As recent as 6 seasons ago, they were lifting a Champions League which was arguably the best team in world football ( they were extremely good) and have quality players, and a complete team which was everything. 6 seasons later, Inter have just sacked their manager, are 12th in the Serie A, are they and Milan bad because of stadium issues?

Also, why is the serie A in general not as good is it once was? They had amazing fans, and now not are the Bundesliga now better, the stadiums are very empty! Why is that?

Can someone please answer? Cheers

Amir

Juventus happened, thats what. :P Nah but seriously, two of italy greatest club, the two milan fell from grace and losed their previous form. They also started to have poor results in European competiton wich resulted in losing place in the CL. I would have to say that one of the weak point with Serie A is that it has now become a one horse race, a bit like ligue 1. But thats only my personal take on it. Here is an article I found on the web, wich would most likely be a bit better than my opinion.

The Decline
Where did it go wrong? How did the most attractive league in Europe start losing its fans? For one, foreign businessmen invested in English, Spanish and French teams, while most Italian clubs remained in Italian hands. These caused the teams from the three aforementioned countries to become more attractive and thus many top players chose them over Italian squads. In order to stay competitive in Europe, Italians switched to more defensive football and enforced the famous Catenaccio. And this wasn’t so bad. But, it was the least of their worries. In 2006, one of the most terrible scandals in football happened. It was proved that many games in the league were rigged. The champions Juventus were stripped of their last two Seria A tittles and were relegated to Seria B, with a 30 point deficit. AC Milan started the following season with a 15 point deficit and Lazio and Fiorentina were also penalised. It all started going downhill from there. The fans weren’t happy, and neither were the sponsors. Most South American players now preferred Spanish La Primera, instead of the Italian Calcio Liga. The quality of football declined significantly, and this was another reason for Italian football to become slower and more tactical. Italian teams now focused on hiring players that were coming towards the end of their career.

Corruption, lack of funds, lack of interest from players and fans alike, were few of the problems that Italian football was facing. It seemed like the glory days of Italian football are far behind and that its star faded. But, every fall is a chance for a new beginning. Of course it would take a lot of effort and the competition is quite high and fierce, it is hard for any Italian club to compete with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSG or Manchester City financially. Most Italian clubs don’t own their ground, which means that they don’t have even the match-day turnout as a source of income. Juventus decided to deal with this and built a new stadium. Now other teams, such as Milan and Roma will follow.

link to the full article: http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2015/11/the-rise-fall-and-rise-of-italian-football/

I really hope it comes back, and really soon too.

@amir_keal It will propably, pherhap not quickly, but it will I hope. :(

It's sad seeing them go down. It's not just bad day, it's catastrophe. They aren't playing on level of second league teams. No one seems to even try. Milan even got things sorted out, they sometimes play good, have good talents (Locatelli & Donnarumma), but Inter? None of that.

New manager and just sell kinda useless players like Kondogbia. And don't pay shit on players like Joao Mario, €45m for dude is absurd.

Maybe if the board of every team in the league is corrupt as hell, it eventually catches up.

FIFA should take notes.

Indeed, well they havent been that great for even longer than that.

The last year of Mourinho was exception, but for a long time they have been on top because of the entire Series A was shaking due to the scandal.

Their main compettitors (Juve, Milan and others) went through some craziest period football world has every witnessed. And titles were handed to them, but before that they had already struggled.

I hope they come back soon.

The reason they fell is because Mourinho did something seemingly unachievable. He took an aging Inter Milan squad and led them to the treble. Just look at their players back then. Almost all their starters were either 30 or almost 30. Milito, Eto'o, Pandev, Cambiasso, Zanetti, Chivu, Samuel, Lucio, Maicon, Cesar... I think Sneijder was the only starter who was about 26 years old. It was an astonishing achievement. In my eyes, it just shows how amazing of a manager Jose Mourinho was and still is, and the fault does not lie with Inter Milan. Jose's success masked the squad's aging issues, and they have yet to fully replace the players who have gone. They should have started that process a long time ago.

Dynastian, true, but they were still one of the best in europe.

@Amir

Only for about two years. That particular squad was a team to be feared between 2008-10. After that, they started declining and it was very obvious. A shame, really, because that was one of my favorite teams since I started watching football.

@Dynastian Better live a day as a lion than 100 year as a sheep. I think that is an old Italian proverb. Fitting for that Inter Milan team of 2008 to 2010.

It was an astonishing achievement. In my eyes, it just shows how
amazing of a manager Jose Mourinho was and still is, and the fault
does not lie with Inter Milan. Jose's success masked the squad's aging
issues, and they have yet to fully replace the players who have gone.
They should have started that process a long time ago.

Agreed.

Inter lost against a very strong team in Southampton last. A team that could probably compete with Juventus in terms of finances. It's not all about the money, but the lack of it in general leads to several negative consequences.

Cesar - 30
Maicon - 28
Lucio - 32
Samuel - 32
Chivu - 29
Cambiasso - 29
Zanetti - 36
Eto'o - 29
Sneijder - 26
Pandev - 26
Milito - 31

Average age of their starting XI during their treble season: 29.8 years old. That's astonishing. Imagine playing with a 31 year-old striker who scores 30 goals in a season.

Dynastian

For the treble season and previously, they were amazing. Too bad most the players are now forgotten about and not considered legends.

Also, not realted to the question, but why has also Lyon fallen. To be honest they were kind of underrated IMO. And the French League. Kinda ranting about history now, lol.

No money.