Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 469. (Read 848440 times)

As a striker and captain, Lautaro Martinez's future is increasingly secure at Inter and according to information from Fabrizio Romano he will get a long-term contract until 2029. This was conveyed directly by vice president Javier Zanetti and it looks like Lautaro Martinez will retire later at Inter if not decided to leave during that period of time.

If we calculate that he is currently 26 years old and in 2029 he will be 31 years old and if his performance remains stable, it is possible that he will still get another contract extension. Apart from all that, Inter will definitely extend this long-term contract so that other teams cannot touch Lautaro Martinez. Moreover, the release clause will definitely be very expensive and will be difficult for other teams to redeem. So this was the right decision taken by Inter to retain the Argentinian goal machine.

SourceL https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1799541437387722942

Each team has a limit for spending on players and of course Conte will build a team and adjust to the budget given by the team to spend on players and each coach also needs several players according to his wishes in order to carry out his strategy.
Conte is quite a great coach and he also has a lot of experience in Serie A so it is possible that Conte can bring Napoli back to life.

And for Victor Osimhen, the news is still unclear and I think Conte's arrival as Napoli's new coach will be a consideration for Victor Osimhen to stay with Napoli, unless PSG offers big money and Napoli is interested in that.

I agree with you that Milan's performance with Stefano Pioli was not too bad. However, the Milan team cannot dominate Serie A. But Stefano Pioli can't be blamed for that. And the Milan management isn't blaming Stefano Pioli either. Milan management is aware of their squad's weaknesses. They are well aware that the Milan squad is not strong enough. There are several weaknesses within the squad. If you want to strengthen the squad, you have to spend a lot of money. Otherwise, Milan will not be able to dominate serie a.

The three coaches you mentioned are all talented and experienced. Tuchel, Xavi and Allagri are all three very good players. I think Milan team will benefit if one of these three is given the responsibility of coach. Allagri has been in Serie A for a long time. He is well aware of the Serie A teams.

I think, it is the joy of every management to see their coach doing well by helping the team to be more consistent in winning their matches which they are ready to release any amount of budget the coach need, and if conte can show some signs of potential coach, I think the management will approve such budget. If the players the coach is trying to bring into Napoli are potential players, I don't think the management will ignore the budget, and they want good performance from Napoli next season because they are not happy about the position Napoli ended up in Italian league competition. I don't think, Victor Osimhen will still continue with Napoli next season, because there is a rumors that PSG management are planning to sign him to cover the position of kylian Mbappe that moved to Real Madrid.

Maybe Chelsea and PSG don't want to rush into signing Osimhen so that Napoli will not be asking for a lot of money before any of them can secure Osimhen's signature. How did you know that the Conte and Lukaku combination would be successful? Lukaku is not as good as before, and I believe he will not do what Osimhen did in Napoli. With the age of Lukaku, I don't see him as a striker that will change Napoli's situation or lead them to win silverware.

The managerial position is tough as usual. Ensuring these elite teams take good decisions when it comes to selecting managers. Massimiliano Allegri was among the best coach for the Bianconeri, they've enchanced their performance and we hope they're able to deliver stellar performance against opponents. These new coaches will try their possible best to execute good planning for their new perspective clubs.

Yes, Chelsea is no longer interested in getting Osimhen for the club anymore. Chelsea said that they would no longer want him because of the high price offered given Osimhen's current age. And this makes us realize that it looks like Osimhen will not go to Chelsea. Meanwhile, Chelsea is actually interested in getting another player as a replacement.

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This is the exact mater and the logic one. No matter pro a coach, the rest key is also the players.
And this was also explained by Fabio Capello who stated that Conte is a professional coach and could be said to be one of the best former players. However, no matter how good the coach's achievements are, his success at Napoli is not guaranteed, if he doesn't have the right players, and to have them, Napoli definitely has to have a big enough budget to buy players according to Conte's criteria. However, it seems that this is also difficult to do because Napoli itself still has problems in several cases, such as budget issues. In fact, they have not succeeded in making sales to any of their players.


