Barcelona invested their budget in Gordon from Newcastle, so the transfer of the Nerazzurri left-footed player to Spain is over. And while Sassuolo chooses the wait-and-see strategy over the Bosnian, the list of objectives widens
The confirmation came directly from the mouth of the Inter president, Beppe Marotta: “I think the fans can sleep soundly on Bastoni. We are not sellers in principle. If a player leaves, it is because he too has expressed the desire to leave. I must say that in Alessandro’s case it absolutely hasn’t happened. He is happy here, so we don’t need to have to sell him. I think he will still be with us…”. The telenovela that has long linked the name of the Nerazzurri defender to Barcelona is therefore over, and in these last few hours they have allocated a good part of their summer budget for the purchase of Gordon from Newcastle (80 million euros…) and are also studying how to get Julian Alvarez from Atletico Madrid. Translated: there will be no finances for Bastoni, but above all – listening to Marotta’s words – the former Atalanta player is happy in Milan and has no intention of saying goodbye. A (more or less) missed transfer which thus changes the market strategies of the Nerazzurri management, now less “obliged” to invest in the defensive package. Of course, a couple of players will arrive, if only for a numerical issue following the certain farewell of Acerbi and the probable farewell of De Vrij. But if until a few weeks ago the main candidate to become an Inter player seemed to be Sassuolo’s Muharemovic, today something has changed.
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Sassuolo’s strategy regarding Muharemovic’s future is clear: transfer yes, but with timing and figures imposed only by the black-green management. This is why the club’s sporting director, Giovanni Carnevali, has put everything on standby for the moment despite the fact that a draft agreement already existed between the defender and Inter on the figures and duration of the possible contract. With a World Cup upon us, the key for Sassuolo has become waiting and waiting: in the event of a positive shipment, it is clear that the price of Muharemovic’s price tag would undergo a nice surge, and this is what Sassuolo hopes for, hoping offers will arrive from the rich Premier League. Inter, on the other hand, has no intention of entering auctions with ultra-millionaire raises, and so in recent days they have slightly taken a backseat by examining different profiles compared to the former Juve Next Gen.
In the favorites list, highlighted in green, there is always the name of Oumar Solet from Udinese, considered ideal for age, quality and above all flexibility. But the Juventus Frenchman is not the only profile monitored by the Nerazzurri management, who recently started “sniffing” two possible market opportunities again. The first leads to Evan Ndicka of Roma, very welcome but equally expensive, trying to exploit the fact that the Giallorossi club must collect around 60 million euros by June 30th due to the settlement agreement themed Financial Fair Play signed with UEFA. In the event of a big player to be sacrificed, however, Gasperini would choose the latter between the Ivorian defender and Manu Koné. Finally, the last name was followed some time ago and has recently become current again: Jhon Lucumì of Bologna. Expensive yes, but his contract expires in June 2027 and he is intrigued by the idea of a new chapter after his successful stint in the rossoblù. So, anything can happen. But there is one certainty, and his name is Alessandro Bastoni.
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