Inter will have to pay €40 million in cash if they wish to sign Cagliari midfielder Nicolò Barella, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
Barella has caught the Nerazzurri’s eye after a successful season with the Sardinian side and is one of the players sporting director Piero Ausilio is targeting as he looks to reinforce Luciano Spalletti’s midfield options.
Inter’s intention would be to lower Cagliari’s asking price of €40 million by including some promising young players as makeweights in the deal, such as Andrea Pinamonti and Xian Emmers, as that would make it easier for them to respect UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations.
“Tommaso Giulini [Cagliari president], however, does not like this idea at all,” Gazzetta write. “Barella is valued at €40 million without any discounts, and most of all without any makeweights.
“With these conditions it’s unlikely that Barella will end up in Milan. Roma, however, could be a potential destination for him; were they to make an important sale this summer he could come in very handy for them.”
