Inter are on the lookout for a regista. Tuttosport report that the Nerazzurri have Santiago Ascacibar, Thiago Maia and Donny van de Beek in mind.
Both Ascacibar and Maia moved on to new clubs in the summer but this will not deter Inter’s interest. Ascacibar left Estudiantes for German club Stuttgart in an €8 million deal while Maia joined French outfit Lille in a €14 million deal from Santos.
The Nerazzurri had followed Maia, an Olympic Gold Medallist with the Brazilian men’s team in 2016 in the summer prior to the 20-year-old’s switch to France. Meanwhile, it was former Inter midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron, the Chairman of Estudiantes, who recommend Ascacibar to compatriot and Inter Vice-President Javier Zanetti.
20-year-old van de Beek on the other hand has started the season well with Ajax and has replaced Davy Klaassen, who moved to Everton in the transfer window. In eight appearances, van de Beek has found the net on three occasions and assisted once.
Source: FCInterNews.it
Most of this seems very far-fetched to be honest. Thiago Maia and Santiago Ascacibar just joined their teams and are regular starters so not sure why they would be sold in January unless their transfers end up as abject failures, in which case why would we want them anyways????
Donny Van de Beek is the only semi-realistic name on the list but given he is having a break-out season doubt they would want to sell short of receiving a ridiculous bid and even if he had that kind of dough do we really spend it on a half-season wonder at that point???
If we did indeed add a Regista in January I see there being a higher likelihood of us targeting a high potential prospect / proven player not getting much in the way of game time at one of the bigger European clubs. I for one would love us to make a move for Rafinha as he seems to be sidelined under Valverde at Barcelona and could definitely be worth a punt! Kovacic could be another option assuming he makes a speedy recovery and Real are inclined to let him out on loan…
The transfer doesn’t have to happen sooner as the article only said about our interest, nothing more. They are very young prospect and we don’t need to rush as we need more mature regista for a competition like Serie A. Can be a future replacement for Borja anyway.