Denzel Dumfries and Inter Milan will have to agree on add-ons in a contract extension before the Dutchman signs a new deal.
This according to today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, via FCInterNews.
At this stage, Dumfries’s contract saga has already dragged on longer than most had expected.
For the time being, the 28-year-old is under contract with Inter until the end of next June.
The Nerazzurri, of course, do not want to lose Dumfries on a free transfer at the end of the season.
For this reason, Inter have been working to try and extend the former PSV wingback’s contract for some while. The talks began seriously last winter.
Initially, it had seemed as though Dumfries would not be willing to accept Inter’s offer.
The Nerazzurri have long made it clear that they will not offer wages of more than €4 million net per season. Initially, Dumfries’s demands were higher than that.
Dumfries did not put pen to paper on a new contract during the summer.
Inter had reportedly been hoping to secure the 28-year-old’s future by the end of the transfer window, to avoid another Milan Skriniar situation.
And it is now a couple of months into the new season. And Dumfries still has not actually signed an extension.
Denzel Dumfries & Inter Milan Still Discussing Add-Ons In New Contract
Dumfries has openly said that he wants to stay at Inter and hopes to sign a new deal soon.
However, the 28-year-old also made clear that the talks are still ongoing.
Dumfries said that there are “details” that need to be worked out in discussions.
And according to the Corriere, over the last day or two there have been ongoing contacts betwen Inter and Dumfries’s representatives to try and finally reach the finish line on an extension.
The only thing left to agree upon would be add-ons in the deal.
That is the matter of “details” that Dumfries was referring to, according to the Corriere.
Dumfries will earn a base amount of €4 million net per season. However, there will also be further add-ons in terms of his earnings.