Inter are close to finalizing the transfer of young Italian striker Andrea Pinamonti to Genoa for a fee of €15 million according to Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia’s transfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio.
According to the report, the parties are currently locked down in negotiations for the striker who had a stellar first year in the top flight of Italian football last season, when on loan at Frosinone.
Every single penny from the Pinamonti transfer will go towards meeting the capital gains requirement of €46 million that Inter have to meet in order to follow the Financial Fair Play ruled that all clubs have to follow as per UEFA’s instructions.
Furthermore, Di Marzio reports that there is no buy-back clause inserted in the contract as these are no longer allowed “as a result of a change in the rules which prevents clubs from inserting a mandatory buy-back option on the budgets for the following seasons.”
Therefore, a gentlemen’s agreement has been reached between the President’s of the two clubs that the Nerazzurri will be able to buy him back from the summer of 2020 and onward.
Adding €15 million from the transfer of Pinamonti to that of Zinho Vanheusden to Standard Liege for a fee around €12 million, means that Inter are within striking distance of the €46 million they are required to raise in capital gains by June 30th.
