Yesterday, there was a surprise meeting between Piero Ausilio and agent Giuseppe Riso and according to Tuttosport, the Nerazzurri Sporting Director and the intermediary, discussed other potential midfielders to get this January as a plan-B to Ramires, who remains an uncertainty.
“Riso has three players whose characteristics could help Inter, they are Cristante, Baselli and Jankto” TuttoSport reports but all three are very difficult to obtain.
Atalanta remain strong competitors in all three competitions this season, while the newly appointed Torino Manager, Walter Mazzarri believes Baselli is untouchable and finally Udinese would only accept a big offer for Jankto with AC Milan and Arsenal also interested, as explained by the Turin based newspaper.
The most attainable of these players, would be Bryan Cristante, due to the excellent relationship between Atalanta President Percassi and Suning as a result of the Roberto Gagliardini transfer last January, with a two year loan formula which would cost €2 million with an obligation to redeem at €20 million, plus bonuses, for a total of €28 million. In this aspect, it can be assumed that it would be acceptable to offer a similar formula, but Atalanta’s situation is dissimilar to last year and so it will be difficult to persuade them to accept.
they’re top performers on their club right now. no way we can get them without spending more money
Lol…plan b no way these players are nothing like Ramirez we need good quality players not unheard of’s,,,,
Cristante has a bright future and Jankto is a beast, however, right now Ramires is better than them.
We have no idea if Ramires is still quality. He was never that good to begin with.
His Chelsea days were glorious, overshadowed because of Lampard. But he was a never stop running warrior.
For sure, his physicality and work rate made him very good at Chelsea. But his technical attributes were average. Guess what goes with age and a severe injury? Physicality and possibly work rate.
For me, plan B is better than plan A. I don’t mind Ramires deal falls through if it means we will get Cristante or Jankto.
I don’t believe we will get any of plan b players it’s unlikely there teams will sell them so.?
I know. I only stated my hope in this transfer window. So far, Rafinha and Lopes won’t satisfy me because they won’t add much quality to our team. Although, I will be more than happy if they prove me wrong.