Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 386. (Read 849851 times)

I agree that Juventus midfield has been a weakness and this game highlighted that issue. However I am optimistic about new midfielders brought in by Thiago Motta who are young and fresh. It is exciting to see so many young players in Juventus lineup and I think Motta coaching style and tactics can bring much needed boost to team. Unlike Max Allegri more defensive approach Motta seems to be focusing on a more offensive and courageous playing style which could be just what Juventus needs to improve their game. I'm hopeful that Motta can turn things around and lead Juventus to success.

If it is true that Juventus' weak point is in their midfield then this must really be supported by this game. I see that many of the midfielders who have been brought in are quite fresh with the age of players brought in by Thiago Motta. Hopefully this can improve Juventus' game in hand. Thiago Motta, I always see footage of their training on social media. It's quite interesting how many young players are on the Juventus line at the moment.

Thiago Motta has a lot of hope that he will be able to bring Juventus to the right path from the previous game when he was still managed by Max Allegri. Of course the tactics that will be given and the way of playing can be more efficient and courageous to play offensively rather than always playing defensively.

Lukaku if Osimhen leave is almost a deal done for Napoli.
Conte has a big carisma and some players want to stay at Napoli only because of him.
Kvara otherwise is not so sure to stay there.

According to rumors he has an offer from PSG for 9mil yearly, at Napoli he actually earn around 1 mil.

The proposal from Napoli according to rumors is under 5 mil for a new contract, almost the half of what he could have from PSG...

Yes, we all know why Conte wants Romero Lukaku and why Romero wants to play with him.  They understand each other and have respect for each other.
Then Osimhen, he is right, there is no point in holding back a person who doesn't want to stay and who would certainly not play happy.
The problem now is selling it.

It is true, Juventus always has problems in their midfield, which is why in the matches they have played this season their attacks have not been able to flow well. So the presence of Douglas Luiz and Thuram will definitely make Juventus' midfield more agile and able to organize attacks more sharply. The reason is, both players have very good quality and have the status of versatile midfielders. So currently Juventus is only looking for a very sharp striker, because currently I personally feel that Juventus does not yet have a very sharp striker. Maybe currently the only striker that Juventus can rely on is Vlahovic. So in this transfer market, Juventus must look for one or two more attackers to sharpen their front line. And currently Juventus reportedly has two potential strikers who will most likely be brought in during this season's transfer market. These players are Mateo Retegui and Giacomo Raspadori.

The two players actually both have quite long contracts with their current clubs. Mateo has a contract until 2027 at Genoa and Giacomo also has a contract until 2028 at Napoli. So, to bring in these players, I think Juventus will have a long debate with the clubs where these two players occupy. Because even though it is true that these two players are not yet main players at their clubs, I see these two players as valuable assets for their clubs. But hopefully Juventus can bring in one of these two players. Because if Juventus cannot bring in a single striker in this transfer market, I am sure Juventus will not be a serious competitor in Serie A next season. Because as you said, Soule will most likely leave Juventus. In fact, according to news circulating, Chiesa and Arkadiusz Milik will also leave Juventus. So if this happens, Juventus will clearly have a very big gap in the front line. Therefore, to overcome this, Juventus is obliged to buy forward players in this transfer market, to close the gaps that these players may leave.

Juventus' weak point was attack, which is why they even used Chiesa, a nominal midfielder, as a striker, and Vlahovic was not enough, the team needed a good striker, but Alegre could not get enough funding for this. They tried to sell Vlahovic, but they didn't succeed, in the end I think that this was the main reason for such an uncertain season for Juventus. Alegre built a good defense, he knows how to do it. I don’t really like how Motta is rebuilding the team yet, I want to be wrong because I like Juventus, but I doubt that Juve will have a chance to compete for the Scudetto in the new season.

Thiago Motta has changed his mind and included Federico Chiesa in his plans for next season. I think this is very encouraging news for La Vechia Signora fans because there were rumors that Juventus wanted to sell Federico Chiesa. Now the rumors have ended and Thiago Motta wants to strengthen his squad's performance to welcome Serie A.

