Inter are appealing to prospective investors for two reasons, according to a leading Italian journalist and football finance expert.
The Nerazzurri’s owners Suning are suffering from a serious lack of liquidity and are looking for financial partners to guarantee the club’s long-term stability, as confirmed by Inter themselves in a statement on Friday.
Suning are reportedly still open to the prospect of selling Inter to BC Partners, but club president Steven Zhang would seemingly prefer to recruit a minority shareholder and keep control of the Nerazzurri.
Speaking to Radio 24 during ‘Tutti Convocati’, Il Sole 24 Ore’s Marco Bellinazzo said: “The big doubt with the Inter situation is that we’re talking about a group (Suning) which has an annual turnover of €60 billion.
“Inter are attractive on the market because revenues will grow during the next few years thanks to the new ‘Super Champions League’ project, as well as from their new San Siro project.”
Earlier today, it was revealed Suning had converted shareholder loans worth €55 million into capital for Inter during the last few months.
Suning’s move could be a response to the news that Inter are missing €55.7 million in outstanding payments from Asian sponsors, although the similarity in the two figures could be just a coincidence.
