Inter CEO Beppe Marotta expects that Croatian duo Ivan Perisic and Marcelo Brozovic will agree new deals with the Nerazzurri soon.
Speaking to Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia moments ago ahead of this evening’s Champions League clash with Liverpool, the director explained that it is the desire of both players to try and negotiate extensions, and that the club feel the same.
Both Perisic and Brozovic see their current deals expire at the end of June, but seeing as they have been among the Nerazzurri’s outstanding players this season, the club will hope that they can stay on past then.
Talks about Brozovic’s deal have been ongoing have been ongoing for the past three months or so, while the club reportedly recently sat down to discuss Perisic’s situation.
It remains to be seen if the Nerazzurri can successfully agree a new deal with the pair, but according to Marotta they would both like to stay.
“We’re in the negotiation phase with Perisic and Brozovic,” he said, “and when a player on an expiring deal sits down to negotiate it means that they want to stay on with us.”
On the new deals for he and the other key sporting directors at the club, he said that “As far as we’re concerned, the signing will just be a formality, we’re happy to continue our adventure at Inter, we’re close with the ownership and want to achieve more together.”
Of Arturo Vidal, coming in for the suspended Nicolo Barella against Liverpool, he said that “Vidal has a lot of experience in his favour, and in these kinds of matches he can show it.”
“He has played for top European clubs, this is a perfect match for him,” he added of the Chilean.
Marotta continued that “We’re pleased to be here today with our fans, it is a source of great pride to have made it back here after ten years away.”
“We have ambition and this is a virtue, not a flaw,” he added. “We recognize the quality of our opponent but we’re not afraid.”
On the Nerazzurri’s appeal to have the January 6 Serie A fixture against Bologna declared as a win by forfeit rather than postponed, he said that “The chances of winning the appeal are slim, but we still wanted to do it with our lawyers.”
“If we have to play we’ll do it without any controversy,” he added, “the problem is fitting the match into our schedule, given that we have the Champions League and the Coppa Italia.”
“Sporting and legal law had to be respected,” he explained, “our reasons are different from those of Bologna, we made the appeal, without thinking about the schedule being changed.”