Italy conquered Wembley winning the European title, the blue relay mocked the English one in Tokyo for a penny, but in the sporting showdown, Italian football can do nothing if the bar moves on the economic level. The Premier League is in fact on another planet and can afford to shop at will in the Serie A which begins on 21 August. Abramovich's Chelsea use convincing methods with Zhang's Inter: 115 million on the nail and the strongest striker of the last championship returns to where he made his debut at 18. Romelu Lukaku had grown fond of Italy, but 12 million a year overcome any perplexity, even climatic and culinary ones.
And for Serie A it is an earthquake because the exit of the Belgian goalscorer heavily downsizes the Italian champion Inter, who had shown that they were ready to return to the Champions League with justified ambitions. It also determines an overall loss in value of Serie A because it is confirmed that it can be impoverished by its best players without any possibility of opposing it. The farewell of Conte, who had smelled the air, the sacrifice of Hakimi and now that of Lukaku, for a total of almost 190 million, dig a groove that the club will now try to fill with some quality grafts, but the signal that is given angers and demeans the fans. The market, so far quite blocked due to the economic difficulties of most of the protagonists, will now have a surge.There will be a whirlwind of token shifts. Inter need to replace Lukaku and have various options: Zapata, Vlaovich, Lacazette or Dzeko, the most likely for costs. But Inzaghi will also expect a second striker like Correa or Scamacca. If Zapata loses Atalanta they will look for a worthy striker who could be Abraham of Chelsea. If Roma renounce Dzeko, the hypothesis of Icardi in the Giallorossi could come back into fashion, as long as the club manages to place some redundancies that block its market.Zapata Atalanta will look for a worthy striker who could be Abraham of Chelsea. If Roma renounce Dzeko, the hypothesis of Icardi in the Giallorossi could come back into fashion, as long as the club manages to place some redundancies that block its market.Zapata Atalanta will look for a worthy striker who could be Abraham of Chelsea. If Roma renounce Dzeko, the hypothesis of Icardi in the Giallorossi could come back into fashion, as long as the club manages to place some redundancies that block its market.
To benefit from the impoverishment of the Inter squad will be in the first place Allegri's Juve, which returns favored: from Ronaldo to Chiesa, from Dybala to Morata, with the curiosity then to see the inclusion of the young talent Kaio Jorge , the Juventus super attack can make the difference, supported by a defense that will still have Chiellini and an already competitive midfield, but which is about to insert another protagonist of the European Championships, Locatelli. The modest market movements of the other protagonists show that they mainly contribute to the Champions race: the Milan of Pioli and Maldini are doing well with the insertions of young and old and with the virtuous signal of not wanting to submit to the exorbitant requests of Donnarumma and Calhanoglu. The protagonist will be Gasperini's Atalanta,who continues to do market deals without losing its consistency (Demiral will not make Romero regret too much while eventually replacing Zapata will be more up to Muriel than to a new graft).
It's a Serie A that buys few players but spends a lot on coaches. In addition to Allegri, there is the return of Spalletti, Mourinho and Sarri. Spalletti's Napoli must solve the problem linked to the renewal of Insigne, but they have a well-defined team that needs only a few tweaks. The Roman women have problems of an economic nature, also linked to the many redundancies that they find it difficult to place. Mourinho has been welcomed like a king, he is giving a more rational structure to a talented team that lacks a director but finds its jewel Zaniolo. Sarri's involvement in Lazio seems more complicated, but his playing methods need to be metabolized, and the hard core of his drivers (Milinkovic-Savic, Luis Alberto and Immobile) gives sufficient guarantees.Entering for a place in the Europa League seems above all the task of Sassuolo who relies on Dionisi, while in search of glory are the Fiorentina of Italian (if Vlahovic will land), the Turin of Juric (who could lose Belotti), the Verona of Di Francesco and perhaps Mihajlovic's Bologna will benefit from the inclusion of Arnautovic and the progress of Barrow. The other eight will be mainly committed to fighting for salvation and it will be interesting to observe the performance of Empoli, back from a dominated Serie B, and of Venezia and Salernitana who return to the top flight after an absence of 19 and 23 years.Juric's Turin (which could lose Belotti), Di Francesco's Verona and perhaps Mihajlovic's Bologna will benefit from Arnautovic's inclusion and Barrow's progress. The other eight will be mainly committed to fighting for salvation and it will be interesting to observe the performance of Empoli, back from a dominated Serie B, and of Venezia and Salernitana who return to the top flight after an absence of 19 and 23 years.Juric's Turin (which could lose Belotti), Di Francesco's Verona and perhaps Mihajlovic's Bologna will benefit from Arnautovic's inclusion and Barrow's progress. The other eight will be mainly committed to fighting for salvation and it will be interesting to observe the performance of Empoli, back from a dominated Serie B, and of Venezia and Salernitana who return to the top flight after an absence of 19 and 23 years.and of Venice and Salernitana who return to the top flight after an absence of 19 and 23 years.and of Venice and Salernitana who return to the top flight after an absence of 19 and 23 years.
