Inter are active on the selling front, but there is the remaining (hopefully big) signing that concerns an attacker.
“Ausilio has to wait and hope that the targets for strengthening the striker department won’t go somewhere else. The Inter sports director is hoping that Biabiany says no to a transfer to West Bromwich because he knows that sealing a deal with Cerci who is also chased by Atletico Madrid, Monaco and Milan will be much more difficult”, according to Corriere dello sport. The paper then continues:
“The encounter between Parma and West Bromwich is planned for Saturday after the friendly with Aston Villa. WBA has made an offer of 6 million € that has satisfied president Ghirardi and the English are sure to be able to convince the player as well. Biabiany on the other hand wants Inter and Ausilio is hoping that the will of the player will be decisive. Thohir’s club is at the moment not ready to match the offer of West Bromwich and Parma don’t seem too keen on the idea of including Schelotto in the deal. To be clear Schelotto is well liked by Leonardi but Parma will only accept him as part of the deal if Inter also offer 4 million €. Inter is not ready to pay that cash right away, but if the payment can be postponed 12 months then maybe. Should West Bromwich close the deal before Ausilio could make his move then it will be tough for Inter because the other targets (Cerci, Firmino, Lamela) cost a lot of money.”
source: fcinternews
The non-EU player transfer rules are more complicated than a simple quota. Here’s a useful link that explains how it works:
http://pdacquaviva.com/2013/07/02/2013-non-eu-italian-quota-system-an-explanation/
Basically you can buy non-EU players without restriction from other Italian clubs. If you have 3 or more non-EU players in your squad you can buy up to 2 non-EU players only to replace existing players you sell to a foreign club, or that are released, or who become EU citizens since the previous transfer window.
Honestly the system is kind of broken and open to exploitation. Hence the practice of ‘parking’ non-EU players at Livorno, Chievo etc so they can be transferred to a larger club in the next window.
I also haven’t heard anything about the non-EU transfers being lifted from 2 to 3, which I’ guessing means it didn’t happen.
I have been trying to look it up on Google and still can’t see anything to reference. The best explanation I could find was still a year old.
Isn’t Firmino out of the picture since we have used our two non EU signing quota for this season.
I thought they increased it to 3 from this season onwards?