Mauro Icardi | Performances

The first Inter player since Christian Vieri in 2001 to score a Serie A hat-trick away from home.
 
cheeky_backheel said:
The kid is clinical in the box but its the rest of his game that needs to improve. He is also undersized to lead the line.
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Undersized? Suarez, Rooney and Aguero, three of the leagues most prolific strikers and #9 of the last 10 years are not exactly titans, are they?

This obsession with size belongs only to teams that want to play tactics from the Sam Allardyce book of football.
 
He's 5'11 and he's actually very good in the air. Incredible leap. Strange criticism.
 
Would love for him to be our new striker, absolutely deadly
 
MadMike said:
Undersized? Suarez, Rooney and Aguero, three of the leagues most prolific strikers and #9 of the last 10 years are not exactly titans, are they?

This obsession with size belongs only to teams that want to play tactics from the Sam Allardyce book of football.
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Leading the line has nothing to do with being a prolific goal scorer e.g. Messi is prolific and is as undersized as they come. Suarez is taller and bigger than Icardi, but Rooney and Aguero are undersized for leading a line.

When you are a lone striker, you are usually up against two 6ft+ CBs who will try to physically bully you off the ball. The lone forward would often have to contest aerially, play with his back to goal, hold up play, shield the ball and link up with the attacking midfielders. Without adequate size, the striker would be at a disadvantage , particularly with aerial balls, necessitating that most passes be played to his feet and would be more comfortable facing goal (aguero being an example).

Mourinho prefers a 4-2-3-1 formation with a lone striker (there is an interview when he was at Madrid where he argues why he feels this, along with 4-3-3, is the best base formation for the modern game). A look at the size of the strikers Mourinho has had in his previous teams (compared to Icardi) gives a clear idea

McCarthy: 6′ 0″
Drogba: 6′ 2″
Milito: 6′ 0″
Benzema: 6′ 2″
Costa: 6′ 2″
Icardi: 5′ 11″

If we buy Icardi, he would the shortest starting CF (and possibly smallest) to play up top for Mourinho
 
cheeky_backheel said:
Leading the line has nothing to do with being a prolific goal scorer e.g. Messi is prolific and is as undersized as they come. Suarez is taller and bigger than Icardi, but Rooney and Aguero are undersized for leading a line.

When you are a lone striker, you are usually up against two 6ft+ CBs who will try to physically bully you off the ball. The lone forward would often have to contest aerially, play with his back to goal, hold up play, shield the ball and link up with the attacking midfielders. Without adequate size, the striker would be at a disadvantage , particularly with aerial balls, necessitating that most passes be played to his feet and would be more comfortable facing goal (aguero being an example).

Mourinho prefers a 4-2-3-1 formation with a lone striker (there is an interview when he was at Madrid where he argues why he feels this, along with 4-3-3, is the best base formation for the modern game). A look at the size of the strikers Mourinho has had in his previous teams (compared to Icardi) gives a clear idea

McCarthy: 6′ 0″
Drogba: 6′ 2″
Milito: 6′ 0″
Benzema: 6′ 2″
Costa: 6′ 2″
Icardi: 5′ 11″

If we buy Icardi, he would the shortest starting CF (and possibly smallest) to play up top for Mourinho
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You are wrong. Mourinho won the CL with Porto playing 4-4-2 and having as forwards Derlei and Carlos Alberto.

Carlos Alberto 5' 9"
Derlei 5' 9"

Mauro Icardi to be more precise, is 181cm tall. Louis Suarez, who you said is bigger, is 182cm. That's no difference at all in fact. McCarthy, who usually started in place of Carlos Alberto, is 183cm. Again, difference that's under an inch.

If the players score the goals, he will use them.
 
MadMike said:
You are wrong. Mourinho won the CL with Porto playing 4-4-2 and having as forwards Derlei and Carlos Alberto.

Carlos Alberto 5' 9"
Derlei 5' 9"

Mauro Icardi to be more precise, is 181cm tall. Louis Suarez, who you said is bigger, is 182cm. That's no difference at all in fact. McCarthy, who usually started in place of Carlos Alberto, is 183cm. Again, difference that's under an inch.

If the players score the goals, he will use them.
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At porto, Mou played 4-3-3 with Deco playing behind the two strikers which were usually Benni and Carlos Alberto. Derlei was not the primary striker as he missed most of the season due to an injury. Benni was the starter for most of the season and their highest goal scorer both in the league and CL. Still Porto was not like the bigger clubs he managed, where Mou could buy almost any player he wanted.

Icardi is 155lbs while Suarez is 179lbs. Suarez is bigger and one can easily tell from view both men. More importantly, Suarez has never played for Mourinho as a lone striker.

You can try to trivialize the difference as much as you want but it does not change the fact that, if bought, Icardi will be the shortest striker to play alone up top for Mou.
 
Very impressive considering that he has the lowest shots per game ratio after Falcao and Fékir:

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Creeping up on Boninsegna in the All-Time Internazionale goalscoring chart as well:

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NoLogo said:
I think this is the kind fo striker we should really be going for if we want to build a world class team. Too bad though he will by now cost at least 120M €.
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Aye, that ship has sailed. Even aside from Icardi's potentially massive transfer fee, United are definitely going to stand by Lukaku (at least for the near future) after making him the 7th most expensive player of all time. And Icardi is being linked with other clubs as well, so the competition for his signature will definitely be more intense than it would've been in previous transfer windows:

 
Icardi really loves the city and the club. Club's now rich and if they can get back to where they belong, they'll have the financial muscle to keep him. Keep in mind he's already on €10~12m a year iirc, he's the captain, and inter are apparently ready to give him another raise at the end of the season

Besides, he's not particularly better than lukaku
 
His movement is far better, and he’s constantly making Juventus defenders his bitch in bigger games.
 
This is the player we should be spending the 75m on instead of Lukaku. But then Inter were demanding the mountains for Perisic so feck knows how much they would want for Icardi. And yeah, the boat has sailed too

Perhaps only Madrid has a chance to get him if he ever leaves Inter
 
SATA said:
This is the player we should be spending the 75m on instead of Lukaku. But then Inter were demanding the mountains for Perisic so feck knows how much they would want for Icardi. And yeah, the boat has sailed too

Perhaps only Madrid has a chance to get him if he ever leaves Inter
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€110m buyout clause
 
He wouldnt look as impressive for us. He would score more goals than Lukaku, but we also lack delivery in most games to get the full potential out of him and Lukaku too. You need to base some of your game around him and feed him as much as possible, since he is an incredible finisher and scores all type of goals. Our wing play and deliveries are terrible in that regard
 
SATA said:
This is the player we should be spending the 75m on instead of Lukaku. But then Inter were demanding the mountains for Perisic so feck knows how much they would want for Icardi. And yeah, the boat has sailed too

Perhaps only Madrid has a chance to get him if he ever leaves Inter
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Morata in my opinion has a higher ceiling than both these two. Still a bit disappointed we didn't just stuff Real with the 90 million they wanted and get him.

But yeah, that ship has sailed too and I back Lukaku 100% now he's with us.
 
Currently one of the top 5 strikers in the world. I'll put him 3rd after Kane and Aguero imo.
 
Icardi has scored in 8 out of 14 games

Lewandowski 10/13, cavani like 12/14 or something :lol:

Aguero is up there too
 
but Kane and real Madrid, did the english next shearer and will 30 goals for next ten years so spurs are 1st 5th and topscorer makes him the best.
 
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