Chivu has pushed hard for the English midfielder who may arrive in the next few days. In the background remains Palestra, the first goal for the wing
On Thursday Cristian Chivu spent part of the afternoon at the headquarters in Viale della Liberazione, inside the Milan of skyscrapers with his nose in the air: he was there for institutional commitments, but these days the market enters through the window even when you close it outside the door. It is now well known how much the Romanian coach likes Marco Palestra, but equally well known is the difficulty in dealing with the Atalanta shop: the winger is considered by all of Inter to be the absolute priority for the coming season, but it is unlikely that he will be the first strike of the new collection. It will sink into Bergamo only at the right time, indeed time can become your best ally. Net of possible unforeseen circumstances, another purchase could materialize sooner, more exotic but no less strategic: of all the Nerazzurri’s objectives, for now it is Curtis Jones who has the most intense contours. Chivu is crazy about this Englishman with a sharp character and it is no coincidence that he painstakingly searches for players with different characteristics to those already in the squad: there isn’t a “total” midfielder like him in Appiano yet.
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The Nerazzurri staff like Jones and not since yesterday: already in January everyone was expecting the same gift package from Liverpool. At the time, however, the conditions were not ripe, there was greater rigidity on the part of the other party, but six months later everything seems less complicated. Slot’s midfielder now has only one year left on his contract and no guarantee of being able to play with the continuity hoped for in the beloved English giant: precisely for this reason he is ready to enthusiastically embrace a new Italian life and the Nerazzurri project, which he now knows by heart and which he prefers to that of the rich Galatasaray. In short, the problem is certainly not Curtis’ contract, but rather the position of Liverpool, who also asked the Turks for more than thirty million to let him leave. So far Inter have stopped a few boxes before, at twenty, but the key to a rapid resolution of the case would also lie in the percentage of any future resale. The willingness of the English to make a decisive discount on the total price also depends on the amount of this fee. This aspect will be discussed again shortly, probably as early as next week, after an initial contact between the management to present the different starting points.
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However, Liverpool find themselves at an existential crossroads: they cannot afford another Konate case, the Frenchman leaving on a free transfer after the renewal negotiations stopped, and would like to satisfy Curtis’ foreign ambition, but at the same time they do not want to “sell out” a 25-year-old from the club, who grew up in the Academy and is used to breathing Reds already in the cradle. In this scenario, the gap between supply and demand could soon narrow. At the same time, Chivu’s midfielder is also destined to change its skin, without becoming too distorted but adding talent. The department will lose without too many regrets Davide Frattesi, an interesting bargaining chip with Palestra’s Atalanta, while at the last corner Henrikh Mkhitaryan was retained, who accepted an extra year at reduced prices and now just has to sign the ritual. It was precisely the Armenian’s choice that narrowed the margins in midfield where, at the moment, there is room for only one entry and Jones sprinted away alone. In short, he could be the first shot of the summer 2027 transfer campaign, deeper than the last editions and destined to give Chivu a team even more in his own image and likeness. Jones, for example, would contribute with tactical versatility, as a midfielder or attacking midfielder, and a habit of turning up the heat: the new Inter needs another burst of intensity as soon as possible, perhaps as early as the beginning of June. It’s true that the retreat will take place only a month later, but we still need to beat our Turkish rivals, who are serious these days.
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