Inter, listen to Ausilio: “Gym? No problem, that’s already a thing of the past.” The future is called Anan Khalaili.
After seeing the deal fall through Marco Palestra, these are days of reflection for Inter. The sporting director Piero Ausilio he is working together with Dario Baccin and obviously with the president Beppe Marotta to find a suitable profile, having to replace a starter like Denzel Dumfries.
“Have we overcome the disappointment? These are market dynamics, normal things,” the Nerazzurri sporting director told Sky Sport. “For better or worse, they are part of legitimate choices a player can make. We’re already looking beyond. That’s the past, there’s no problem. Competitiveness with the Premier League? There’s a financial issue, the numbers show it. This doesn’t mean we don’t have the desire or the ability to build strong, high-level teams. Palestra was an investment idea for a young, Italian player with potential. It doesn’t mean we’ll invest the same amount in someone else, or maybe we will.” To date, the preferred profile for the wingers seems to be Anan Khalaili, class 2004, Israeli of the Union Saint-Gilloise which Napoli also likes. It costs no less than 25 million, there hasn’t been any acceleration yet because the assessments are ongoing. Inter will certainly also sign two defenders, replacing Francesco Acerbi and Stefan De Vrij, whose contracts expire tomorrow (the Dutchman will go to Panathinaikos), as will be the case with Matteo Darmian. A transfer market duel with Como is possible for Trevoh chalobah, who Chelsea values at no less than 35 million euros. However, he seems more distant Oumar Solet, for which Ausilio had gathered information in a meeting with Udinese’s sporting director, Gianluca Nani, about twenty days ago. As mentioned, two central defenders are expected to arrive, but the second will be a low-cost investment, presumably at the end of the transfer window. There could also be an incoming midfielder; Inter have made an offer for Curtis jones but there is a big gap with Liverpool (25 million offered, 40 requested) and in the same area of the pitch Frattesi will have to leave first.
