Inter President Steven Zhang may have received updated information that means he no longer has to cash in on the club, Italian journalist Fabrizio Biasin has suggested.
Following the club’s shareholders meeting yesterday, Zhang refuted claims that owners Suning would be looking to sell the club due to financial woes, and insisted that they were committed to running the club and challenging for honours.
Writing in today’s newspaper edition of Libero, Biasin argued that Zhang’s declaration could mean that either he was lying and did not believe the announcement he was making, although this hypothesis was dismissed due to the frankness in which the 30-year-old spoke.
Alternatively, Zhang may have received an update from the Chinese Congress that means a sale is no longer immediately necessary, after previously seeking a buyer.
Meanwhile, Biasin also argued that Suning and the Zhang family deserved credit for their roles since 2016, with Inter becoming a competitive force in Italy and Europe again by winning the Scudetto in 2021 and reaching the Europa League Final the year before.
The journalist also claimed that for Suning to remain at the helm, a change in the economic landscape at the club was essential and they needed to break free from loans, such as that of Oaktree Capital.
This also extended to complicated transfer deals and requirements to bring in revenue from player sales, hampering the ability of the club’s directors to operate effectively.
