Inter chief executive Giuseppe ‘Beppe’ Marotta has shared his belief that the upcoming transfer market will be poor in comparison to others as a result of the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic.
The pandemic has halted football not only across Europe but worldwide and could potentially cause very significant financial damage which would obviously affect clubs in the transfer window.
Marotta believes that due to this there could be a lot more swap deals conducted by clubs, many of whom will be cash strapped due to the situation.
“Beyond the dates that are still to be determined, I think it will inevitably be a poorer market in which there could therefore be more swap deals. We will see a general decrease in prices because the problem is global. It will be important to be able to exploit the resources of the academy,” he stated in an interview with Turin based newspaper Tuttosport.
One swap deal that has been heavily speculated about in the media concerns Inter striker Lautaro Martinez. Barcelona are said to see him as their number one transfer target for the Summer and it is understood that they are willing to part with some players on top of a cash sum in order to sign the highly rated 22-year-old.
