Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

If indeed Inter still consider Lukaku to be an important player next season, then that's their right. I can't say I don't agree because I know Lukaku as a player who can contribute to the team's goalscoring stats. He's good, but as said and of course his performances have dropped season after season. Inter need a better striker than Lukaku, but Lukaku can still be relied on even if he doesn't completely rely on him.

That is not the case and we have never thought too far about Inter Milan still considering Lukaku to be an important player. But the reality is that they also need a new striker to complete the team next season and last season they had Dzeko as an option when Lukaku wasn't in his best form and also when he was injured. Relying on Lukaku alone will not guarantee a Serie-A or Champions League title race, which is why I think they need one more striker for next season.

As Champions League runners-up they must have a much bigger burden and they are required to be able to return to the final, management and fans will definitely expect more for next season, so their burden will be much bigger in maintaining their position. When it comes to the quality of the players, I still doubt that Inter Milan will be able to maintain their position towards the Champions League final next season.

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[Strongkored]

Selling Osimhen would be a disaster for Napoli... If a deal really can happen, I don't know who can replace this player... Napoli shouldn't let him leave the club, although I wouldn't be surprised if that happens... They let the coach go, now it's about one of the key players... I don't know what they are thinking, but definitely not about high results next season...

Osimhen's value set by Napoli is very high, so it seems that Napoli are still in a dilemma whether to let go or keep because they realize that this player is one of the key players in winning the Scudetto last season, with such a high price they will be able to find a replacement which is certainly considered to be help Napoli retain the title next season.
Are the clubs that are reportedly interested in Osimhen willing to spend as much money as Napoli has set, because the value is much higher than the market price.
Regarding why they sold some of the main players, it is very possible because of money because financing a club requires a lot of funds, but releasing Spalletti will be quite detrimental for them because usually the coach will leave or be fired when he is not performing well but this is precisely when he can bring his club to the top of the championship.

[HajiBagi]

Recently the teams I have been hearing about are Chelsea and Bayern Munich to go for Osimhen. Real Madrid are still silent about a big striker transfer but maybe they can decide to intervene in a probable race for Osimhen. Chelsea have signed Nkunku but it doesn't look like this will be it about a striker transfer. They are preparing for a bigger move.

But I have doubts that Osimhen would like to leave Napoli for them while Chelsea aren't even competing in the Champions League. Chelsea might have to offer a really attracting contract to him to be more convincing. If Bayern Munich also make an offer then I expect them to be one step ahead for him. But if we see Real Madrid in this race as well then I would definitely expect Osimhen to choose them. 

Osimhen plays as a striker, a position that is filled by both Bayern Munich and Chelsea. Osimhen, in my opinion, is best suited for real Madrid at the moment, and I am confident that he will never turn down a bid from them because they are the best sticker he could ask for. The team will be set if Real Madrid acquires Osimhen, and I fail to understand what Bayern Munich and Chelsea lack that would justify their pursuit of Osimhen.
Real Madrid is planning to add new players to its roster; I simply hope that part of their strategy also included acquiring Osimhen at all costs.

[rendravolt]

Newcastle United winger Allan Saint-Maximin is emerging as the latest Premier League star to be targeted by the Saudi Pro League, 90min understands. The Frenchman saw his game time limited last season, making just 12 Premier League starts, and is understood to be considering his options in the long-term. Although there are three years left on his current contract, Newcastle don't see a new deal beyond that as an option.90min understands that a number of clubs have checked on his situation, including Premier League rivals Everton and Crystal Palace. Champions League semi-finalists AC Milan and French giants Marseille are also believed to have shown an interest from the continent.

https://www.90min.com/posts/allan-saint-maximin-targeted-saudi-pro-league?

Saint maximin to go to the ac milan? Why not? As far as i can see that if his performance was being very impressive. I don't know why there are so many club put their eyes on him. He is a very talented player.
Im always feeling amazed by his performance, especially when the match between newcastle against city. Pep has been admitting him as one of the best winger.

It's very bad for eddie howe doesn't give him regular time to play. He deserves more time to play. I think that ac milan was taking the right decision to take him if club can. He can be a very good winger for acmilan.
He is one of most underrated winger in EPL. He rarely gets attention from media.

