Season lacks direction for this team (5)
I believe the answer is:
inter
'this team' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Italian team' mean 'inter' so perhaps 'team' could also mean 'inter')
'season lacks direction' is the wordplay.
'season' becomes 'winter' (winter is a season).
'lacks' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'direction' becomes 'w' (W is an example).
'winter' with 'w' taken away is 'INTER'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for inter that I've seen before include "Milan FC" , "Plant" , "Football Club at home in San Siro" , "an Italian soccer team?" , "foreign footballers" .)