Sabatini on Stankovic: at 40 million I’ll tie a bow and sell him

The performance of Ale Stankovic in the derby continues to divide the experts. Sandro Sabatini and Carlo Pellegatti, speaking on Youtube, expressed different opinions about the young Nerazzurri midfielder.

Pellegatti was critical: “Inter showed their usual solidity, I watched him but Stankovic, Calhanoglu’s deputy, didn’t impress me. They turned down 40 million for Stankovic, I repeat, I’m judging 45 minutes on August 5th but we’re discussing the match otherwise we wouldn’t even make the video. Stankovic did the famous dirty work, Jashari, leaving aside that they play different roles, you saw a couple of long passes and something that surprised you, Stankovic didn’t.”

Sabatini pointed out a physical problem that may have affected the player: “I’ll point out that after about twenty minutes he probably had an injury because he was limping a bit and that held him back. But in the first 20 minutes he was the least brilliant.”

The journalist then drew a comparison with his father: “It was the first time I watched him closely, he looks just like his father in the way he moves and runs, with less strength and less explosiveness, he looks like Dejan again.” On the subject of his market value, Sabatini did not hide his opinion: “If it’s 40 million, I’d tie a bow and send him but I wouldn’t want to be too hasty. But if someone is already worth 40 million, it means there’s something important there.”