Inter Milan are prepared to send Ivan Perišić and £30 million to Manchester United for Romelu Lukaku this summer, the Daily Mail has reported.
The 30 year-old Perišić was rumored to be heading to Old Trafford last summer when former manager Jose Mourinho came calling for the Croatian winger. However, Inter Milan would not budge on the asking price. Now a Perišić move to Manchester looks even more promising. Although he would be moving to one of the biggest clubs in football history, he would potentially be trading in Champions League football in order to do so. United will be playing in the Europa League next season while Inter Milan need to win their last match of the year in order to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
I’d personally like to see him stay in Milan, but only if more Croatians come to join him. Modrić and/or Rakitić come to mind.
That would complete a true Inter Croazionale with Marcelo Brozović already at the club.
Talent is not enough on its own. You need determination but also a system around you that promotes you gives you time to grow in confidence on the pitch. Those boys haven’t had that because there are so many talented players around. And big clubs won’t wait
Pjaca yes. Because it was proper money. But coric, halilovic, and others. They are on their way to be busts, maybe you are right that dinamo realized they were never going to crack it. But to my eyes their talent was huge. Many have said here that Croatian peak later in their 20’s. I believe if dinamo were competing in the champions league like ajax drawing big crowds then youngsters would be more motivated to become big players for dinamo. Halilovic and coric are the 2 biggest talents we’ve had since prisinecki.
@ Crnkovic
It goes both ways.
Coric is a bust. So is Rog. You could argue the same for Jedvaj and we don’t know what Sosa will become yet. But Dinamo gets tens of millions for players who would not have been a factor in any future tournament runs.
They received a LOT for Rog (way more than what he was worth). Coric seemed like a cheap selloff, but based on his complete inability to play in any single Roma game, maybe Dinamo saw that he wasn’t really developing and cashed in. They also received decent cash for Jedvaj and Sosa considering where they were at that point in time, and Jedvaj still hasn’t really improved much (jury is still out on Sosa).
Dinamo has done this with lots of players.
Jozo Simunovic being sold to Celtic for 8 million was brilliant. They knew he sucked, but created some hype around him and sold him off.
They also make a lot of smaller sales that add up, which we don’t hear about. Hodzic, Soudani and Fiolic were all sold for $3-4M each which is great, considering they were probably going to move away from these players anyway. Hajduk sells their greatest prospects for $3M, and Dinamo sells off their castaways for the same amount.
Dinamo (in theory) could have made MAYBE more money by keeping all its players and making Champions League runs…but that would assume that these guys would have all contributed to that run.
I don’t think players like Simunovic, Rog, Hodzic, or Jedvaj are impact players who could take you further at that level. There are plenty of free transfer players that could do just as good…like Mislav Orsic, Bruno Petkovic, or Ivo Pinto (who they just signed back a couple weeks ago). Orsic in my opinion is much better than Rog, and Pinto is much more consistent and stable than Simunovic (and they were free).
If you can get millions for low-ceiling youngsters, then you may as well sell them.
As for the high impact prospects like Benkovic, Pjaca, Brozovic, etc…
Yes, I agree that Dinamo could have created a good young team to regularly challenge for the Champions League knockout phase.
Hopefully, that is their plan…to get to a level similar to Ajax where they continue to develop and sell players, but time-delay it a bit to ensure they can max out on both the tournament prize as well as the sale of their players.
It’s just very hard to turn down 15 million and 23 million for talented yet unproven youngsters like Benkovic and Pjaca, when teams are getting into bidding wars for their services.
Even if they do contribute to a successful Europa or CL team…unless one of these players does something remarkable, you can rarely crack the 30 million Euro sale mark.
Dinamo could have had 5 times the transfer fees if they had held on to the likes of brekalo, rog, coric, jedvaj, sosa, benkovic for 2 or 3 more seasons before selling. They would also have the champions league money competing against huge teams each season. Bad management, small mentality
Clubs must think longer term. They will make more than 2million if they hold on a couple of years before selling
Better to play for a smaller team and be the main man. Learn the responsibility of leadership. And develop full confidence before moving to the top teams. Modric is the example. Dinamo. Spurs. Real
https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/25/rivaldo-urges-barcelona-midfielder-ivan-rakitic-reject-manchester-united-transfer-9691518/amp/
Fuckin A Rivaldo!
