PSG always swoop to snap up our targets after we’ve done the scouting work? That’s something I must ask Leonardo about… [smiling] I’m joking of course, he does his job very well.” Those were the words of Inter’s sporting director Piero Ausilio in yesterday’s interview on Inter Channel. A statement which concerned three players that Inter had targeted but who were later lured by the oil money from Paris Saint-Germain.

First Lavezzi, then Lucas and partly Veratti: Branca and Ausilio have had to surrender to the inability to match the French club’s offers, despite the positive statements, particularly from the two South American talents. Now it seems that Inter once again will miss out on a player. Indeed, according to Gazzetta dello Sport, it is a done deal: Paulinho will be Carlo Ancelotti’s new player.

“The statement made by Inter’s sporting director Piero Ausilio gives a picture of Inter’s return in terms Paulinho. The 24-year-old midfielder from Corinthians and the national team is now in fact a PSG player. The fourth ‘theft’ from Moratti and Inter made by Leonardo, who had left Milan to become a director of the French club with new owners from Qatar. It should be mentioned that Inter had already let go of the Brazilian player considering the buyout clause of 15 million euros. A small thing for Ancelotti and the owners from Qatar. instead they have problems with the fact that they now have two cases of players who do not have EU passports since Lucas, Strama’s old favorite, is coming in January. The possibility of leaving Paulinho in Sao Paolo makes it possible for the French to acquire one of the most exciting midfielders in the international arena. ”

In fact, the deal is not yet complete, because Inter have not given up their attempts and because the problem of too many players without EU passports remains. Paulinhos own will should also be taken into consideration, a player who showed that he is not tempted by money alone when he turned down Inter’s very advantageous bid to remain in Corinthians, his club, to play for titles. Also because a football team, more than a company, is still a club that is fighting to achieve sporting achievements. All this is something that Paulinho seems to have understood better than many of his colleagues.

Source: fcinternews.it