Inter face an awkward few weeks with their Serie A rivals after withdrawing from Europe’s new Super League, a report in the Italian media warned today.
The Nerazzurri announced earlier that they were no longer part of the project, joining AC Milan and seven other clubs in abandoning the franchise.
Gazzetta.it said Inter’s owners Suning had been ‘enticed’ by the prospect of an extra €300 million from taking part in the Super League, in a moment where the club are experiencing well-documented financial problems.
Inter CEO Beppe Marotta ‘will not find it easy’ to walk back into Lega Serie A meetings after the fiasco, the report warned, with Serie A’s other presidents all furious for their attempt to breakaway.
In addition to his duties with the league, Marotta was elected to the Italian Football Federation’s general assembly back in February, but that position will now also come under scrutiny.
Club president Steven Zhang also has an uncertain future politically, meanwhile, after resigning from the European Club Association’s executive board on Monday.
Inter, AC Milan and Juventus are accused by their Serie A rivals of having ‘betrayed’ the rest of the league after they sunk plans to sell 10% of a new media company to a private equity consortium, for a reported €1.7 billion, in order to facilitate their plans for the Super League.