Sevilla Trying To Chip Away At €8M Price Tag For Inter Milan Midfielder

Sevilla are trying to chip away at Inter Milan’s €8 million asking price to sell midfielder Lucien Agoume on a permanent basis.

This according to Spanish outlet ABC, via FCInterNews. They report that the La Liga club’s idea is to try and sign the Frenchman for a total fee of around €3-5 million.

At the moment, Agoume remains an Inter player. He started in the centre of defense in Monday’s friendly win over Pergolettese.

The France Under-21 international joined the Nerazzurri in 2019.

Since arriving at Inter, Agoume has been out on loan with the likes of Spezia, Brest, and Troyes. It was at Brest during the 2021-22 season where he enjoyed his best form and greatest playing time.

Agoume spent the first half of the season just gone in the Inter first-team squad. However, he made just one appearance, a cameo off the bench against Salernitana.

Then over the second half of the campaign, Agoume joined Sevilla on loan.

Marseille had also been keen on the Frenchman’s signature during the January window. But the Spanish club won the race to sign him.

Having initially had little playing time due to injury, the 22-year-old became a regular in the starting eleven over the last few months of the season.

Now the question has become what comes next for Agoume.

Sevilla Trying To Lower €8M Inter Milan Asking Price For Lucien Agoume

Sevilla did not exercise their purchase option in the loan deal for Agoume.

The Andalusians could have made the 22-year-old’s loan move into a permanent deal for a fee of around €8 million.

However, they considered that fee too high.

That does not mean that Sevilla do not still consider Agoume to be a target, however. They were satisfied with the Frenchman’s performances over the second half of last season.

However, Sevilla do not want to offer the full amount that Inter are asking.

Therefore, according to Spanish outlet ABC, the focus of Sevilla’s talks with the Nerazzurri have been to lower the total fee on a deal to sign Agoume.

The Spanish outlet report that the Andalusians are aiming to lower the fee to around €3-5 million.

Thus far, Inter have not accepted any of Sevilla’s lower bids.

However, the Spanish side’s hope is that over the remaining weeks of the transfer window they can chip away at the Nerazzurri’s demands and get a deal done.