Inter Eying Yet Another Youngster to Replace Figo
By: Martha | June 12th, 2007
From the moment Luis Figo signed his now-dead deal with Al Ittihad, pretty much every bright young midfield thing has been rumored to be an Inter target as they pursue a replacement for the totally irreplaceable (she says, without a hint of bias) Figo. And, even though he’s now sticking around for another year, the quest remains in place, so the papers are still busy finding youngsters to step into his shoes.
Today’s Figo, Part Deux is none other than the current Zizou, Part Deux: Samir Nasri, whose form for Les Bleus of late surely has him on every transfer list on earth, not just Inter’s. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, though, he is “the blow of the centenarian.” Can’t argue with that, can we?
In its more coherent moments, the Gazzetta article suggests Figo’s decision to stay on for another year has made the seduction of Nasri possible and, while the player wants to stay at Marseilles for the coming season, he’s theoretically open to a move next summer. Additionally, with the recent departure of Franck Ribery for Germany, it would be almost impossible for the French club to let another starlet go this summer no matter how much money Inter were willing to throw at them, so Nasri was never going to be an immediate option.
So the lad will stay in France for another season, getting more experience and increasing in value by the second. And then, twelve months from now when Figo finally retires, Inter will make a bid so massive Marseilles will have no choice but to accept it. Which sounds great in theory — who in their right mind would say no to Nasri? The problem, of course, is that a year from now Milan, Juve, Man U, Chelsea and Bayern will all have exactly the same plan, so Inter might well have to wait in line with their wheelbarrows full of Euros.
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I swear, everytime someone posts a pic of Ribéry, God tempts to turn a straight man gay. And why not? He’s sexy defined.
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@Anthony: I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that Darkman is your favorite movie…
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Think I’d go the opposite there Anthony. Martha, couldn’t you find a picture to make Ribery look a little better? I mean, he is creepy enough looking on his own before opening his mouth.
By the way, I don’t know who is better at predicting future moves or contracts, you or Chris over at ROMA. But both are getting to be like reading the Sports Guy predicting NBA moves with crazy salary cap equations involved.
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I couldn’t help it, Muddia — the boy sort of brought it on himself by making that face on live TV. The fool!
And things are much easier on me than they are on Chris — I get to just report anything I find, pretty much, whereas he actually tries to figure out if things will work for Roma or not.
(This story, as absurd as it sounds, was in the Portuguese press this AM, too, so whoever floated it is doing a good job of making it multi-national.)
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“the blow of the centenarian.”???
How DARE you speak this way about our sweet young Samir!
Im sure I would be appalled if I had any clue what it meant.
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This rumor has been around since the fall and when Nasri was asked about it he said he was flattered, didn’t want to move and if he did - it would only be to a team where he was guaranteed a starting XI spot all the time. In other words, “Fuck off, Moratti.” Inter couldn’t compete with Real for him anyway. They’re actually thinking of buying him now and leaving him on loan for a couple years at l’OM.
Martha, you forgot to mention your transfer budget of, oh, about a billion euros to work with. I have 20m. Donations? Anyone?
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Hey, all it takes to increase that transfer budget is getting an evil, corrupt, media/real estate baron involved in club ownership! Perhaps give a call over to Milan and see if they can give you some tips?
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[...] player’s father/agent about bringing him to Milan as a replacement for the Great Figo. The story last June was that the youngster would stick with Olympique Marseilles until this coming summer, at which [...]
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