Recently, the Italian media is discussing, from a business point of view, which line of Inter's main players has the fastest appreciation speed?
One would argue that it is a defensive SDB combination.
The acquisition cost of Shkrinar, DeFrey and Bastoni is 65 million (Shk's transfer fee is 34 million, Bastoni's is 31 million, both of them are "account guards", and most of the transfer price is "vouchers").
They are currently valued at 160 million in the Transfer Market, an increase in value of 95 million euros.
However, purely in terms of numbers, the appreciation figures of inter midfielders' three main forces are higher than those of the defensive line.
In the history of Italian football, the defensive combination of Balzagli Bonucci Chiellini has been called the "BBC of Italy", which was once a good story.
Today Inter's midfield combination is also the BBC – Barella, Brozovic and Calhanoglu.
Barrera's loan fees and transfer fees total about 37 million, and there may be small floating clauses in the follow-up, but there are variables, and it is difficult to say whether they are triggered.
Charhanolu is visa-free.
Inter announced a transfer fee of 12.5 million when they brought in Brozovic on a rent-before-buy basis, but when they bought out in July 2016, the Nerazzurri managed to persuade the other side to discount it, and the actual payment was a total of 8 million euros.
That is to say, the total investment of the three main midfielders bought by the Nerazzurri is 45 million, but now the three midfielders in the "Transfer Market" are worth 70 million In Barrera, Brozovic 40 million, and Charhanoglu 35 million, a total of 145 million euros, with a value increase of 100 million, which is higher than the three main forces of the defense.
Of course, to be more rigorous, it is somewhat controversial to say that the appreciation of Inter's three main midfielders exceeds that of the three main defenders.
On the one hand, although the list price of Inter's acquisition of Shk and Bastoni is high, the vast majority of them are "vouchers" and account-making vouchers (some inconspicuous small roles in the Inter echelon are added to the transaction for 600-700 euros, which shows that the transaction figures themselves are used to cope with the UEFA FFP review), and the actual expenditure is very small. On the other hand, there are also some "hidden expenses" (such as the broker's commission paid when the visa-free Qarhan is waived).
But in any case, in these three main midfielders, Inter really did not lose money, and it can even be said that it was a big profit.
This season, Inter's three main midfielders have been outstanding.
Charhanolu scored seven goals and assisted 10 times in the league.
Barrera scored 3 goals and 9 assists. The appearance of two Inter players in the top four of the Serie A assists list is something that has not been common in years.
Brozovic's statistics are on the small side, but in the league's running, passing, touching and other lists, he is one of the best fierce men. Inter's lack of victories in the races he has not been able to play this season is enough to prove its importance. In addition, in recent rounds of Inter fine-tuning tactics, B Ronaldo has frequently inserted attacks after liberation, and has made great achievements, scoring or assisting consecutive games, which is one of the current "key gentlemen" of Inter.
A hidden danger in Inter's sprint period is that although the three main midfielders are strong, the gap between the strength of the substitute midfielders and them is too large, which leads to the huge loss that Inter cannot afford no matter who is out of the situation.
Therefore, there have been many recent calls for inzaghi Jr. to let one or two of the three take turns to rest when playing the weak brigade.
However, the Milan Sports newspaper pointed out the strategy of Inzaghi Jr.: from now until the end of the season, the three main midfielders will most likely start unless there is an injury reduction. But this does not mean that Inter will not consider "reducing the burden" for them, and finding an opportunity to replace them in advance is the most important way to reduce the burden.
Recently, some "opposition managers" have attacked Inzaghi Jr., pointing out that he has even overdrafted the three midfielders than in Conte's time.
But there is something wrong with this claim. In fact, in terms of reducing the burden on the main midfielder, Inzaghi Jr. actually did a better job than his predecessor.
In the two seasons of Conte's era, as long as Barrera started, 75% of the games had to play the whole game, and 21.2% of the games were replaced after 85 minutes - that is, as long as the starting point is basically the whole game, even if you are tired, even if you are hit by the opponent and roll on the ground, you have to hold on.
Brozovic is even worse, in two seasons, the starting appearance, 81% of the games to play the whole game, two seasons of league kicks, after the start of the game was replaced 75 minutes ago, a slap can be counted.
But under Inzaghi Jr., it became normal for the three main midfielders to be replaced.
In the league, Barrera started 31 times and was replaced 15 times.
Brozovic made 30 starts and was replaced 12 times.
Substitutions mostly occur in the 65-75 minute period.
Charhanoglu is a bit worse than his two partners in terms of endurance, so he has been replaced more often - 29 starters in the league, 24 early substitutions, and the actual number of full-time games is also a handful.
In short, inzaghi Jr.'s approach is: for the sake of safety, he does not dare to use the substitute midfielder at will, but the substitution is given priority in the midfield, and he is also considering reducing the burden on the main midfielder.
It is foreseeable that in the last few games at the end of the season, Inter's main three midfielders must do a good job of starting without injury or illness. However, the coaching staff will consider letting them take a break in advance when they are replaced, so as to reduce the burden.