After successfully getting Loftus Cheek from Chelsea, now Milan are interested again in getting players from other English league clubs and Saint Maximin is indeed a very good choice for Milan. I think Saint Maximin has something that Milan needs, he has speed and accurate dribbles that can make the opponent's defense weak. On the other hand, maybe his position on the left wing means he has to become a substitute for Rafael Leao if he later joins Milan. But as long as he can compete with Rafael Leao maybe he can start at Milan. It would be a shame for Newcastle to lose this player and indeed Saint Maximin is an underrated player who is rarely looked at by other clubs.

[swogerino]

Newcastle United winger Allan Saint-Maximin is emerging as the latest Premier League star to be targeted by the Saudi Pro League, 90min understands. The Frenchman saw his game time limited last season, making just 12 Premier League starts, and is understood to be considering his options in the long-term. Although there are three years left on his current contract, Newcastle don't see a new deal beyond that as an option.90min understands that a number of clubs have checked on his situation, including Premier League rivals Everton and Crystal Palace. Champions League semi-finalists AC Milan and French giants Marseille are also believed to have shown an interest from the continent.

https://www.90min.com/posts/allan-saint-maximin-targeted-saudi-pro-league?

Saint maximin to go to the ac milan? Why not? As far as i can see that if his performance was being very impressive. I don't know why there are so many club put their eyes on him. He is a very talented player.
Im always feeling amazed by his performance, especially when the match between newcastle against city. Pep has been admitting him as one of the best winger.

It's very bad for eddie howe doesn't give him regular time to play. He deserves more time to play. I think that ac milan was taking the right decision to take him if club can. He can be a very good winger for acmilan.
He is one of most underrated winger in EPL. He rarely gets attention from media.

After successfully getting Loftus Cheek from Chelsea, now Milan are interested again in getting players from other English league clubs and Saint Maximin is indeed a very good choice for Milan. I think Saint Maximin has something that Milan needs, he has speed and accurate dribbles that can make the opponent's defense weak. On the other hand, maybe his position on the left wing means he has to become a substitute for Rafael Leao if he later joins Milan. But as long as he can compete with Rafael Leao maybe he can start at Milan. It would be a shame for Newcastle to lose this player and indeed Saint Maximin is an underrated player who is rarely looked at by other clubs.

Leao is Milan best player and hardly anyone can compete with him in attack there,even Saint Maximin I doubt can have a chance against Leao when Leao is in top form,he was recently injured but I think he is completely recovered now.The fact that Milan is looking very active in this summer transfer windows means only one thing,they are serious to fight for the title this year against Napoli and many other teams,last year they had a lot of bad luck as they drew against last place away and with the penultimate team in the standings at home,I think by strengthening their midfield and attack is a clear sign that they want to do better this time.

[jakdanyel]

Inter shouldn't do this I think. I mean there is no strong reason for them to bring back Lukaku to the team now. He is just detrimental to the team as his performance is really bad these days. He is even one of the reasons why they couldn't extend the final match in the Champions League to extra time.

We don't have the same old Lukaku anymore and it doesn't look likely that we will have in the future either. Lukaku is really interesting recently as well. I mean his performance at his national team is really superb. But I can't say the same thing when it comes to his performance at Inter. I believe Inter should be ready to pay a little more money to sign a better player.

[zuzie]

It will certainly be tough for them. Some players are also going to leave the team. That is going to disrupt the chemistry of the team as well. It is certainly going to be hard for them. I am also hearing that there is going to be a big offer for Victor Osimhen to stay on the team. I don’t know if he's actually going to stay or not. But I think Napoli is doing the right thing by trying to keep him in the team. I don’t know if there will actually be successful to do that. But it’s good that they are at least trying.

Duke khan

Today, information has already appeared on the pages of the Football-Italia publication that Osimhen can extend the contract with Naloli, he will receive a salary increase, and besides, he initially wanted to continue his career in Napoli. I saw the news that Chelsea are interested in him, but perhaps 100mn is not the amount for which Napoli are ready to let go of such a talented striker.

Victor Osimhen is an important figure behind Napoli's success in winning Serie A. I am far more certain that the club will try to keep Osimhen at the club despite receive offers of up to hundreds of millions from outside teams who want Osimhen. Even if he want to try playing in the EPL, I'm not sure Osimhen will agree with Chelsea

[marcous]

Inter shouldn't do this I think. I mean there is no strong reason for them to bring back Lukaku to the team now. He is just detrimental to the team as his performance is really bad these days. He is even one of the reasons why they couldn't extend the final match in the Champions League to extra time.