Man U’s for Serbs and fags.
Hope Perisic doesn’t end up there.
They’re not done regressing.
Speaking of the nba …Luka samanic moved up in the draft ranking with an outstanding showing last week.
Too bad he’s another big,and not a point guard which we desperately need for the NT.
Drake is committed to the Toronto Raptors massaging the coach is normal behaviour.
Very happy Coric made the move to Roma. He, and others like Halilovic, took the best deal offered to them. If they were good enough to start and contribute, they would be playing more.
To all Croatian youth: Keep taking the best deal you can get, you never know when that next injury arrives! Thank goodness Pjaca made bank before he went down. I’ve even seen great players turn below average due to things like nagging groin injuries etc.
Did Dani Olmo commit to Spain?
@ Dannyj
Even if a club wants to sell, the player has to agree to the move.
So if the kid’s gotta good Tata or Agent looking out for him, best he stay and develop more and THEN get a better move down the road. The long game must be played in all instances.
@ Poglavnik
There is no substitute for actually being on the pitch, in the heat of the contest, in a real match.
I would rather our players play on poorer teams than rot on the bench for big sides, playing the role of “tackling dummies” and fodder for the first string players to sharpen their skills.
“The toughest steel is forged in the hottest fires.”
I used to think getting more minutes on a shittier team is better for development but I no longer do.
I’d rather our players train with quality on the daily. As long as they don’t get mentally fucked up by their lack of regular playing time.
think of the children
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/sport/36089-hns
Reports are that modric staying in Spain for another year
What do u guys think? Is this good for him and the repka?
Is it much of the kids choice or the teams needing to sell for the cash?
France and England big tests as maybe in 4-8 years they are playing them for real at the senior level!
How many teams qualify for Olympics?
@ Vuki
“Coric has hardly played at all, that’s why I hate when our players move to teams in the top half of the table in top leagues.”
Ya took the words right outta my mouth! Couldn’t agree with ya more.
In fact, maybe these kids could learn a thing or two from Dani Olmo…who left a team in the top half of the table in a top league to come and play for Dinamo–And get playing time!
Today Olmo will be playing for his nation’s U-21 team, while Coric unfortunately will not…
I still don’t like that fact that we literally have no RB coming up. They usually play Uremovic there I believe. I’m happy Kulenovic got called up. Should probably start over Jakolis, but they might just keep him in there for chemistry reasons. Disappointing to not have Coric or Palaversa. Coric has hardly played at all, that’s why I hate when our players move to teams in the top half of the table in top leagues. Palaversa has not played as much recently either, I had seen something about him being sat out since making the move to City, hope that’s not true. Also, I think at least one person still will be cut from the team as it’s the preliminary team. Probably one of the LBs. Regardless, I think this team, if they play at their best, has a genuine shot at winning this thing or at least just qualifying for the Olympics.
That defense is STACKED!
Expect that defense to be more miserly than a Baba living off a pension!
And With the likes of Vlasic, Moro, Majer, Halilovic, and Brekalo there’s enough creativity there to make even Michelangelo proud.
This is arguably the strongest U-21 side Croatia has ever assembled. There gonna need it especially going up against the likes of France and England.
And Too bad the Coric didn’t make the side, he wasted a season at Roma and was prolly better off staying on and developing in HNL.
Yup!! It looks good. We have a very strong defense, probably one of the best in the tourney.
@vuki I wish they would have called up Marin too. It would have been great to see him play in a big tourney like this. Kulenović (19) is supposed to be our next Mandžo and he got called up.
U21 squad is kickass. Let’s go to the Olympics boys!
Ivane please do not go to Man U Please
Wrong web site SRBIJA and fuck off you Cedo
https://twitter.com/HNS_CFF/status/1131850175679479808
U-21 team announced. All the main team youngsters have been called up. I only wish maybe they tried to fit Antonio Marin in there somehow, but this team definitely looks like a formidable team.
Partizan beat Zvezda 1-0 in the real cup final