Hakan Calhanoglu has reportedly never turned down a contract offer from Inter Milan despite recent speculation suggesting otherwise.
According to FCInterNews, the San Siro giants have yet to offer the 31-year-old a new deal.
Hakan Calhanoglu was the subject of wild transfer rumors last summer.
Indeed, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray tried to lure him away from Serie A but to no avail.
Instead, the former AC Milan star has cemented his starting berth under Cristian Chivu this season.
For context, he has already scored seven league goals, establishing himself as the division’s most prolific midfielder.
Hakan Calhanoglu Never Turned Down Inter Milan Deal Offer
Calhanoglu’s current contract at San Siro runs out in 2027.
However, given his significant influence on Chivu’s tactics and dressing-room status, Inter are keen to offer him a new deal.
The Nerazzurri would ideally extend his contract until 2028 to avoid another rumor-packed summer.
Yet, they’re likely waiting for the summer to meet the player and his agent for concrete discussions.
Meanwhile, the Turk must focus on recovering from injury after muscle fatigue forced him off in Sunday’s clash against Napoli.
So, before summer mercato finishes our squad will probably be lighter either from expiring contracts or from sale with Sommer, Di Gennaro, Darmian, Acerbi, De Vrij, Palacios, Bisseck, Dumfries, Henrique, Hakan, Mhiktaryan, Frattesi, Thuram + loaned out players Asslani, Pavard and S. Esposito. That’s around +220mil in budget and +55mil in wages free. Maybe 1 or 2 of them will stay, but that’s about it. Hakan, Henrique and Thuram are under question if they deserve to stay or if they are on downward path in career. Henrique if doesn’t show at least something by the time of Dumfries return, than he rightfully earned express ticket out. Hakan beside his shot doesn’t contribute much as he did earlier, defensive mistakes are getting more numerous and Thuram for a starting striker still hasn’t got 20 goals in a season yet. Beside his nonchalance play, almost 0 contributions in defensive and pressing play, one of the highest wages in team and considering he’s entering last 2 years of contract it’s prime time to earn big bucks from his sale. So we’ll need around 10-12 new players, hopefully Marotta has enough magic left to score some impressive reinforcements.
Stankovic and Akinsanmiro are good enough to be included next season in 25-team squad, Aleksandar even good enough to cement his place in starting 11.