Inter Milan will aim to fund a deal for Giovanni Leoni with sales, but not the sale of a major defender.
This according to today’s print edition of Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, via FCInter1908. They report that the Nerazzurri could bring in €35 million from the sales of some fringe players.
Inter Milan have identified Parma’s Giovanni Leoni as their top target in defense.
However, the 19-year-old will not come cheap. The least that the Gialloblu would let the 19-year-old go for would be around €35 million.
And in the meantime, Inter are aiming to wrap up a deal for Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman. That will cost them over €40 million.
Therefore, there are questions about where the cash to sign Leoni will come from.
Inter Milan To Fund Move For Giovanni Leoni By Selling Fringe Players
Tuttosport report that Inter will not sell any big name defenders to finance a deal for Leoni.
On the contrary, if the Nerazzurri are to lose either Benjamin Pavard or Yann Bisseck, they will sign a player for the wide-centre-back role as a direct replacement. Genoa’s Koni De Winter remains a target.
However, Inter are still gearing up to offload some other players not in their plans for next season.
The Nerazzurri have already brought in around €10 million from Aleksandar Stankovic’s sale to Club Brugge. Meanwhile, Tajon Buchanan is on the verge of joining Villarreal.
Meanwhile, Inter are aiming to sell other players like Mehdi Taremi, Kristjan Asllani, Sebastiano Esposito, and Tomas Palacios.
And according to Tuttosport, Inter hope to collect the cash necessary to sign Leoni by selling some of those players.
this is embarrassing for a club the stature of Inter.
How come? We’re spending 100M+ on transfers, and then this will be on top of that, so it will be financed by some sales of fringe players.
lets not forget koni de winter
marotta already said that they never approach Leoni. it’s just media speculation. it’s probably his agen made some fake news so some EPL team approach him.
how exactly we are embarasing?
our spending so far is the highest among serie a clubs
we are not some idiot epl club who pays 100mil for 20 mil players