Inter have largely refrained from spending in the summer transfer window due to having focused on loan signings and free transfers, but they are still some way from meeting the €60 million net transfer profit goal set out at the beginning of the window.

This according to today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, who note how the Nerazzurri’s transfer strategy has meant that there has been little actual financial outlay over the course of the summer.

Inter have brought in the likes of Andre Onana, Henrikh Mkhitayran, Kristjan Asllani, Raoul Bellanova, and Romelu Lukaku already this summer and are expected to wrap up the signing of Francesco Acerbi from Lazio in the next couple days.

Onana and Mkhitaryan arrived without transfer fees, however, as their contracts had expired with Ajax and Roma respectively, whilst the other players arrived on initial loans, which Acerbi will also once his signing is completed.

The loan fee for Bellanova was €3 million, containing a purchase option next summer, whilst Asllani was signed on an initial paid loan worth €4 million with a purchase option of €10 million plus €2 million in add-ons.

Lukaku arrived on a season-long dry loan from Chelsea with a €8 million loan fee as well as €5 million in performance-related add-ons, whilst Acerbi is set to arrive on a free loan with a purchase option.

Between these signings Inter’s squad has been extensively reinforced all over the pitch without much in the way of spending this summer, meaning that the sales of Andrea Pinamonti and Cesare Casadei for €35 million plus add-ons has netted the club a profit on the market during the window.

However, the net profit is not enough to meet the €60-80 million target set by the owners, as the team have not sold any big name players for a large fee, despite Milan Skriniar and Denzel Dumfries in particular having been extensively linked with moves to top European clubs.