Also being reported in Spain, from AS’s online platform, the transfer market predictions that were published claim Walter Sabatini, Technical Director for Suning Sports of which Inter is the key part of, has received the go ahead from owner Zhang Jindong to target Jose Maria Gimenez, the Atlectico Madrid defender who seems to have been filtered out of Coach Diego Simeone’s design.
The probelm for the Nerazzurri – the Madrid Daily reveals – is the amount of competition they will face from across Europe: Juve for example have been knocking on Atletico’s door about him for the last two seasons, with now even more motivation to get, as a result of Leonardo Bonucci’s departure to AC Milan, however there is also Roma, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Monaco who desire the Uruguayan’s services.
Inter, like Juventus, are also in desperate need of a new centre-back as Jeison Murillo, Marco Andreolli and Gary Medel all left during the Summer window, leaving just Andrea Ranocchia and Zinho Vanheusden (who is currently out of action with a long term ACL injury) to fill the gaps should Skriniar or Miranda get injured.