Source: Fabio Capello is concerned that Antonio Conte
Source: Fabio Capello is concerned that Antonio Conte and President Aurelio De Laurentiis

Haha, we all know that since the last few seasons teams from Serie A have not prepared enough budget to bring in players they are more likely to save money and looking for other alternatives to bring in players, such as looking for young players or old players with low transfer fees or loan player option and that's why teams from Serie A are not very active in the transfer window, so I don't think Napoli will prepare a budget for Conte moreover Napoli actually has a complete squad.

I really like this your last statement that distinguishes Osimehn from Lukaku which in the rumour we are hearing is that Conte is interested in him and will like to bring him onto the club maybe as a loan player but Chelsea are still yet to agree to that and still stand on their words that they only want to sell him and now loan him out to any club. This is a very crucial time for Conte and Napoli, whether they should keep Osimehn and add Lukaku as an alternative or sell him and bring in Lukaku which will be a bigger gamble for them.


It doesn’t matter at this point who they want to bring into the club to manage them, what matters the most now is that the coach does manage the club better than his predecessor. They are both big teams and and I’m sure they haven’t gone for the wrong choices to manage them for next season where a tough one awaits them both.

Actually, Napoli could easily recruit Lukaku, they just need to release Osimhen and use the money to pay off Lukaku release clause from Chelsea. However, a better option is to keep Osimhen, automatically Conte will no longer be busy looking for a quality striker. It seems like De Laurentiis doesn't dare to spend a lot of money, even though he released Osimhen, they don't plan to recruit an expensive player like Lukaku.

What is clear is that Chelsea doesn't want to loan Lukaku out again, the Blues just want to let him go permanently. Roma doesn't seem able to make Lukaku status permanent, it could be that Lukaku will reunite with Mourinho again at Fenerbahce. If Napoli does not fulfill Conte's wishes and still releases Osimhen, it will be a bad sign for Napoli next season, because they will have difficulty competing in the top four of the standings.

On the other hand, Conte has a good reputation in Serie A, he managed to collect 4 Scudettos during his time as manager. If Napoli management fully supports Conte, I am sure Napoli will be a serious contender for the Scudetto next season, where Napoli will only focus on domestic competitions.

The two big teams in Serie A between Juventus and AC Milan are both looking for new coaches for next season. For Juventus, they are very close to Motta and it is possible that an official announcement will be quite close. Motta is of course a pretty good choice for Juventus considering Motta strategy which succeeded in making Bologna strong, and it is indicated that it will have quite a big influence on Juventus revival if Motta is indeed the choice of Juventus management.

AC Milan has not been linked with a big name coach that they will appoint for next season. Only Fonseca has been linked recently but I doubt AC Milan will choose him. AC Milan must be able to bring in a good coach next season. They should try Tuchel or Xavi because these two coaches are also unemployed after being fired by their old teams. So, what will happen to these two teams next season considering that they are big teams with lots of quality players and will the new coach be able to lead them to win the title next season?

Stefano Pioli is an experienced coach in Serie A and it did not take him long to bring some stability to AC Milan. But improving AC Milan a little and raising the bar are two completely different stories. The question now is whether Pioli will take AC Milan to a new level. The answer is probably not possible.

Milan has also determined that the team needs a change. Losing 6 consecutive matches against Inter in all competitions confirms Milan's comprehensive inferiority against the strongest force in the tournament and this is unlikely to improve in the future if Pioli is still retained. No one says Pioli is a bad coach, but saying he is a good coach is also not true. Pioli deserves recognition for the positivity he has brought to AC Milan, but the truth is that with him on the coaching bench, AC Milan is still extremely erratic. Milan needs a new philosophy, and new style to move forward. The list of candidates to replace Pioli is Julen Lopetegui and Sergio Conceicao. If AC Milan cannot invite established names, they can also try younger coaches or those looking for new challenges. Let's wait and see if the Rossoneri can overcome these challenges and find the right coach to lead the team to quickly regain success and position in the domestic league and European arena.

The new coaches of Juventus and Milan should be announced the next week.
While Juvenus new coach will be Motta at 99%, for Milan we are not yet certain that it will be Fonseca.

A small chance for Milan is the Allegri Bis after 12 years and after been sacked from Juventus, twice.

Management is a very important and vital role in the ability of a team, their coach has got a whole lot he will do if a team will eventually turn out successful enough and that is why it becomes very important for a team to see the need to get a good manager for the team if it happens the team isn't doing well under the management of that which they have as at the current time, players happens to be next.

