Inter are likely to face restrictions over the number of players they can register for next season’s UEFA Champions League, according to Corriere dello Sport.
The Nerazzurri are waiting to hear from European football’s governing body over whether they transgressed any Financial Fair Play regulations during the 2016-17 season, with a decision due next week.
However Luciano Spalletti hinted during his post-season press conference on Thursday that Inter could suffer sporting sanctions for the 2018-19 campaign, and the expectation is that some kind of sanction will arrive.
Should UEFA conclude that the club have not respected parts of the ‘Settlement Agreement’ that they signed back in 2015, the most likely scenario is that Inter would only be able to register 21 players for next season’s Champions League, as opposed to 25.
Steven Zhang, Javier Zanetti, Alessandro Antonello and Giovanni Gardini are all in Kiev this weekend to attend this year’s final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, and it is possible that they will receive a better indication of what UEFA are likely to decide while they are there.
Should Inter’s European squad be restricted to 21 players they would be required to include four players who have come through an Italian youth academy, as well as one who has come through their own youth system.
