Inter CEO Beppe Marotta: “We Will Evaluate Matteo Politano’s Future From Now Until The End Of The Transfer Window”

Inter CEO Beppe Marotta spoke to Italian broadcaster Sky Sports Italia this afternoon, ahead of the Nerazzurri’s league clash against Lecce.

First, Marotta spoke of 3^rd place Lazio, who are one point behind the Nerazzurri.

“They’re doing great. They should definitely be counted in the title race.”

The 62-year-old Italian executive then spoke about the collapsed Matteo Politano and Leonardo Spinazzola exchange deal.

“First of all, I think there was an excessive media outcry. Spinazzola is an excellent professional that I met at Juve, I think that in football the negotiations before they are finalised must go through technical, health, economic and physical evaluations. Once these assessments had been completed, the club could not finalise this and I told my colleague at Roma that we couldn’t carry out this operation. I remember that Davide Santon couldn’t find a place three times before in similar situations, similar things have happened to me too. When it comes to €55 million deals, including fees, it is right that the team should analyse all the assessments that need to be made.”

The Inter CEO then revealed what will happen now to Politano, who returned to Milan earlier this week.

“I must say that the photos that Roma post doesn’t depend on our management, Spinazzola didn’t take photos with us… Then we are in a world where these things happen and will happen in the future, the execution of those evaluations is mandatory for the buyer because such a heavy negotiation cannot be finalised without these evaluations. We have the utmost respect for Politano, with whom we spoke and explained the situation to. We are professionals who are used to living with these situations, today he is one of our players and we will evaluate his future in the best way from here to the end of the window.”

Marotta refused to give any hints about the current progress of the Christian Eriksen deal.

“He’s a Tottenham player whose contract expires in June. The fact that he’s with his agent is legitimate, authorised by current regulations. To say if he’s coming in January or June, there’s competition and we don’t know what’s going to happen.”

The Italian executive then spoke about the progress of the Olivier Giroud deal.

“It is normal for management to work to set up this or that negotiation and assess the risk of not closing it. I don’t deny that we’ve talked to Giroud’s entourage, we’ll make the right assessments. The two transactions could be linked, but what doesn’t happen today in the market can happen tomorrow.”

Finally, Marotta confirmed that the Nerazzurri were considering Chelsea owned winger Victor Moses.

“He’s a candidate, definitely.”