L’Inter sails unbeaten after four days, with the record of its history and absolute for Serie A (on par with Napoli 2018) of goals scored after 360 minutes, as many as 15.
Raise your hand if you expected it at the end of a summer of tears and blood, with the two very heavy sales of Achraf Hakimi and Romelu Lukaku, preceded by the thunderous farewell of Antonio Conte, who did not feel like calling into question with the technical downsizing (presumed?) announced by the sales the work done in the season that ended with the return of Inter to the top of Italian football thanks to the championship number 19 won right at the end of the last season.
The only spots in the first month of official commitments for the Nerazzurri were the draw against Sampdoria and the defeat in the debut in Champions League against Real Madrid, both of which, however, came at the end of matches in which Inter created numerous chances.
Yet, despite all this good and unexpected news, he is still here at the Nerazzurri worry linked to economic and financial situation of the club.
If the results of the field, as well as the work of Simone Inzaghi, are also the result of the excellent intuitions of the management on the market, with obvious references to purchases such as those of Edin Dzeko, Denzel Dumfries and Hakan Calhanoglu, despite the 130 million brought to cash thanks the sale of Hakimi and Lukaku and the € 275 million loan granted by oaktree background, attention remains high on the company’s accounts, also considering that Suning risks being involved in the collapse of the real estate giant Evergrande, to which the current Nerazzurri owner had granted 2.6 billion euros to avoid bankruptcy.
The budget that will be approved at the end of September will in fact see another rather significant red flag and unavoidable deadlines.
The reference is to approximately 40 million to be returned annually to creditors and to the two bonds of 300 and 75 million to be re-placed on the market: transactions that will require liquidity. How to get it?
Without a stadium of ownership there are essentially two paths, that of a partner who can support Suning or that of resorting to new sacrifices on the sales front.
Others illustrious farewells are therefore in sight in the January market? The fans, and Simone Inzaghi, do not even want to think about it for the moment and are clinging to the shallows denial with which Suning welcomed the rumors coming from Saudi Arabia about the possible imminent entry of the Pif investment fund as a strong partner of Suning.
The Zhang family wants to go on alone and has no intention of giving up the Inter asset. But while the team flies, fans, players and coach are waiting for clarity …
OMNISPORT | 20-09-2021 08:12
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