Inter owned defender Valentino Lazaro has hit out at the way Premier League players salaries were cut recently as a result of the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic.
The Austrian national team defender is currently out on loan at Newcastle United and wages in the Premier League were universally slashed by 30%.
“The clubs approached us without any conditions and demanded 30%. Two days later we were already pilloried by the league. It came out of nowhere, it felt like I had a gun to my chest,” Lazaro remarked in an interview with German news outlet BILD.
He then went on to confirm that he had held talks with RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann prior to joining Newcastle United and admitted to being uncertain what the future holds for him past the end of this season.
“It’s no secret that I met Leipzig’s Julian Nagelsmann and Markus Krösche before I was loaned to Newcastle. I like their philosophy very much, at that time I cancelled with a heavy heart.
“I wanted to play in England once and Newcastle looked very good. Who knows what happens in summer. I still have a four-year contract with Inter.”
Lazaro joined Inter this past Summer in a circa €20 million deal from Bundesliga outfit Hertha Berlin but having struggled to cement his place at Inter in the first half of the season he was loaned out to Newcastle United, who have an option to buy him permanently for €23.5 million.
