Legendary former Inter, Real Madrid, Roma, and Sampdoria forward Antonio Cassano believes that despite the Nerazzurri having been linked with Paulo Dybala for much of the summer, they let a better player go in the form of Alexis Sanchez.
Speaking on Christian Vieri’s Twitch channel, as reported by FCInter1908, Cassano gave his thoughts on the transfer saga with Inter and Dybala, and questioned whether the Argentine was worth signing for a top club like Inter.
Inter had been strongly linked with a move for Dybala even before it was confirmed that he would be available on a free transfer as he would not be extending his contract with Juventus.
However, the Nerazzurri never pulled the trigger on a move for the 28-year-old, and in the end he finally made up his mind to join Roma instead.
Cassano feels that Inter made their decision not to sign Dybala, however, preferring to complete their attack with a return of Romelu Lukaku and then allowing a player with a similar profile to the Argentine leave in the form of Sanchez.
“Inter kept him on standby, and then took Lukaku and told him to find somewhere else,” he said of Dybala. “With all due respect, he went to Roma for only €5 million net per season when he was asking for €10 million. He’s not a phenomenon.”
“If he’s a phenomenon then why didn’t any top teams want him, not even Arsenal or Manchester United?” Cassano posed. “Inter were never really interested, they made a big show of it only to then sign Lukaku instead.”
“The Nerazzurri let Sanchez leave, who was better than Dybala,” he argued. “Milan preferred to wait two months to sign De Ketelaere, while he moved to a team that finished sixth last season, where he earns wages that are hardly astronomical.”
