.

I think not have chance for Dybala will join Inter Milan next season after success transfer and get back Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea with loan option. Maybe long negotiation between Dybala and Inter Milan management and not get agreement with Dybala, not any other issues except moving to Inter Milan for Dybala because he not on the list window transfer player from other team on Serie A. Will he plays on Primer League and La Liga for next season? Dybala is good option because he has free transfer player and team not needed to spent much money for getting Dybala sign's.

[Oluwa-btc]

There are really some news on reliable sources showing that Inter are finishing the Romelu Lukaku loan deal. Inter are very lucky to have him back like this. If they signed him on a permanent deal, it would be a way profitable deal compared to the amount they sold him to Chelsea. Chelsea must be very regretful about paying insane amount of money to sign Lukaku. I think we would most probably see Lukaku going back to Inter permanently later on if he performs strongly.

Lukaku is a talented striker that has what it takes to attract victory at the end of the match that will make other teams to wish to have player like lukaku in their team. It will be a welcome development to inter team, if they can be able to get lukaku back to the team which will really help them to perform well in next season. I think, inter managements will increase lukaku salary compare to the amount he is receiving from Chelsea for he not to regret for coming back to inter again.

Romelu Lukaku will only perform greatly if they have quality players like midfielder's and wingers to feed him with passes and crosses, he is very good with the head and a very strong player.
Inter Milan growth depends on the manager, and how he relates with the squad, I see every player looking for a team with more game time so they can have a spot in them National squad ahead of the FIFA World Cup to be held November/ December.
Asides Lukaku, they have Dybala, Larturo Martinez who are good players, they also have a great vision for goal, it will be a long season, the Champions League will be a great one with new players representing then new club's.

[Luzin]

I think not have chance for Dybala will join Inter Milan next season after success transfer and get back Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea with loan option. Maybe long negotiation between Dybala and Inter Milan management and not get agreement with Dybala, not any other issues except moving to Inter Milan for Dybala because he not on the list window transfer player from other team on Serie A. Will he plays on Primer League and La Liga for next season? Dybala is good option because he has free transfer player and team not needed to spent much money for getting Dybala sign's.

I heard that Milan is also interested in Dybala. But until now I haven't seen the official news. Of course I don't think Inter need Dybala anymore, if he keeps buying Dybala it looks like it will hurt Inter. Since he does not have a club, of course he is free to choose a club. In fact I read in the local media that Dybala offered to Barcelona, but Xavi refused. This was due to Dybala not conforming to his tactics. For the EPL I heard a few months ago Man United and Tottenham were interested in him, but maybe it was just a rumour.

[masulum]

yes, I too am not understanding anything about what Milan is up to
if someone has understood what happens to Milan and wants to explain it to me .. because there is a huge confusion about it
news say one thing, news that disproves immediately comes out
a confusion

According to the existing news i've read from local media, Milan only can buy players use the money from the sale of existing players, and additional from redbird only around 40-100m euro. The difficult thing for Milan to be able to buy players quickly. Maybe Milan can buy players before the ends of the transfer window, if they manage to sell 2-3 players. If they fail to sell players, the only solution is to find free players or borrow players at a price that is not too expensive. really bad decision if this happens.