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You're positivity force now, bud. Let's see all that contrarian talent.
 
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Marotta really has done an incredible job

Every year he has had to sell a core player with a minimal budget to replace said player

Yet they continue to be competitive
Agreed…he took a HUGE risk hiring Inzaghi who hadn’t proven anything besides a couple of minor trophies and one top 4 finish at Lazio. However, the players were already accustomed to Conte’s 3-5-2 system so it was a sensible decision and the results have been excellent given their finances.

Having said that, I hope they get fucking HAMMERED tonight.
 
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If true then I would expect the quick unknown moves we did a few years ago ..... lately the only time that happened was Devis.

I will give them a few weeks to get up and running and see if they can execute or things will be more like the past few windows.
Sure, should be given the benefit of the doubt until the end of the summer. or to be more realistic with Pioli, until winter since the guy takes ages to integrate new players (especially non Italians).

But redbird literally don't have any other possibility of operation since they're not backed with money and are competing in an a archaic serie A.
 
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Unpopular opinion: Marotta is 3 levels better then Maldini.

Team assembled by Marotta plays Champions league final ,and won Coppa. Team assembled by Maldini only got Champions League spot ,thanks to Juventus punishment.
Yeah, such an unpopular and brave opinion. You’re really out on a limb here.
 
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Unpopular opinion: Marotta is 3 levels better then Maldini.

Team assembled by Marotta plays Champions league final ,and won Coppa. Team assembled by Maldini only got Champions League spot ,thanks to Juventus punishment.

Marotta is far more experienced. Maldini literally just started.

First year: UCL Qualification
Second year: Scudetto
Third year: UCL Semi

With that growth projection we would've been UCL champs in 2-3 years.

But Cuntinale ruined it.
 
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So? Leonardo also got experience, but his way of doing business was awful.
Marotta has been working for Italian clubs since early 2000s. He has lot of connections and knows how do do things
 

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Agreed…he took a HUGE risk hiring Inzaghi who hadn’t proven anything besides a couple of minor trophies and one top 4 finish at Lazio. However, the players were already accustomed to Conte’s 3-5-2 so it was a sensible decision and the results have been excellent given their finances.
I knew right away when they announced that Eriksen will not play for Inter anymore after heart problem,and we didn't offer Hakan salary that he wanted ,that Marotta will jump to make a deal. That happened. You replace good player ,with good player.

Maldini didn't replace Hakan ,didn't replace Kessie.
 
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Marotta is far more experienced. Maldini literally just started.

First year: UCL Qualification
Second year: Scudetto
Third year: UCL Semi

With that growth projection we would've been UCL champs in 2-3 years.

But Cuntinale ruined it.
If we had Maldini, we would have won the CL next year. Too bad we'll never know if I'm right or not.
 
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This dude fucking hates Zhang.


And Gazetta 😅 He says how come you read a whole article about all the shady stuff of Zhang in the New York Times and the very next day, La Gazetta writes a whole piece about how Zhangs the savior of Italian football who came all the way from China. He asks then isn't Gazetta supposed to be one of the big newspapers of Italy?

Gold :lol:
 
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If we had Maldini, we would have won the CL next year. Too bad we'll never know if I'm right or not.

People forget that we won 2003 and 2007 and Madrid won their recent 5 due to the family bond players had with each other and management.

This isn't FUT, just buying the best players and expecting to win. There's a human element that Paolo injected into the squad.
 
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Marotta has been working for Italian clubs since early 2000s. He has lot of connections and knows how do do things
Maldini is football Italian icon. It's not shame to admit to yourself that ,maybe this is not for me.

Maldini don't know how to do things as sporting director. Simple as that.
 
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Unpopular opinion: Marotta is 3 levels better then Maldini.

Team assembled by Marotta plays Champions league final ,and won Coppa. Team assembled by Maldini only got Champions League spot ,thanks to Juventus punishment.
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Inter better not win. Inter winning today is going to make this season go from 6/10 to 0/10. Ffs City pls destroy them.
 
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Paolo can rest his hairy balls on any Milan fan's forehead and you'd simply beg for more.
 
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I knew right away when they announced that Eriksen will not play for Inter anymore after heart problem,and we didn't offer Hakan salary that he wanted ,that Marotta will jump to make a deal. That happened. You replace good player ,with good player.

Maldini didn't replace Hakan ,didn't replace Kessie.
Agreed…Maldini allowed TOO many quality players to walk for free who could’ve been used to buy decent replacements (Donna, Kessie, Hakan + Romagnoli). I can understand maybe one or two leaving but not EVERY single fucking one :LOL: :fp:

Also, I think that’s one of a number of different reasons why Cardinale fired him.
 
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Agreed…Maldini allowed TOO many quality players to walk for free who could’ve been used to buy decent replacements (Donna, Kessie, Hakan + Romagnoli). I can understand maybe one or two leaving but not EVERY single fucking one :LOL: :fp:
Thank God Leao signed new contract.
 
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If he chose Aston Villa over us then fuck him. I don’t want players who aren’t motivated by the opportunity to win titles. Villa isn’t gonna win anything anytime soon. I think we dodged a bullet here.

Ilkay is still available though. :balo:
 

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Milan will meet with Chukwueze’s entourage this week

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Oh no, that game again: this week, next week, the week after, until the end of the month....
 
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Unpopular opinion: Marotta is 3 levels better then Maldini.

Team assembled by Marotta plays Champions league final ,and won Coppa. Team assembled by Maldini only got Champions League spot ,thanks to Juventus punishment.

And the 200 million on losses Inter made last year vs 60 mil for Milan?? Leonardo must be one of the best SDs in the world then because PSG went from nowhere to winning Ligue 1 almost every year!
 
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