Is it procrastination or lack of success that has prevented Inter Milan from getting their transfer market off to a good start in recent weeks? At the same time last summer, the last third in Serie A had already almost finished its summer transfer window. Mkhitaryan and Onana had already arrived and Romelu Lukaku’s loan had already been finalized. A workforce which had been drawn from the start of the summer preparation and which surely allowed the Lombards to achieve a fantastic season punctuated in particular by a final lost against Manchester City in the Champions League (0-1). While this transfer window management model should have been modeled on the following summers, it is clear that the Milan board is much less organized in this vintage of 2023.
Everything should settle quickly in the goals
Looted, the Nerazzurri have notably lost several holders (Onana, Handanovic, Skriniar, D’Ambrosio, Brozovic, Gagliardini, Lukaku and Dzeko). Even if several interesting arrivals have been made in recent weeks (Yann Bisseck, Davide Frattesi, Marcus Thuram and Juan Cuadrado), the observation remains the same three weeks before the start of the championship: Simone Inzaghi does not have all her workforce in her hands. To catch up, the internal leaders intend to move up a gear in the coming weeks. And as the Italian press predicts to anyone who will listen, a raid is preparing on the side of the staff of the residents of the Giuseppe-Meazza stadium.
It’s simple, Inter Milan want one or more players on each line. To achieve its ends, the Milanese leadership has already targeted the men it wants to enlist. As goalkeeper, the priority remains Yann Sommer. While he will return to the bench at Bayern Munich following the return of Manuel Neuer, the Swiss goalkeeper wants to join Milan and has already warned his leaders as announced Gazzetta dello sport in its columns this Tuesday. Nevertheless, our transalpine colleagues announce that the former Mönchengladbach will have to wait a little while the Bavarians find a new replacement in their goals. According to them, it is David Raya who should join Bavaria and Sommer’s arrival should only be a matter of an hour for Inter, who will pay just under six million euros in this affair. Also eager to enlist a double to compensate for the departures of Onana and Handanovic, the Interists have also targeted Anatolii Trubin but are waiting to be fixed on the amount requested by Shakhtar Donetsk for the 21-year-old doorman. A time targeted by the Lombard club, Emiliano Martinez should not join the north of Italy. Indeed, the 12 million offer submitted by the nerazzurri board to Aston Villa was considered laughable as reported The Sun.
Balogun is the priority in attack
Faced with the sole arrival of Yann Bisseck, Inter Milan also need to strengthen their rearguard. Preferably, a right-handed and experienced defender is sought. And while Rafael Toloi is a credible lead and the Atalanta Bergamo defender meets his criteria, the club dreams of Benjamin Pavard but their approach has been rejected by Bayern Munich who do not want to give it up. If Kyle Walker were to settle in Bavaria, their position could nevertheless change. While the priority for Lautaro Martinez’s teammates to complete their midfield is Lazar Samardzic, Inter’s other priority site is attack.
Stuck in the quagmire that is the Romelu Lukaku case, the Nerazzurri now intend to intensify their efforts on the track leading to Folarin Balogun. An offer of 40 million has already been submitted to Arsenal according to the DailyMail, and the Gunners are not closed to the sale of the American striker but are asking for 58 million euros. Still according to the confidences of the media from across the Channel, the former Rémois trains alone at the base camp of the Londoners, currently on tour in the United States. How to preserve it before a transfer to Lombardy? Maybe. In any case, one thing is certain, the transfer window of Inter Milan will change gear in the coming weeks.
