Italian Journalist Mario Sconcerti: “Inter Can’t Sustain Themselves Without Money, Maybe Zhang Wants To Sell”

Italian journalist Mario Sconcerti believes that the present state of affairs at Inter is one that cannot go on for much longer, financially speaking.

Writing in his column in today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Corriere della Sera, the journalist questioned whether the Nerazzurri can keep rebuilding and staying competitive without more investment and suggested that the current owners could end up deciding to sell.

Inter managed to stay at a high level on the pitch last season despite the big money sales of Achraf Hakimi and Romelu Lukaku during the summer, and things do not look particularly grim for the upcoming season even despite the disappointment of missing out on Bremer and Paulo Dybala.

However, the sense remains that it will be difficult to get much better than they already are if they persist with a transfer strategy which is built around making big sales and investing sales, whilst there are also worries for what the future holds.

Sconcerti calls the Nerazzurri’s current state “A fascinating and impossible project. The team is good for now, and even if Gosens can’t show his best, there’s always Dimarco who’s also good in my opinion.”

“But the means don’t justify the ends,” he continues. “What do you want the fans to ask of Marotta, who himself would like an Inter with other possibilities.”

“Maybe even Zhang would aspire to sell his stake in the club for the right offer,” he speculates.

He argues that “You cannot manage a club by constantly having to sell important assets that barely even pay off debts. It’s nothing more than pure survival.”

“Marotta and Ausilio are doing a great job but they are human,” he notes. “The difference Inter, between Moratti and Zhang, has been the money, as is always the case at a top club.”

“If the money is gone and there’s not indication for where it’s coming from, you can think of avoiding getting worse, but not of growing or getting better,” he argues.

Sconcerti writes that “We can’t all stand by and watch or act like the fans who turn to Marotta and pretend not to understand.”