According to Goal.com, Roma star Kostas Manolas has agreed personal terms with Inter ahead of a potential summer move. “The 25-year-old, who is regarded as one of Europe’s best centre-backs, has agreed in principle to a five-year contract that will see him earn around €4.5 million a season at San Siro. Roma have been attempting to extend Manolas’ €1.8m a year contract for several months now but have grown increasingly frustrated at their lack of progress”, the website reports.
Currently, the obstacle appears to be the €44 million asking price Roma have slapped on the Greek defender, but that figure is unlikely to deter Inter’s new Chinese owners. The defender will definitely leave the capital side in the summer as his contract expires in 2019 and Roma would not risk letting his price tag drop next year.
There is stiff competition for his signature, notably from Paris Saint-Germain, who tried to sign him 2 years ago. The Parisian side however are not willing to pay the €44 demanded by Roma.
“Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is a big fan of Manolas and put him on his shortlist of potential centre-backs to sign last summer before the club eventually captured David Luiz from PSG”, Goal.com adds.
Manolas joined Roma from Olympiakos for €15m in 2014 and has since made over 100 appearances for the Stadio Olimpico side.
Source: Goal.com
Really hope it´s true… or just semi-true 🙂
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Even if true, it doesnt really matter much. Reaching an agreement with him was never going to be an issue with Suning being able to triple his current salary.
The issue is reaching an agreement with Roma a long with being a more attractive destination compared to foreign club who could make offers before the summer as well.
I dont trust goal.com
Di Marzio or it never happened.
dude it’s done!!..roma and inter have a good relationship…they still appreciate david pizzaro we gave them for free
Source?
dude….80 % of the time that …inter wants a roma player gets it…chivu ..mancini ….
source is goal btw…Suning is not afraid of the buy clause of the player…plus player doesnt wanna extend his contract…u can still feel free to act like it’s not gonna happen …
Not sure what you are saying. It’s clearly not done. Even the story from the completely non-credible goal.com says only wages have been agreed. If it happens it happens. Maybe lay off the red cordial if the excitement is too much for you.
lol Inter didnt give Roma Pizarro for free.
Roma also in fact refused to sell both Chivu and Mancini to Inter for several seasons, before they eventually joined.
Inter and Roma dont have good relationship at all.
Roma colluded with Fiorentina to keep Salah out of Inter. Good relationship my ass.
can i ask you why you trust Goal.com
It’s just like saying I don’t trust Sempreinter.com
See what Goal .com does, When they tell you news, they don;t just make it up, they always mention the source, Or they tell you specifically, according to who…bla bla has happend…
They do make up stuff, If you read some of their articles they clearly mention “Goal understands” instead of citing source. The key word here is “understand”.