Inter and AC Milan: What remains after the dream?

Serie A will likely be Juventus's game again, but the two Milanese teams still have much to look forward to after the historic transfer this past summer.

Last season, thanks to Gonzalo Higuain's 36 goals, Napoli became a worthy rival to Juventus for the scudetto. Therefore, when Juventus bought Higuain, they considered it as ending the last hope of the runner-up team before the new season. Not only that, with 99 million dollars invested in this deal, "The Old Lady" also wanted to show their financial potential, the huge gap between them and the rest of Italy. Pushing all competition in the domestic league into meaninglessness, "Serie A before the new season" is therefore the story of exiles, such as AC Milan and Inter Milan.

With Higuain from Napoli, Juventus promises to have another year of dominating Serie A. Photo: Reuters.

This exile is literal, because in a desperate situation, unable to move towards the future, and the glorious past has become a heavy pressure to succeed, the two Milanese football teams had to sell themselves to foreign owners. The owner of Inter is Indonesian, the owner of Milan is Chinese. The Milanese people are exiled in both goals and reputation, when the two beloved football teams only aspire to a place in the Champions League, even though they belong to the most powerful and most titled trio in the country shaped like a boot.

At Euro 2016, Inter's tifosi were proud of one name: Ivan Perisic. With two goals and one assist, including the decisive goal against Spain. Possessing a fast, technical playing style, and lightning-fast wing-climbing moves, he became the most impressive player in the group stage. Besides Perisic, in the Croatian squad, Marcelo Brozovic is also an Inter player. The impression that Perisic created in the summer of France made people question Inter Milan. Why can't precious gems like this do something special in the blue-black shirt? Don't forget, they are not alone, because Inter also owns Kondogbia, Jovetic and Mauro Icardi, all of whom are great players. They also have a goalkeeper who is among the top in the world: Samir Handanovic. And from this summer, Inter also has a very good player from Italy at Euro 2016 last summer - Antonio Candreva.

Despite the difficulties, Erick Thohir did not do a bad job shopping for Inter. Looking at the depth of Inter's squad, the tifosi found that the story "Silvio Berlusconi delayed the sale because he was trying to find a good person to transfer AC Milan, aiming to avoid Moratti's mistake" was completely nonsense. They forgot that Inter was not Thohir's first sports club; before that, he owned an NBA basketball team and an American football team. Deeper down, Thohir comes from the island nation of Indonesia - where there are the largest number of tifosi in the world. This businessman tried to make Inter more than just a businessman, because deep down he had sympathy for this team. The fastidiousness of the tifosi and the nationalism of the Italian people seemed to have made him viewed in a distorted way.

The tifosi have been sighing for Inter Milan for the past three or four years, without looking at the present, that with the names mentioned above, this team has no right to fail. Roberto Mancini's departure is not regrettable, but should be as soon as possible. Two terms with Inter only show that the romantic number 10's soft personality during his playing days prevented him from inspiring the Nerazzurri stars to fight.

De Boer promises to make the biggest difference for Inter in the season that starts today. Photo: Inter.it.

When coach Frank de Boer came to Inter. All Frank de Boer needed was to exploit, because this team was already a gold mine. But whether Frank de Boer is that type of coach or not, time will tell.

Half a month ago, AC Milan was transferred to the Chinese with the promise of injecting at least 400 million dollars in three years into the team. From now until the end of the summer transfer window, there will probably not be many changes in the squad at Milan, as the Chinese investment group is busy taking over the upper echelons and changing leadership. Milan will not be able to enter the transfer market until at least January 2017 or next summer, and only then will their ambitions be shown.

Milan's lack of intention to buy is an opportunity for young players. For generations, the foundation of AC Milan still lies in their youth training. That is where the leap is created, where the glorious tradition of the team is told to each other. The impressive performance of Mattia De Sciglio in the summer of Euro 2016, the remarkable maturity of Gianluigi Donnarumma over the past year are great suggestions for the path Milan needs to take.

Milan has a new owner and a new coach, but when they can't spend money on transfers, they need an icon to rally their forces like Paolo Maldini.

But to do this, AC Milan needs a "trump card". He - the greatest son in the history of a great club - is Paolo Maldini. The new Chinese owners have offered to invite this outstanding former defender back, as a manager, but Maldini has not yet accepted. Will AC Milan in the 2016-2017 season be different from previous seasons, perhaps it lies in inviting that legendary man home.

Milan after the dream, turned out to depend only on two people.

According to VNE