For the Nerazzurri, the midfielder can only leave if he receives the agreed upon 35 million unconditionally. Jorge Mendes’ move to Barcelona is awaited for the Portuguese
The Inter compass at the beginning of January moves from west to east: it is pointed at two opposite cities, Barcelona and Istanbul. The Nerazzurri are waiting for a Catalan move, in a certain sense they “depend” on the Blaugrana to reopen the right wing to the coveted Joao Cancelo, but at the same time they are in contact with the Turkish metropolis, where they are clamoring for Davide Frattesi with increasing intensity. For weeks now the Nerazzurri midfielder has known of the interest of the Turkish giants and had always closed to this possibility, but in the last few hours the situation has changed: the blue player seriously reflects on Galatasaray’s tempting proposal, a salary which with bonuses would reach 5 million net per season. Definitely more than the 3 perceived now. At the same time, however, Gala also started to move with Inter, overcoming Fenerbahce. There is still no official offer, but the Nerazzurri managers are reasoning with their colleagues around a valuation of 35 million.
The escape
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Frattesi has long considered this to be the Nerazzurri’s last season: the last physical swing, between multiple hernias and a dancing adductor, made the journey more limping than expected. Davide was therefore convinced that this window would already be the best one to escape elsewhere. Even the huge salary dreamed of by Gala serves to make him hesitate; now there is no longer the previous confrontation with Türkiye. “Our strategy is that if a player wants to leave, we discuss and evaluate. Frattesi is not in this condition. We have not received official proposals but we are open to discussions…”, admitted president Beppe Marotta, yesterday before Bologna.
To the right
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The other part of the disagreement concerns the conditions of the deal: the Turks would like a onerous loan of 5 million with right of redemption of 30, which could become mandatory under certain conditions. On this point, however, Inter aims to immediately establish a definitive obligation. Or, at most, that the conditions decided at the start are “obvious” to be achieved. In short, we need the certainty of taking the full spoils, and then possibly reinvesting part of it, but only under certain conditions: the need for a physical midfielder like Koné remains, but in January it is difficult to find a level profile. Opportunities are sought, not to mention that the chasm left by the injury in Dumfries must also be covered on the right: there is only one objective there. In the Cancelo soap opera, however, the ball continues to change hands: first from Al-Hilal to Joao then to Barcelona, always with Inter on the perch, waiting tactically but confidently. If faced with the pressure of the very influential agent Jorge Mendes, president Laporta bypassed the FFP restrictions and voted yes to the winger, then bye Joao. Otherwise, the Portuguese would return to the Nerazzurri, for constant use on both flanks and, at the same time, one of Acerbi or De Vrij would join father Inzaghi. “We are looking into the Cancelo issue, let’s see what will happen, it is a very particular situation…”, admitted Marotta.