BC Partners will not be investing into Inter on a minority or majority basis, a report in the Italian media confirmed this morning.

As per Gazzetta dello Sport’s print edition, the gap between Suning’s demands for Inter, €950 million, and BC Partners offer, €750 million, is simply too large.

Inter president Steven Zhang was the person to put a stop to negotiations and also even rejected a request to extend the exclusivity to negotiate.

Zhang made the decision in a firm manner and he was annoyed, like the club’s other executives, by the rumours surrounding negotiations which were certainly unwelcome.

Suning are now keen to hear from other interested parties and there is a possibility that a financial consortium could be formed between funds, similarly to what has happened with the Serie A television rights.

Every solution is possible but Suning are working on a partner to work alongside in the near future.

Inter have liquidity issues and it would appear as if there is a need for a cash injection of €250 million.

The report goes on to add Ares, Arctos, Fortress and Abu Dhabi based fund Mubadala are all interested in Inter.