Inter: Gosens does not mesh, Dumfries in the balance

Inter started doing something left in the distant January and now they are looking for the best way to governability: seven months ago they enlisted Robin Gosens, a very sharp arrow in the best years of Gasp’s Atalanta, and temporarily superimposed him on Ivan Perisic, absolute master of the Nerazzurri last season.

At the time there was no certainty about what would happen at the end of the year, no one knew what Ivan the terrible’s final choice would be. How much the Nerazzurri tried to tie the Croatian to a chair in Appiano, who then rushed to London to his former coach Antonio Conte, who photographed what the thought was in society: there was a clear hierarchy, they wanted to bring it even in the current season to start. The impact had by Perisic in Inzaghi I was difficult to calculate and will be difficult to reproduce by anyone else even in Inzaghi II: it is not only the fact that Gosens is finding himself that weighs, but it is the whole Nerazzurri’s wing system that has suffered a shock of settlement. To absorb it, the CEO Beppe Marotta and the sports director Piero Ausilio immediately enlisted one of the most talented Italian outsiders on the square, Raoul Bellanova: the adaptation of the former Cagliari will be decisive for the general estate. But to return to dominate on the sides and wrap up the opponents as usual, there is more to check: the reliability of the ex Dea winger, of course, but also any market sirens in the Dumfries house and how much Darmian will know rebound from right to left.

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In Simone’s 3-5-2 that worked so well, the use of the lanes is highly strategic, even more so this year since a ram arrived in the middle that knocks down every door: the presence of Lukaku guides every choice, even those of the side. Inzaghi started to insert Gosens already last year, when Perisic just slipped a few crumbs on his board: just 177 minutes for Robin, a pittance. And rewinding the tape even further, it turns out that the German has not played an official match as a starter since 25 September 2021: he was at the Dea, in an Inter San Siro who was cheering against him at the time. He showed up in retreat perhaps a bit overloaded: he didn’t spend the summer on the bed, but he already pushed him and even practiced triathlon sessions. After all, it is the confirmation that the old injury has been completely overcome. And that the muscle fatigue that won’t make him challenge Lens today is just a small hitch: from Tuesday to the second half, he will be in his place. From the beginning of the season he will be the keeper of the left, hoping to find the old Atalantine flicker, while on the other side Inter, at least at the start, continues to speak Dutch: Denzel Dumfries a year later is no longer a meteor to be discovered, but a certainty back and forth. Darting like a dart behind his rivals, he became the first Dutchman to score at least 5 in a single Serie A season with the Inter shirt since 1993, when Bergkamp was climbing to eight in a completely different position. For this timing and this physicality he has admirers in England, especially in red Manchester where one of his creative compatriots has taken home: Erik Ten Haag dotes on him and, if he sent Aaron Wan-Bissaka away from Old Trafford then he would be ready to make him an offer . Inter values ​​Dumfries at around forty million and also talked about him with Chelsea in the hot days of the Lukaku-bis. Among other things, if Milan Skriniar were to stay permanently in Milan, Dumfries would be one of the Inter fans with whom he could make money sooner or later, perhaps without waiting for June 30, 2023. The executives know this and certainly would not oppose the check. right. And then they would be forced to scour the outdoor market in search of a new owner, which is far from easy.

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At the moment, however, Dumfries is in charge on the right. Behind him, a happy news, the only purchase made in the bands department: Bellanova arrived from Cagliari on a loan of three million and a right of redemption in 12 months for a further seven. On Thursday he scored a phenomenal goal on the fly at Novara, but confirmations are expected on more difficult evenings, already tonight. Also because Bellanova’s specialization on the right forced Matteo Darmian, the good man for every season, to move to the left. For the former United, a precious pawn like few others, Inzaghi has a veneration and for this reason it is likely that the left-handed alternation with Gosens will be very marked. In any case, Inter are “binding” in a new way in this first season without the excessive power of Perisic: having manageable lanes will be one of the keys to the Scudetto.