We don't have the same old Lukaku anymore and it doesn't look likely that we will have in the future either. Lukaku is really interesting recently as well. I mean his performance at his national team is really superb. But I can't say the same thing when it comes to his performance at Inter. I believe Inter should be ready to pay a little more money to sign a better player.

I agree with you about Lukaku looking really bad last season judging by his goal statistics. When compared to the first period in the Inter uniform, Lukaku still hasn't been able to show his best performance in this second period. Inter is better off not extending the loan period with a permanent purchase option next year. They better focus on finding young strikers who have potential, instead of making Lukaku permanent considering he is also 30 years old.

Chelsea made a permanent option offer to Inter to cover losses when they sent him home in the second period from Inter. Chelsea management seems more than happy to release the player to the Arab Pro League. At least they have the courage to pay up to 50 million Pounds to Chelsea. However, it is reported that Lukaku rejected the contract offer and prefers to play for Inter Milan next season. Even if he survives, I think Lukaku will only be a back-up and fill the bench more than he will get to play next season.

[piebeyb]

Victor Osimhen is an important figure behind Napoli's success in winning Serie A. I am far more certain that the club will try to keep Osimhen at the club despite receive offers of up to hundreds of millions from outside teams who want Osimhen. Even if he want to try playing in the EPL, I'm not sure Osimhen will agree with Chelsea

I think he will stay for Napoli next season because indeed he was an important factor in Napoli winning the league last season, but Min-jae Kim's departure to Bayern Munich will also make Napoli's defense less good because so far Min-jae Kim playing well at the back, I think even that will cost Napoli a big loss selling Min-jae Kim.

If Victor Osimhen also leaves, of course Napoli will lose the opportunity to compete in next season's matches which I think will be full of tough competition, especially since many clubs are shopping for the best players to compete in next season. Napoli, of course, must get new players to fill in several lines to strengthening Napoli next season and being able to defend their championship title.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

I agree with you about Lukaku looking really bad last season judging by his goal statistics. When compared to the first period in the Inter uniform, Lukaku still hasn't been able to show his best performance in this second period. Inter is better off not extending the loan period with a permanent purchase option next year. They better focus on finding young strikers who have potential, instead of making Lukaku permanent considering he is also 30 years old.

He had limited appearances for Inter Milan in the last season by injuries but when he had appearances for them, he did not play well and sometimes missed unbelievable chances. Missing such opportunities when you can score a goal by a simple touch is unacceptable for Inter Milan as they expected a lot from Lukaku after they both had great success seasons ago. Lukaku still has his strong mentality but his body looks to be worse with time and it explains worse performance of Lukaku in the last two seasons.

Chelsea made a permanent option offer to Inter to cover losses when they sent him home in the second period from Inter. Chelsea management seems more than happy to release the player to the Arab Pro League. At least they have the courage to pay up to 50 million Pounds to Chelsea. However, it is reported that Lukaku rejected the contract offer and prefers to play for Inter Milan next season. Even if he survives, I think Lukaku will only be a back-up and fill the bench more than he will get to play next season.

Lukaku still wants to win Champions League in Europe and he is still young to think about Saudi Professional League. Winning Champions League depends on luckiness a lot but it is a future story. Lukaku must convince Inter Milan or other big clubs in Europe to rescue him from Chelsea and give him chances to play in Europe and Champions League.

[youdacapt]

Saint maximin to go to the ac milan? Why not? As far as i can see that if his performance was being very impressive. I don't know why there are so many club put their eyes on him. He is a very talented player.
Im always feeling amazed by his performance, especially when the match between newcastle against city. Pep has been admitting him as one of the best winger.

It's very bad for eddie howe doesn't give him regular time to play. He deserves more time to play. I think that ac milan was taking the right decision to take him if club can. He can be a very good winger for acmilan.
He is one of most underrated winger in EPL. He rarely gets attention from media.

I do not think Saint maximin will go to AC Milan, or any other clubside, also, i do not think Newcastle United will be selling him either. After an impressive season in the EPL, taking Newcastle United back to the Champions League; Saint maximin will relish the chance the play UCL FOOTBALL with Newcastle than any other team.

