Italian journalist Xavier Jacobelli believes that Inter’s transfer business is heavily affected by the fact that the large loan that the club received from US-based fund is still hanging over them.

Speaking to Italian broadcaster TMW radio, Jacobelli gave the view that the Nerazzurri are constantly aware of the need to pay back the loan in due time in all of their transfer dealings as long as the debt is outstanding.

Inter took in a substantial loan from Oaktree at the start of last summer in order to inject operational liquidity into the club given the financial problems that they were undergoing.

The loan was important in that it gave the Nerazzurri the capacity to make important expenses including player wages and other operating costs, but it will have to be paid back by 2024 or else risk Oaktree taking over the club, and so for as long as this is the case the club are working within certain constraints.

Jacobelli noted that  “The concerns within Inter are linked to corporate issues. By 2024 the loan must be repaid to the Californian fund Oaktree, and with this in mind they operated in the transfer market, making intelligent deals.”

“The important players were kept,” he continued, “from Skriniar to Bastoni, and they’ve tried to bring in money from ‘secondary’ players.”