The transfer window is already in full swing in Italy. All the big clubs are faced with major mid-season challenges. As for the title holders Inter Milan, this period is always important since Giuseppe Marotta, sporting director of the club, often takes advantage of the winter transfer window to get a head start on the following summer market. The winter window marks the last 6 months of contracts for certain players around the world. In this sense, Inter, which has been very careful with their spending for 5 years, has always given priority to locking in the free arrivals of future players at the end of their contract: Piotr Zielinski, Mehdi Taremi, Juan Cuadrado, Marcus Thuram, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, André Onana, Edin Dzeko and Hakan Çalhanoğlu… The list is very long. But this winter, in parallel with this traditional method, other more concrete files are on Marotta’s desk.
In terms of departures, one player is on everyone’s lips. At Inter, the question of the sale of Davide Frattesi continues to take center stage at the start of the winter transfer window. AS Roma is ready to send a new offer to repatriate the Italian midfielder born in Rome who had been trained in their youth teams. However, for the moment the club from the Italian capital does not seem to have the economic strength to face such a costly negotiation. Inter would demand at least 45 million. It is for this reason that in recent days various compensations to be offered to the Nerazzurri have circulated, including players to be included in the negotiations, who would agree to go the opposite way, moving from Rome to Milan. The objective is twofold: to allow Inter to quickly be able to numerically replace Davide Frattesi in the rotation and to allow AS Roma to reduce the amount of the transfer.
Nicola Zalewski soon at Inter?
If Lorenzo Pellegrini and Bryan Cristante were already two profiles widely coveted by the management of Inter Milan, on the advice of coach Simone Inzaghi, it was another player from the squad now coached by Claudio Ranieri who hit the mark. eye of the Nerazzurri. Indeed, according to several Italian media, the young Polish midfielder, Nicola Zalewski, is also on the wish list of the residents of the Giuseppe-Meazza stadium. Under contract until June 2025, the native of Tivoli could therefore serve as a bargaining chip to accelerate the big deal centered around Davide Frattesi. Doubtful for several weeks, Simone Inzaghi would have been convinced internally. If Inter were to really rush into the Zalewski file, it would not do OM’s business. Small, significant advantage in the file: the future president of AS Roma is none other than Alessandro Antonello, current president of… Inter Milan.
As a reminder, Nicola Zalewski had been mentioned on the shelves of Olympique de Marseille on numerous occasions in recent months. The Italian press is rather unanimous on the fact that Roebrto De Zerbi would look favorably on the arrival of the Italian-Polish midfielder to strengthen the Marseille axis for the second part of the season. A way to relieve Valentin Rongier, Adrien Rabiot and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in particular. With a very versatile profile, he can also play as a left back, left piston and left winger. If the duo Pablo Longoria – Medhi Benatia does not wish to be given priority by Inter Milan, we will have to relaunch discussions with the Roman management, since the media Relevo had indicated that an official inquiry had taken place in December.
