[Mari] Nainggolan: “Tell me how many Milan players would play for Inter?” Balotelli: “Theo Hernandez better than Dimarco? Come on. We’ve just started and I already have to leave? If you tell me Maignan instead of Sommer I can accept it.”

3 comments

1. Theo is one for the most anti clutch players I have seen. Always ghosts in big games

2. He’s not wrong, but part of that *is* the formation. There’s just very few direct comparisons you can make between player roles in the two sides.

   Like it is wild to think that a player as good as Leao wouldn’t even sniff our first 11, but he genuinely wouldn’t. He just does not fit our 3-5-2. But if you went the other direction and ask “who from Inter gets into Milan’s 11?” then we’d “only” get 7 or 8 guys in (as opposed to the 1 or 2 Milan get into ours).

   And that’s why I think it is so dumb when people do “combined 11’s” with us and other clubs and think that means something. Your formation choice automatically gives somebody two spots (either 2 winger spots to the other club, or 3rd CB and 2nd striker to us). Making it a mostly pointless exercise.

3. Theo is good, I would take him for his ability definitely not for his character cause he’s a c*nt but we are so blessed that Dimarco is definitely better than him, in a very difficult position which few are world class.