British ‘newspaper’ the Daily Express has published a story claiming that Inter’s Mateo Kovacic could be available for the bargain price of £10 million. The article whilst claiming Kovacic to be a ‘superstar’ and ‘one of Serie A’s biggest talents’ states that the sale will be forced due to the youngsters reluctance to sign a new deal with the Nerazzurri. Apparently Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool have all been told the player is available for transfer. On top of these ‘facts’ the report then goes on to claim Italian sources have reported that Inter will accept the £10 million in order to finance bids for Liverpool’s Fabio Borini and Lucas Leiva.
Source: The Express
Author’s comment: I have partly put this up for your amusement but also to illustrate how football ‘journalism’ works. As you will see, there are very few actual facts in this article and the Premier League agenda to unsettle a European based player with talks of financial uncertainty comes shining through. No source (Not even TuttoSport!) in Italy have ever claimed Kovacic to be worth £10 million, in fact the opposite, constantly stating that Inter have refused all talks below €30 million. I still find it amazing that ‘journalists’ get away with stuff like this but thought it might interest some of you.
Nice comment Ben-puts it in perspective.
here’s another bit of perspective-the express in this country (uk) is easily less read and thought of than the evening standard (the free capital newspaper). maybe the writer needs to do stand up comedy :p
god save the queen…overrated..always think this is 1966
At least we know that now Tuttosport has also a competitor in writing sci-fi article
hahaha…what a comment man xD
Well, they forgot to mention that Inter is willing to trow in Handanovic as a a bonus to close the deal quickly and that the fee is payable in a 3 year period which is when Kovacic current contract with inter is due to expire.
AHAHAHAH IDIOTS
Englishman sure how to make a joke 🙂 if dybala has 50m price tag by zamparini then kovacic is 100m. And pogba 200m. And messi 1 billion. And lord kuzmanovic still 3m………..
Thanks god, put the 100 euro on his head and let him go for free !
He will never be a player for nr.10 skirt.
Thanks for adding the comment Ben, it gives an added dimension to reading this kind of article (and prevented me from throwing something around as I normally do when getting irritated about these so-called journalists)
What the crocodile hat? this is an insult
hehe…. fuck the british newspaper……….kovacic price is about 40m now..fuck ….we dont wanna sell him even for 40m euro
This is insulting, I can’t believe the bullshit papers publish these days…
I will buy 3 Kovacic so I could get 10% discount for buying 3 at once!
I got pissed off ’till I read this comment :))
Daily express really…!!! I wonder who read daily express…