Mkhitaryan at Inter: there is an agreement, but Roma can relaunch

The expiring Armenian midfielder has found an agreement with the Nerazzurri: there is confidence, but there is still room for a Giallorossi counteroffer. It is decided in a short time

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is experiencing the whole spectrum of human emotions: the disappointment for the injury that took away the final of the Conference on the most beautiful, the joy for yet another career trophy, the amazement for the yellow and red tide around the bus on which he danced yesterday, but also the wait for the new life that could start far from the capital. The 33-year-old Armenian is close to becoming the perfect zero parameter on which Inter will sink their teeth in this summer market: he is talented, experienced, used to sailing in all European seas. And, above all, he is free, a decisive detail in this historical phase. Not the only opportunity among the released players, of course: the most delicious dish is still Paulo Dybala, the number 1 goal for the recovery against the Scudetto Devil. Mkhitarayan might not have the same flavor for the Nerazzurri fans looking for a revenge, but he would still satisfy Inzaghi’s initial appetites. Precisely for this reason, on the midfielder of Mourinho the Nerazzurri have made rapid and very fast steps, exploiting the difficulties of the Armenian in finding a definitive agreement on the renewal: the 33-year-old former United and Arsenal wants to go up over 3.5 million of the contract that expires on June 30th. In recent weeks in Trigoria everything has slipped forward, based on the Friedkin decision to move the decisions on renewals at the end of the season.

Ball to Micki

Inter has therefore entered the right time interval and, in fact, has found an agreement that satisfies the player’s claims: they reason around four million for two seasons, with fairly easy bonuses that could also make the player rise higher. salary. The ball now passes to Mkhitaryan, the only referee of his destiny. Until yesterday he seemed really close to saying the last, definitive yes to the very active Nerazzurri transfer duo: the CEO. Beppe Marotta and the sports director Piero Ausilio have, in fact, kept in touch with Rafaela Pimenta, the lawyer who inherited the empire of Mino Raiola and who proposed the Armenian in due time. If Henrikh’s yes, however, has not yet arrived definitively, it is because, after all, there is still room for a Romanist offensive. Whether for the enthusiasm of the European success, or for the pressing of Mourinho who considers him highly strategic, the Giallorossi would be ready for an extra effort. At a raise on similar figures, a two-year net 4 years including bonus. If the move by the Giallorossi club was late, it will be understood quite quickly. In short, we will soon see if Wednesday’s match in Tirana was Mkhitaryan’s last match with the Giallorossi shirt.

How many roles

Although there is always the risk that the Armenian will change his mind, especially yesterday at the Nerazzurri, confidence grew in the happy ending. It seems that the possibility of playing the Champions League could guide the decision, but the tactical project that Inzaghi would cut out on him also has a value. Mkhitaryan was discussed at length at last Tuesday’s summit in the Viale della Liberazione headquarters and everyone, including President Zhang, agreed on the importance of this opportunity for the near future. In the last season, Simone’s median was, in fact, squeezed beyond all limits, indeed the absence of reserves at the height in the department affected the very painful scudetto joke. For this reason the coach thinks of a midfield with four authentic and recognized owners: the Armenian would numerically take the place of Vidal, but at least at the start he would guarantee a much higher performance. More specifically, the Giallorossi could occupy all the squares of the median, even those he is less used to. Mou flirted with him a little at the time of Manchester United, but in Rome he put him in the front line of the praetorians to the point of even deploying him as a director on certain occasions: you know, in the Nerazzurri there was almost always a void behind Brozovic.

Suspended

“Micki”, however, could more easily occupy the place of the midfielder: that of Nicolò Barella on the center-right but, above all, that of Hakan Calhanoglu on the other side. It would be an Armenian who takes the place of a Turkish (comrade), a small way to overcome the wounds of history: there has been no good blood between the two peoples for over a century, separating them from a million and a half dead. If necessary, then, he could also be approached to the tips to do the work that (at times) this year Correa has tried: his career says that he knows how to float between the two departments and slip in for the shot. Of course, whatever the next decision will be, the Armenian wants to prove that he is still worth high-end football and patience for the latest health problems: he had not played since April 28, from the first leg of the semifinal with Leicester, for a second injury. degree to the right thigh flexor and had accelerated to be in Tirana. Obviously too much, given the new injury. Some pranksters on Wikipedia have already declared him “Inter footballer”, but for now Mikhitaryan is just a talent suspended between two different planets. He is very close to the Nerazzurri, but not too far from the Giallorossi.

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