Former Juventus midfielder Giancarlo Marocchi feels that Inter’s failure to keep hold of defender Milan Skriniar who’s set to leave to join Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer in the summer is at the root of many other problems for the Nerazzurri.
Speaking to Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia, via FCInterNews, the former player identified the fact that the Slovakian is set to leave as being related to some of the other dysfunction that the Nerazzurri are seeing this season.
The entire saga which is set to end when Skriniar leaves for PSG when his contract with Inter runs out at the end of June has seemingly reflected badly on Inter.
The Nerazzurri negotiated with the French champions all through last summer transfer window, before ultimately declining to accept any of the Parisians’ bids.
Then, the club looked to secure the former Sampdoria man’s future by extending his contract this season.
Whilst there had at one point been optimism regarding the future, the player ultimately decided against committing his future.
Apart from the obvious calamity of losing a player for free less than twelve months after rejecting big cash offers for him, for a club already dealing with big financial problems, there have been ongoing issues that the situation has sparked.
There was the 28-year-old’s sending-off in a shock league loss against Empoli, which virtually coincided with the release of an interview with his agent defending the decision to leave.
Then, there has been the Slovakian’s back injury which has ruled him out of action in recent weeks, and also saw him looked at by PSG doctors which proved to be controversial within the Nerazzurri.
Marocchi argued that “Skriniar’s situation is at the heart of Inter’s problems for me.”
“He was the captain, the player who you would have hoped would really bring the team together in the locker room, and instead there’s been no confidence.”