Source: https://twitter.com/DiMarzio/status/1816461833580028283

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Then there was news from Chelsea responding to Lukaku's transfer to Napoli and the London team had reduced the fee to be paid from £37m to £29m but Napoli still did not want to go to that figure and remained adamant on the fee of £21m. I think the negotiation process will still be quite tough and who knows who will give in but Lukaku's fate will be determined in the near future.

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1816423146313920658

AC Milan is starting to become more active now in the hunt for players. But for now, AC Milan has only got two new players, namely Álex Jiménez from Real Madrid U-19 and Alvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid. Álex Jiménez is still only 19 years old but this young player has indeed shown very convincing potential. So I am sure that AC Milan's defense line will be greatly helped by the presence of Álex Jiménez to this club. And currently AC Milan is also negotiating to bring in 3 other new players, namely Lazar Samardzic, Youssouf Fofana and Strahinja Pavlovic. And it looks like an agreement has also been reached with the three players. So AC Milan only has to complete the negotiation process with the clubs for each of these players. ¹ AC Milan will probably be a more competitive club next season. But because they will start with a new coach, everything is still unpredictable.

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Napoli have great hopes after they succeeded in recruiting Conte as a coach because currently Napoli have huge ambitions to be able to repeat their achievements in the 2023 season, Conte, who is an experienced coach, of course cannot be doubted about his ability to bring the team he coached to win the championship trophy so far, but even so, Conte still needs a lot of support from napoli management is currently to a position to be able to compete next season in the race for the Scudetto after last season they slumped in Serie A, last season the large number of coach changes that occurred in one season actually made Napoli slump because the players had difficulty understanding the game strategy which was constantly changing at that time, previously Conte refused to train Napoli before the club president (de Laurentiis) is willing to sign an agreement not to interfere in any decisions that Conte takes in manage the Napoli squad while he is coaching.

Victor Osimen will definitely leave his current club if he receives good quality offers from other European clubs. Basically, the thing that he will give the most importance in choosing another club is how much the club will value him and whether he will be an important player for that club. If he is offered by a bigger team from the English Premier League then he can accept that offer just as there are rumors that if PSG offers him then he can accept that offer which means anything can happen with his transfer in this transfer window. In the last two seasons, this player has not been seen in a very favorable position at Napoli, so maybe another club could complete the contract with him this season.

Conte is a coach famous for his ability to rebuild the foundation of a team from scratch to become a competent and champion-level squad.
And the condition of I Partenopei, which is in a slump after winning the 2022-2023 Italian League, will make Conte even more eager to build a squad from scratch.
In addition to this, there is the financial factor, Conte has a three-year contract and gets a salary of 6.5 million euros per season, the same as what Simone Inzaghi received at Inter Milan.

Since the problems between them last season, at first I thought too that Oshimen wanted to leave the club immediately and no longer wanted to stay at Napoli, but in reality Oshimen still extended his contract with Napoli with of a high salary increase. It was difficult to refuse when the club he was fighting for still appreciated his appreciation and that's a sign that the club doesn't want to lose its star player, but what makes me wonder is why right now Napoli seems to want to immediately let go of this player if there is a club that gives him big profits and Oshimen himself doesn't seem to feel at home? isn't that funny? If Oshimen had felt this way since last season, he should not have made the decision to extend his contract because this would further hinder his path to leaving, just like Mbappe when he was still at PSG.

Yes, many clubs want him, but again the issue of salaries and transfer fees is an obstacle for other clubs to recruit him and for player to plan their future. I also don't understand conditions like this as if Oshimen's drama replaced Mbappe's drama in the previous season lol.

Juventus is building a new team to the liking of their new manager, Thiago Motta. The team's weak point in recent years has been the midfield, and that's where we are seeing plenty of changes. I am looking forward to seeing Douglas Luiz in action. The first reports say that Thuram shows plenty of quality in early training sessions. The new signing for the U23 team, Adzic has also impressed with his physicality and could perhaps feature in the A team occasionally. We shouldn't forget the return of Fagioli or Locatelli who looks like a reborn player following the departure of Max Allegri.

I would hate to see Mattias Soule leave the club, but it looks like that will happen. I was curious to see how he would perform under Motta at Juventus. He is probably going to Roma, which could open the door for the arrival of Koopmeiners from Atalanta or a new winger.