Also, it is wrong that Eddie Howe does not give Saint maximin starting berth; instead the winger has an injury crisis that keeps him unfit for more than 2 months in a season.
Importantly, AC Milan cannot afford Saint maximin too if we are been candid haha.

[wmaurik]

for now Osimhen is Napoli's mainstay player and the reason Napoli is giving such a high price is because they really don't want to really sell him and if there is a team that is willing to buy at a price that has been set by Napoli, they have already targeted other players who can still help Napoli dominate the standings next summer. so don't worry too much about Napoli's future in the summer because no one really wants to get Osimhen at such a crazy price and Napoli always has a strategy and a way to stay the best in Serie A.

What Napoli is doing is one of the efforts to keep themselves strong in Serie A next season, because such a high price can also be for two other players whose quality is not much different from Osimhen. This means that Napoli is quite smart in managing this strategy in terms of protecting its players and also in terms of maintaining the strength of its team so that they don't experience a slump in the next season. So this is one of the wisest thoughts for Napoli.

[Jody.Drummer]

for now Osimhen is Napoli's mainstay player and the reason Napoli is giving such a high price is because they really don't want to really sell him and if there is a team that is willing to buy at a price that has been set by Napoli, they have already targeted other players who can still help Napoli dominate the standings next summer. so don't worry too much about Napoli's future in the summer because no one really wants to get Osimhen at such a crazy price and Napoli always has a strategy and a way to stay the best in Serie A.

What Napoli is doing is one of the efforts to keep themselves strong in Serie A next season, because such a high price can also be for two other players whose quality is not much different from Osimhen. This means that Napoli is quite smart in managing this strategy in terms of protecting its players and also in terms of maintaining the strength of its team so that they don't experience a slump in the next season. So this is one of the wisest thoughts for Napoli.

Currently there is news that in the end Osimhen will extend his contract with Napoli because seeing from the current conditions where Madrid did not move and Manchester United did not make an offer for him, it is indeed likely that a contract extension will be made by Osimhen.
Actually this has been awaited by Napoli too because seeing from the season before it ended they had offered a new contract for this player but were still held back because at that time there were quite a lot of clubs who wanted Osimhen's services, but when the price set by Napoli was quite high then one by one the clubs who wanted Osimhen to leave.

[masulum]

Even though AC Milan has brought in several players, I am not sure about AC Milan strength in facing the 2023/2024 season. Tonali's departure to Newcastle, Milan failed to buy Kamada, will likely make it difficult for AC Milan to compete for the title. AC Milan fans are quite disappointed with Milan current transfer. I am worried that Leao will choose to leave in the mid-season if Milan cannot compete from the start of the season.

[uswa56]

Even though AC Milan has brought in several players, I am not sure about AC Milan strength in facing the 2023/2024 season. Tonali's departure to Newcastle, Milan failed to buy Kamada, will likely make it difficult for AC Milan to compete for the title. AC Milan fans are quite disappointed with Milan current transfer. I am worried that Leao will choose to leave in the mid-season if Milan cannot compete from the start of the season.

So far, AC Milan has not seen a major overhaul, instead they were abandoned by players who had quality and did not bring in other quality players to fill the void. It's only natural that many people began to doubt AC Milan for next season because they didn't make many changes, this is enough unfortunate.
However, the transfer window is still quite long and we can still wait to see what moves AC Milan will make to improve even better.
I hope AC Milan can get up to be even better next season so that the competition in Serie A to fight for the Scudetto is even more competitive compared to last season.

[asriloni]

Victor Osimhen is an important figure behind Napoli's success in winning Serie A. I am far more certain that the club will try to keep Osimhen at the club despite receive offers of up to hundreds of millions from outside teams who want Osimhen. Even if he want to try playing in the EPL, I'm not sure Osimhen will agree with Chelsea

By putting a very big release clause, the club made a commitment to protect him.. It's caused by the fact that if osimhen becomes a key of napoli to win scudetto last season. That's why i expect osimhen will not be leaving from the club.
Although Chelsea has the funds to purchase him, Osimhen has stated that he is not interested in joining Chelsea. Chelsea has so many strikers. No point to join chelsea.
Remember that if chelsea has bought jackson and nkuku. These are strikers that will compete with osimhen if he will be willing to leave from the club and join in chelsea.
I hope that will not true. Osimhen can reject any offers that came to him

