Milan Skriniar will mark the start Of his season against Torino, after he played in a record 40 games out of 40 in all competitions last season. The Slovak is considered essential by Spalletti, even if he has two other extremely high level centre backs in Miranda and De Vrij, neither of them command the back line, in the way that Skriniar does.

Tuttosport also underlines the calm environment in which his renewal is being dealt with. Both parties respect each other greatly and his agents do not want to put too much pressure on Inter, as they understand that they’ve been extremely busy this Summer and have many other renewals to discuss. The extension has been in the pipeline for a couple of months now. The idea is to extend his contract to 2023 (by one year) and increase his salary from €1.7 million (including bonuses) to about €2.5 million, in recognition of the great first season he had with Inter, until he deserves another. “We’ve already had an offer which is very tempting.” explained Csonto before the Summer.