Ephemeral lights in a season of confirmations and revelations. From Pogba to Skriniar there are many tarnished protagonists that make up the flop formation, with three representatives of Juve, two of Atalanta, Milan, Roma and Inter. The highest paid is De Ketelaere, well 35 million. Here is the flop 11: Musso, Skriniar, Kalulu, Ibanez, Alex Sandro, Gagliardini, Paredes, Pogba, De Ketelaere, Belotti, Zapata
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MUSSO: tournament in regression for the Argentine who struck with Cremonese, then injured in September. He takes back his place in January, exalts himself with Lazio, misses too many races. Gasperini inserts the proven Sportiello and for him it is almost always bench.
-SKRINIAR: the non-renewal puts him in a bad light, his contribution is modest with negative peaks in the derby, with Udinese (own goal), Roma, Juventus and Empoli (red). The growth of Acerbi, that of Darmian and various injuries take him out of the scene. Inter are reborn without him.
-KALULU: the Scudetto paired with Tomori is just a memory. He starts well, sticks with Toro, has a discouraging triptych in January (Lecce, Lazio and Sassuolo) and Pioli prefers Kjaer, Romagnoli and Tiaw. A year to forget.
-IBANEZ: physical, generous but approximate. A disaster in the two derbies, after the mistake in 2021. He frees Pedro in the first leg and is sent off early in the return. He also has Sevilla's 2-1 win on his conscience. He ruins a tournament in which he has also done several good things.
-ALEX SANDRO: the shadow of the champion of the past, winner of 11 trophies with Juve. Allegri prefers Gatti and Rugani as centre-backs, De Sciglio, Kostic and Cuadrado as wingers. He collects a 15/na of insufficiencies, he never excels.
-GAGLIARDINI: chooses a bad world to say goodbye to Inter. He plays badly with Lazio, misses a very easy goal with Milan, leaves Inter in ten with Napoli with avoidable fouls. Inzaghi has to take him out of the rotations.
-PAREDES: from PSG to Juventus round trip. Bad the return to Italy of the Argentine who after several negative tests gives way to the young Fagioli. Two convincing performances (Lecce and Cremonese) and many indisposing (in particular, the two with Monza, Sassuolo and Empoli).
-POGBA: A ghost paid by weight of gold. The return of French is a flop. He decides not to have surgery, skips the world championship and compromises the season. After the operation various muscle injuries (and also a non-convocation due to delay). Moral: he played 161 minutes in a season in which he still earned 8 million (contract until 2026).
-DE KETELAERE: evanescent, impalpable, immature. The 35 mln shot evaporates without assists and without goals. He deceives at the beginning by exalting himself with Bologna. Then he goes off the radar, worse in the field with Sassuolo and Bologna. Pioli also surrenders, who permanently prefers Diaz.
-BELOTTI: 106 goals in Serie A in 9 years, none in 23 games (it had never happened to a Roma striker). Commitment, altruism, sacrifice are never lacking, and Mourinho often prefers it to Abraham but it is a failed budget. There is also a wrong penalty from ex to Torino.
-ZAPATA: injuries weigh a lot in a season in which he scored only two goals in 25 appearances (Lecce and Torino). In addition to the grenade excels with Roma, but has lost its progressions and relentless conclusions, perhaps for wear. Gasperini prefers Hojlund, paired with Lookman.
Many returns are lower than expected. Among the goalkeepers, Audero, Maximiano and Cragno. Among the defenders, Caldara, Umtiti, Palomino, Fazio, De Sciglio, Kumbulla, Dest. Among the midfielders, Rincon, Bakayoko, Basic, Camara, Veloso, Ndombele'. Among the strikers, Origi, Lammers, Arnautovic, Lasagna, Sabiri and Shomurodov.