[babo]

I do not understand
In my opinion, Juventus is not in a position to refuse
true potentially it's worth 70, but if they give you 60 and since you're in a bit of a bad way with the money, take it and that's good
there's no point in throwing money with a player who doesn't want to play with you (among other things)

It is not too complicated, you should understand it. Vlahovic is still young, has a good performance, and worth €70 million. If you are Juventus management, you must reject Chelsea offer because it's not worth the Vlahovic's value. Moreover, Vlahovic has stated that he wants to stay with Juventus for a more season. So, Juventus has no reason to sell him at under market value.

now everything is clearer to me
thanks a lot for the explanation

I had reasoned more impulsively, that is, money is needed, I accept the 60 million
but in fact perhaps what you say makes sense, better not to sell for at least 70 million

[Blitzboy]

180 million for Osimhen are disproportionate, he had an excellent season with Napoli but a single good season is not enough to give such a high value to victor! Haaland according to this criterion should be worth 500 million minimum! I think Napoli don't want to deprive themselves of their best striker also because they wouldn't find a valid alternative on the market, but if they don't sell for 180 million they will most likely never be offered this amount again to Napoli

I think Napoli is deliberately setting a higher rate than the normal price. because they really don't want to lose Victor Osimhen from their squad. and yeah it's true they'd even be hard pressed to find a replacement Osimhen if their Osimhen were to let loose. so by setting a high transfer price is for the big teams to give up on the hunt for Osimhen. And so that Osimhen stays in Napoli longer. But if there is a club that wants to redeem 180 million euros for Osimhen. then Napoli will clearly benefit financially but will be disadvantaged in terms of club performance in the future. because they will lose their flagship player and I don't think they will find a replacement anytime soon.

Wow, we're talking about a huge sum of money here! Napoli's high wall of 180 million for Osimhen makes sense, in my opinion. A loud warning to all the other clubs out there! A hedge against financial loss in the event that their top player leaves, and a means of retaining him. To what extent, though, is it even a question? Is there a club that would pay that much for him?

So, what comes next, exactly? They'll have more money in the bank, but a huge vulnerability in their first line of defense. Can that sum be used to acquire a player who can step in and play immediately in place of Osimhen? Not likely! If Osimhen quits, they will likely see a significant drop in performance unless they have a secret weapon in their ranks. This isnt a pretty sight, is it?

[masulum]

However, the transfer window is still quite long and we can still wait to see what moves AC Milan will make to improve even better.
I hope AC Milan can get up to be even better next season so that the competition in Serie A to fight for the Scudetto is even more competitive compared to last season.

3 months, is not enough to see AC Milan make changes this season. When AC Milan lost Diaz and Ibrahimovic, Milan also sold Tonali. Of course Milan gets 70m euros, but AC Milan's strength will be more weak. I am sure that in the remainder of this transfer window, Milan will not get a quality player for more than 70 million euros, or the equivalent of Tonali price. Milan will try to buy lower price players with average non special talents.

[indah rezqi]

So far, AC Milan has not seen a major overhaul, instead they were abandoned by players who had quality and did not bring in other quality players to fill the void. It's only natural that many people began to doubt AC Milan for next season because they didn't make many changes, this is enough unfortunate.
However, the transfer window is still quite long and we can still wait to see what moves AC Milan will make to improve even better.
I hope AC Milan can get up to be even better next season so that the competition in Serie A to fight for the Scudetto is even more competitive compared to last season.

The big name Ac Milan and playing in the Champions League next season may not necessarily make the players in the squad last. Management could not take a firm stance amidst the club's unstable financial constraints. Players with more quality like Tonali were released by Ac Milan for a very realistic reason, namely to get large funds from selling him to Newcastle. In this transfer market I agree with you in the sense that Milan are not as aggressive as other teams, they just brought in Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Marco Sportiello and released three players Tonali, Ibrahimovic who retired and Ciprian Tatarusanu.

It looks like they will rely more on players returning from loan periods than buying new players. With the changes in Ac Milan's management after Maldini was fired, it certainly disturbed them in their targeting of players in the transfer market. If you see a situation like this, it's only natural that Milan is not included in the Serie A Champion candidate next season.