The transfer market will officially open on July 31 and close on August 31, almost 2 weeks after the start of the championship. Trembling and itching of the fans to date, however, are already dated: those who stay, those who leave and those who arrive is an exercise made especially for dreamers, but also for solo or aspiring such. So it happens to read, in the Rossoneri’s mail, of some alarmed discontent: “Very busy in resolving loans and renewals, we are losing trains and opportunities”.
No, don’t laugh. Certain human fauna is traversed by compulsive frenzies, especially if associated with football, and by definition they blur, depriving of lucidity. It remains a mystery to learn that someone does not notice how Maldini and Massara are busy between telephones, e-mails, offices, hotels, restaurants and every corner on which things can be discussed and treated.
Even more surprising, however, is to read about names, details, contents of emails and phone calls since those two do not talk about anything with anyone. Neither friends nor relatives nor journalists. In recent years the only scoop that the (Spanish) colleagues have managed to do is a photo of Maldini and Theo Hernandez in a bar in Ibiza. For the rest Dalot, Kjaer, Tomori, Kalulu, Bennacer, Diaz, Saelemakers, Hauge, Leao, Rebic, Mandzukic… they appeared in newspapers and on TV only with signed contracts.
The guideline is precise and does not go wrong: it concerns age, cost of cards, engagement, technical skills but also human and professional skills. The accounts are in order and the strategies to consolidate Pioli’s work are strict, he does not go wrong. That’s why cheap experience like the Giroud goal (Chelsea begging operation) combined with the prospect of another young striker whose identity we will discover only after the games are done, are credible cocktails. And so on, role by role.
Speaking of accounts and strategies, this Ceferin (UEFA president) who barks but does not bite, threatens but does not conclude, is offended but does not change bad behavior, is ending up making Andrea Agnelli nice. The SuperLeague coup was born (and sooner or will be attempted again) because UEFA and partly FIFA have been wrong about everything for years (calendars, formulas, regulations, financial rules), among other things hide it. Now that same Ceferin who vomits and throws arrows against the coup leaders, is raging in praise of Al Khelaifi, boss of PSG who with his cousin’s City are the two clubs that, first and like no other, trample values, morals and rules of financial FairPlay and not only this.
Do you know what the real problem is? If today the clubs that go to the Champions League are up to their neck in debt and for this they collect tens of millions, they will also be in the SuperLeague in the future: today they take 60 and spend 100, tomorrow they will take 240 and spend 300. In the face of Milan, they will continue to handing out disproportionate commissions to the Raiolas on duty and sultans’ engagements to the various Donnarumma.
If in Milan the fans of the 1st and 2nd classified are trembling amidst various distrust and distrust, in Rome those of the 6th and 7th teams, out of the Champions League and even the Europa League respectively, celebrate relentlessly: “Mourinho and Sarri against Simone Inzaghi and Pioli? So funny! There is no match… It doesn’t matter if Inter and Milan have stronger squads or teams: the first will make miracles between two magicians and two teachers ”.
Maybe. In my humble opinion, Simone’s results in recent years, thanks to Tare, are very similar to the loaves and fish multiplied in Tiberias, while the 110 points of Pioli from post lockdown to 23 May 2021 have the taste of wine transformed by water at the wedding of Cana, where it all began with dried figs. Then, for heaven’s sake, anything can be.
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