Acquafresca Going Back to Inter?-This is what is wrong with Soccer.

By: Jeremy | April 16th, 2008

One of the worst things about being a fan of a small team is that you cant keep your players for very long unless no one else wants them. If the player is good, he eventually signs for a bigger club with the small team getting either cash to help stay in business or some young players. For the big clubs, its all about now. For the small clubs its all about financial survival with as long a run in Serie A as possible.

Part of what should make you a fan of a team is that you get to see players who become favorites for whatever reason. The longer they are on your team the better. That is one reason I am huge fan of David Suazo. I wish he would never have left. However, when that happens, and it works out with a young player like Acquafresca coming back in return, you dont want to have to turn around and give the young player back because he develops sooner then expected.

As much as I hate the big teams in baseball like the Red Sox or Yankees, when they come trying to steal one of my teams stud players because we cant afford him, they typically give us prospects who we at least control for a few years before they can become free agents and are paid fairly cheaply while we have them. Soccer needs to implement this kind of plan as these players cash in way too soon preventing the league from being as competitive as it could.

To me one thing that keeps soccer from having much credibility in the USA is that the players are bought and sold with the 10 biggest clubs in Europe dividing up who they want and paying whatever amount necessary. The lower level teams, even in the same league, are just farm teams for the big clubs and if they find a young player, they are soon sold to the big club.

This seems to be the latest problem for Cagliari and I wonder how much say they have in the matter so maybe someone smarter then me can enlighten us. Inter traded half interest in Acquafresca as part of the deal to bring Suazo to Inter. Suazo does not fit at Inter and they only signed him in case someone got hurt or to keep another team from getting him. Oh to have that luxury in Sardinia. The bottom line is the deal was made and we now have half ownership in a great young player. Why cant he stay in Sardinia for awhile? It seems like we are being forced to give him up to a team that now has no more rights to him then we do.

Part of me always thought Suazo would return to Cagliari and that seems to be the latest discussion. Inter realizes Suazo isnt needed, wants to return him to us, and have us give back our half interest in Acquafresca. What a bunch of bs. Its like the Yankees doing a midseason deal for a stud off a bad team, giving up promising young players in the deal, and then wanting to undo it after they lose in the playoffs because the young players suddenly have promise.

If a deal is made to return Bobby back to Inter, fine. I may not agree with it, but deals get done all the time. However, now that Bobby is clearly a better player then he was last year, it should take more then just simply sending us Suazo back. Id love for Suazo to come back, dont get me wrong, but it shouldnt be under Inters terms.

I assume it is the best deal we can get because either Acquafrescas contract expires soon ie after next year, he wouldnt return to Cagliari even if we can afford him, so we better get something back. Even if that is the case, my vote would be to sell him for max money, get our half from the deal, keep Inter from getting him and then using the money to buy other players.

I am sure I am missing something, but as long as this type of stuff happens so easily, the small clubs will never have much of a fan base outside of the town they are in and certainly cant win anything. I know this will be the first loss and Storari and Foggia are next, but if we could keep these guys, survive this year, and add a couple more players next year, we could challenge for Europe in my opinion. At the very least we wouldnt be relegation fodder.

I really wish someone would explain Cagliaris or any other small clubs option in these kind of cases. I hate becoming a fan of a player to see him leave
so quickly.

Inter needs to shove it up their Champions League failing A$$.