Inter are studying two different options that would enable them to keep hold of Rafinha for the following season, according to Catalan newspaper Sport.
Rafinha joined the Nerazzurri on an initial six-month loan deal in the January transfer window and has impressed everybody during his first half-season in Italy, but Inter cannot afford to pay the €38 million they would need to pay Barcelona in order to make the move permanent.
Despite this, the club have not given up on holding onto the 25 year-old and are looking at ways that they can get around their Financial Fair Play restrictions.
Sport write on Friday that sporting director Piero Ausilio intends to renegotiate the terms of the agreement Inter reached back in January, which could be facilitated both by the fact that Rafinha wants to stay in Milan and by Barcelona’s lack of alternative offers for the player.
Should the Catalans agree to revisit the previous deal, there are two options Inter could pursue: either a permanent deal worth much less than €38 million, or an extension of the loan deal that is due to expire on 30 June.