Juve might be a title contender if they manage to bring in a few more players they are interested in.

Osimhen is still the main priority if he stays for Napoli and there is no way Antonio Conte will ruin a line-up that is already very good but to ignore Osimhen is simply unreasonable.
It is true that Conte really wants Lukaku to be Osimhen's replacement, but this cannot be done quickly because Napoli really wants to get big profits from the sale of Osimhen and if this player doesn't make a big offer, Osimhen will definitely not leave Napoli.

I don't think so, Osimhen no longer feels at home at Napoli, it has been visible since last season, regardless of the reason, but we have to understand that every player wants better career development and choosing a much bigger team makes that easier.
Osimhen has quite good quality and quite a lot of top European teams want him, but now Osimhen's departure is experiencing difficulties because Napoli management has set a fairly high price for him.
I don't know how this drama will end but I am quite sure that Osimhen will leave Napoli in the transfer market this summer.

In my opinion, if both parties between Napoli and Osimhen don't find something good, it is likely or in the end that Osimhen will still be released but for under 100 million because up to now Osimhen's price is 100 million not a single club is very sure about buying him, Napoli also have to make the decision for Osimhen to leave next season on a free transfer and that means they will not get a penny from Osimhen, it seems that Osimhen's departure to Saudi will happen happens if the price drops and it seems that Napoli management is thinking about this.

Moreover, Conte's current focus on bringing in Lukaku is that Osimhen is clearly not a good type for Conte and I think this drama will end if Lukaku comes and Osimhen can leave, because it seems that Conte doesn't think much about Osimhen either so Napoli management continues to make noise about Osimhen, the player It's time to no longer want to work together It's time to let it go, instead of maintaining it, it's actually falling apart and making the locker room dangerous for the head coach. If Napoli want their team to return to the way it was before then they have to let it go.

the truth is that Osimhen could easily play in any team in Europe, certainly the choice is partly conditioned by the arrival of Conte but he knows very well even before the arrival of Antonio Conte that he could play in any club in Europe very well. before the arrival of Lukaku and other players who could undermine him and in fact even before that he decided to move to other teams where the salary is even higher

Of course, because Simone Inzaghi performance can no longer be doubted, he studies every weakness of the squad he trains and at every opportunity always fixes them so that he can truly show the perfection of his strength in every match.
It true that they don't develop many young players, but Simone Inzaghi can maintain the performance of each player with always stable quality, they play very solidly and can dominate every competition.
If Simone Inzaghi can bring Inter Milan back to enter the UCL final and actually win the title then that will be great success for them, it will be difficult but at least they should be able to have this opportunity in the future.
If I not mistaken, it been almost 20 years since Serie-A team has been able to win the UCL title, last time it looked like AC Milan managed to beat Liverpool in the 2006/07 UCL final, after that when Serie-A team entered the final they only became runners-up.

How are you so negative? How do you know it'll end that way? He has like this the first of September to sort that through. He is still pushing for a possible transfer out of the club for now. In between, if he stays it'll be a great idea, what I don't know is if he'll find himself in the first team next season since Antonio Conte wants Romelu Lukaku.

If he decides to stay and has a good chat with the manager ahead of the new season, then, believe me when I say he'll have a great season. He is that kind of player who plays with his heart. He is another passionate player I know after Cristiano Ronaldo. He puts blood and sweat into his game.

Napoli should look for a way to solve the issue, they could see his value drop of he doesn't leave this season and don't get enough game time. He has no plans to stay so they should let him go, hasn't he done enough for them already?

From the start, Conte really wanted Lukaku and yes, this made Osimhen no longer a priority at the club if he still stayed. But in my opinion, if Osimhen cannot be released this season. then Lukaku might not be taken to Napoli either. Because what I heard was that Lukaku would only be brought in if Napoli had received money from the sale of Osimhen in the transfer market. But Lukaku himself seems to have made an agreement and even said that Lukaku is ready to reduce his salary just to join Napoli. This becomes a bit of a dilemma. But what we hope now is that Osimhen can join PSG and Lukaku comes to Napoli. But PSG does not want to pay the clause price and wants Napoli to reduce the price again. But Napoli are still holding out by holding Osimhen's price and have not lowered it.