A team that has got good quality player to a very far extent can be sure they are going to have an above average performance in the season, so they have only but very little thing to be really scared of before the end of the season, but when both the manager and the players don't appear to be such that the team can be able to really work with, then it's obvious the team will suffer some forma of failure awhile until they get the team fixed and that is why you will see that most teams have gotten their managers changed at the end of the seen and currently looking for new managers, this further burtress the importance of a coach in a team.

More than 59% of the teams success is dependent on the coach and so even when he makes a choice of a player, if the team can afford it, they make sure they go for such player especially In a situation where the team has given the coach such power to be able to pick players. Not allowing the coach get the kind of players he can work with most times, gets the team to suffer the loss the most because at that point the coach can't be blamed.

Yes, based on the latest report, it did fail. And finally, for now, Napoli is currently negotiating with Arsenal. Actually, Arsenal also wants Osimhen, but apparently the price is too high for the striker.
In fact, Arsenal has also sent a message to Napoli about his interest, but has not agreed to the price Napoli are asking for, namely €130 million (£110.8m) release clause.

And it is true that Arsenal also has several other players who are his targets. So, this will be a big consideration for the club in deciding which one to take. And it seems that Napoli will have to carry out various re-considerations to take into account fees and other things, if they really want to sell Osimhen or do another swap deal with Arsenal or other clubs later.

I agree with you. Conte is a good coach and I think Napoli have made the right decision by recruiting Conte. But if the club management doesn't give Conte a sufficient budget to buy some of the players he wants, I don't think that's a good decision. Club management doesn't want to spend big money but as you said, Napoli needs an experienced striker if Osimhen really leaves. But for now, Napoli are actually lucky to have Osimhen. He is a much better striker than Lukaku.

Because there were many inhibiting factors last season, Juventus did not get many more opportunities even though they could almost be at the top but they lost it and went back down, Allegri was not very fortunate, but with him so far it is quite good, at least the Coppa Italia belongs to him before he leaves Juventus.

The squad must be improved at all costs because it is needed so that the whole team can be solid and can have better options when one of them is hampered or injured, this is also as an anticipation of whatever happens on the field to players in fierce competition, of course building a team is not an easy thing and takes a lot of time to produce extraordinary performance, hopefully Motta can mix good players to be able to separate the season that will start again later.

With Pogba's case I'm not confident in the future, but if he has luck it might be a different story.

Actually, I see that Igor Tudor is very suitable to be Lazio's coach, but I don't know what pressured Lazio to fire the coach, but I just thought there was something strange when Maurizio Sarri served as Lazio's coach before Igor Tudor, Maurizio Sarri resigned to leave Lazio while he didn't have any problems and after that Igor Tudor was appointed as the new coach to replace Maurizio Sarri but ended up being fired.
Igor Tudor may not be able to make changes too quickly, but firing the coach just for reasons that don't make sense to me is very ridiculous, because every coach has various ways to improve the club's performance but when he has that plan, being fired is the wrong decision.

After this, Lazio will definitely be confused about getting a better coach because they have to play a big match at UEL later and I'm sure Lazio will experience a bad start to the season like last season.

Stefano Pioli might not have led AC Milan to win any trophy in the last two seasons, but we can't shy away from the fact that the Italian manager is a great tactician who I think should've gotten more time at the club. AC Milan management without doubt knows better why they chose to part ways with a manager who helped them win the Italian Serie A title two years ago. Now that Stefano Pioli has departed the club, I think getting a replacement that'll bring instant success to the team wouldn't be as easy as most people think because AC Milan currently do not have the best set of players in the world.
A lot of managers have already been mentioned as possible replacement for Stefano Pioli at the club but I'm yet to see the one that's better than the recently departed manager. AC Milan is one the traditional clubs in Europe so i would want to see them challenging for trophies as soon as possible

I was a little surprised to see that he and Pioli had now completely parted ways. Yes, we did not watch the best AC Milan in recent years, but he was a good coach. I read news that Pioli started negotiations with other teams in Europe.
Fonseca is a very good coach, he has not worked in very big teams for a long time until now. He usually leaves the team within 1-2 seasons. But if he takes over AC Milan and manages to stay there for at least 3-4 years, I think we will see a very good Milan, he managed to earn very high points even in teams like Lille and Roma