Inter’s majority owners Suning Holdings Group provided the club with a €41m cash injection between the months of March and April, taking their total investments for the year up to a total figure of €51m.
It had been reported that there was a €10m infection in the month of February, but Steven Zhang and his entourage decided to provide the club with more funds, taking the total sum past the €50m mark for the first four months of 2023.
La Gazzetta dello Sport writes that the cash will have almost certainly come from the €300m maxi-loan from US-based fund Oaktree Capital, which was originally agreed back in May 2021.
There is growing pressure surrounding Inter’s financial situation, as Suning have a year left on the clock to pay an estimated sum of around €350m back to Oaktree, which would account for interest and other fees accumulated for the period since May 2021.
If Suning are unable to repay the loan by the May 2024 deadline, Oaktree would become Inter’s new owners by default, mounting the pressure on Zhang to either come up with the money, or to sell the club on to a new buyer before his time is up next year.