In a curious twist of fate, the Suning Commerce Group are set to become the third consecutive owners of Inter to begin their work on the transfer market by signing a full back. Cristian Ansaldi today passed his medical exams and his move will become official once all the relevant documents are exchanged between the Nerazzurri and Genoa.
Looking back to when Massimo Moratti first bought the club, his first foray into the market was to sign current vice-president Javier Zanetti who became a symbol of Inter as he captained the team to every possible honour. More recently, Erick Thohir made Danilo D’Ambrosio the first signing of his regime in January 2014.
As deals to sign Caner Erkin and Éver Banega had already been negotiated prior to the Chinese corporation’s arrival, we can now say they have continued the apparent tradition of making a full back their inaugural addition to the Inter squad.
