Inter president Steven Zhang has a lot of hard thinking to do after plans to create a European Super League collapsed, according to a report in the Italian media today.
The Nerazzurri were one of nine clubs to announce their withdrawal yesterday after the project was condemned by fans, politicians, players and rival clubs.
Corriere dello Sport’s print edition said Zhang had personally got Inter involved in the Super League with a view to increasing the club’s value, thanks to the income guaranteed from signing-on fees, prize money and TV rights.
With the collapse of the Super League, the Rome-based paper said ‘everything had changed again’ and Zhang will have to provide clarity on Inter’s future when he returns to Milan in the next two weeks.
Inter’s involvement in the new franchise would have given Zhang the opportunity to raise the club’s valuation while negotiating for a new minority shareholder (or to sell the club outright).
If some groups were put off by Suning’s €1 billion price tag for Inter, the report explained, that figure could have ended up seeming too low had Inter ended up playing in the Super League.
