Inter star Nicolò Barella has netted solely as soon as this season, ending his Champions League marketing campaign with out a aim or help, elevating issues for the Nerazzurri and Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso.
Inter midfielder Barella is below scrutiny for membership and nation because of a dip in kind this season,
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Barella’s disappointing season thus far
BODO, NORWAY – FEBRUARY 18: Nicolo Barella of FC Internazionale Milano reacts after lacking an opportunity in the course of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off First Leg match between FK Bodo/Glimt and FC Internazionale Milano at Aspmyra Stadion on February 18, 2026 in Bodo, Norway. (Photograph by Martin Ole Wold/Getty Pictures)
The 29-year-old has scored just one Serie A aim this season, including six assists, however Barella has ended his Champions League marketing campaign with out a aim.
Barella’s numbers are much more worrying when contemplating that the Italian grabbed 9 objectives and ten assists in 2022-23.
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Clearly, his performances can’t solely be judged by aim contributions, however the common feeling is that the Italy worldwide has been far much less efficient within the present marketing campaign.
Inter and Italy’s issues over Barella’s kind
MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 04: Nicolo Barella of Internazionale warms up previous to the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and US Cremonese at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on October 04, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
La Gazzetta dello Sport has that Inter is perhaps listening to gives for the Italian midfielder subsequent summer season, and Tuttosport provides that Italy CT Gattuso is ‘involved’ by the midfielder’s decline, to the extent that Barella’s call-up for subsequent month’s World Cup play-off is unsure.
The identical goes for Davide Frattesi, who has solely supplied three assists in 24 appearances this season.