Inter tactic and team guide for Football Manager 2021. Club vision, the tactic, key players, youth prospects and transfers in FM21.
Inter tactic and team guide for Football Manager 2021. Club vision,
the tactic, key players, youth prospects and transfers in FM21.
Here is a brief analysis of the Inter squad, their club structure, relationship any potential managers will have with the board, expectations and possible tactics any FM 2021 manager can use with this fallen giant of Italian football.
About Inter
Internazionale or Inter Milan are a professional football club that ply their trade in the Serie A . They have the record of being the only Italian club to never have been relegated from the top flight.
Inter has won 30 domestic trophies, including 18 league titles, 7 Coppa Italia and 5 Supercoppa Italiana. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five successive league titles, equalling the all-time record at that time. They have won the Champions League three times: two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010. Their latest win completed an unprecedented Italian seasonal treble, with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto the same year. The club has also won three UEFA Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup.
Inter's home games are played at the San Siro stadium, which they share with local rivals A.C. Milan. The stadium is the largest in Italian football with a capacity of 80,018. Matches between A.C. Milan and Inter, known as the Derby Della Madonnina, are one of the most followed derbies in football. As of 2019, Inter is the most supported team in Italy and the sixth most-supported in Europe. The club is one of the most valuable in Italian and world football.
Board Expectations
Inter are without a league title since 2010 and finished a close 2nd in the 2019-2020 season. Inter have qualified for the UCL as a result of finishing 2nd in the league. Should you take over as manager the board requirements will be,
1. Win the Serie A
2. Reach the final of the Italian Cup
3. Make the knockout stages of the UEFA Champion’s league.
Additionally, you will be required to sign high reputation players, especially Italian players from rivals. The focus is also on signing youngsters under the age of 19 for the future.
Inter have very good training facilities and a very good youth system that will churn out the occasional potential star player. You can rely on this to make the club achieve their targets and circumvent the FFP.
A fluid counter-attacking system or wing play is what suits the Inter’s set of players the best. This will help them take advantage of their wing-backs and have them released for quick counters. Their strikers also thrive on crosses from the wing-backs.
A 3-5-2 is how inter line up in real life is probably the best-suited formation for this squad of players. It also innately plays to the players' strengths of crossing and releasing the strikers early. Alternatively, you can use the 4-3-3 formation too.
A rough example of what your line-up would look like in a 3-5-2 formation is as follows,
2. Reach the final of the Italian Cup
3. Make the knockout stages of the UEFA Champion’s league.
Additionally, you will be required to sign high reputation players, especially Italian players from rivals. The focus is also on signing youngsters under the age of 19 for the future.
Inter have very good training facilities and a very good youth system that will churn out the occasional potential star player. You can rely on this to make the club achieve their targets and circumvent the FFP.
Squad, Formation and Tactical Style
A fluid counter-attacking system or wing play is what suits the Inter’s set of players the best. This will help them take advantage of their wing-backs and have them released for quick counters. Their strikers also thrive on crosses from the wing-backs.
A 3-5-2 is how inter line up in real life is probably the best-suited formation for this squad of players. It also innately plays to the players' strengths of crossing and releasing the strikers early. Alternatively, you can use the 4-3-3 formation too.
A rough example of what your line-up would look like in a 3-5-2 formation is as follows,
Samir Handanovic as a sweeper keeper.
Stefan De Vrij, Andrea Bastoni & Milan Skriniar as the 3 centre backs, 2 of them can be played as Ball Playing Defenders.
Hakimi Achraf & Ivan Perisic as the 2 wing-backs. Both are naturally attacking players who love to get forward and contribute to attacks.
Nicolo Barella & Marcelo Brozovic as the 2 central midfielders with Barella playing a defensive playmaker role and Brozovic playing as a box to box midfielder who links attack and defence.
Christian Eriksen will be played as a No10 in an attacking midfielder role. Although he has not found great success in real life with Inter, he is still one of the better-attacking midfielders in the game.
Lautaro Martinez & Romelu Lukaku up front as the 2 strikers.
Alternatively, when you switch to a 4-3-3 you can go with Sanchez playing as one of the wingers.
Key Players
1. Lautaro Martinez
2. Romelu Lukaku
3. Nicolo Barella
4. Christian Eriksen
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1. The quality of backups in the squad may not be up to the quality and could prove fatal if your squad is affected by injuries.
2. You run the risk of some talents being poached by other clubs especially in search of higher wages.
3. The board have already spent quite a lot on squad development and anything other than titles won may be regarded as a failure.
There are a few exciting young prospects in the ranks who have the potential to be some of the best players in the league. A few examples are,
Sebastiano Esposito
is the best Italian wonderkid striker in Football Manager 2021 and goes on to
become one of the most lethal players in the game. Managers would do really
well to hold on to him as interest is very high from other top European
clubs.
Achraf Hakimi
will already be a starter for most sides in the world and will only improve
given that he is just 21. He is easily the best right-back/right wing-back
option in FM 2021 and is lethal with his crosses making him the absolute
perfect fit at Inter
The young attacking midfielder is extremely versatile and can play in a
variety of positions in various roles. He already has the capability to be an
able backup and will only improve further in the future years.
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Weaknesses
1. The quality of backups in the squad may not be up to the quality and could prove fatal if your squad is affected by injuries.
2. You run the risk of some talents being poached by other clubs especially in search of higher wages.
3. The board have already spent quite a lot on squad development and anything other than titles won may be regarded as a failure.
Youth Prospects
There are a few exciting young prospects in the ranks who have the potential to be some of the best players in the league. A few examples are,
1. Sebastiano Esposito
2. Hakimi Achraf
3. Eddie Salcedo
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Potential Transfers (in)
Inter, despite having a decent squad could do with some squad depth, these players could be welcome additions to the side.
· Emerson
· Gianluigi Donnarumma
· Lorenzo Pellegrini
Potential Transfers (Out)
These players may be surplus to requirements at the club or may not be of the expected quality.
· Ashley Young
· Aleksandr Kolarov
· Arturo Vidal
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Summary
To summarize, Inter were once one of the greatest teams in Europe but have now lost their consistency with no league titles for the past 10 years despite going close last season. Can you take over and turn around their fortunes in Football Manager 2021?
