Inter negotiate Jones with Liverpool. Frattesi towards Nottingham Forest

The Italy-England route favors a sudden exchange of loans: Davide Frattesi, tired of the many exclusions and eager for a relaunch in the World Cup year, flies towards a temporary transfer to Nottingham Forest, who will decide at the end of the season whether to buy him; Inter for their part is preparing to give him the green light because they have identified the replacement, that is Curtis Jones from Liverpool, who would arrive on a costly loan with the right to buy for a total of around 40 million. The two situations are connected. If the English don’t free their player, Frattesi won’t move. But there is optimism.

DOUBLE DEAL

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It all happened yesterday afternoon, when Ausilio noted the impossibility of immediately collecting money from Frattesi, to whom Chivu has given just one match as a starter in the championship. There were several teams interested, Lazio in Italy and Besiktas in Türkiye. But in the end Lina Souloukou, former CEO of Roma, won, having tried to bring Frattesi back to Trigoria years ago. Frattesi has already spoken to Sean Dyche, Forest manager who took over from Postecoglou in October, and plans to play continuously between the Premier League and the Europa League. At Inter, where he was held back by physical problems in the series and beyond, he had now slipped down the technical hierarchy: perhaps he would have played tomorrow at Cremonese, given the injuries to Calhanoglu and Barella and the need to rotate the players in the midfield, but then he would have returned to the back again. In Nottingham, however, he will be able to acclimatise quickly thanks to the presence of two Italians: the former Juve player Nicolò Savona, who has been in England since last summer, and Lorenzo Lucca who has just landed from Naples. Furthermore, the two January additions are assisted by the same manager, who is very close to Lina Souloukou.

ASSAULT

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Frattesi’s exit opens a hole in midfield that Inter is immediately trying to fill with a high-level bet: Curtis Jones turned 25 yesterday and is by no means a redundant player for Liverpool; he is indeed a player that coach Arne Slot has used with a certain continuity. For example, he played the entire match against Inter at San Siro, in the Champions League in December. And he has also accumulated a fair number of minutes on domestic territory: he could also be called up this evening for the match against Newcastle. But it was Jones himself who asked to leave. Liverpool, however, has ruled out his farewell for the moment. More will be known in the next few hours, when the fate of Denzel Dumfries will also be better understood, as he is close to returning after ankle surgery: his compatriot Slot is very popular and wants a right winger to replace the injured Frimpong. Liverpool asked for it as part of the negotiations for Jones’ loan. What if this was the key to the operation? The feeling that emerged late in the evening is that this is not the case. Inter don’t want to sell Dumfries, at least not in January, and for this reason they immediately discarded the Norton-Cuffy idea of ​​Genoa, which had also been explored a few days ago. If a buyer appears willing to pay the 25 million clause in July, the situation for Dumfries will obviously change. Luis Henrique will also remain in Appiano: the offers were not considered convenient by the company. And then Chivu asked not to sell him because he is sure he can enhance his value in the second part of the season.