Inter director Beppe Marotta admits Joaquin Correa wants to leave and could be replaced by Alexis Sanchez but is still upset by ‘unreliable’ Romelu Lukaku, Lazar Samardzic and Gianluca Scamacca.
The Nerazzurri director spoke to Radio Serie A on Monday morning, releasing the latest updates regarding Inter’s transfers.
Marotta confirmed Correa wants to leave to get more playing time. El Tucu was not involved in Inter’s first Serie A game of the season against Monza on Saturday. Former Inter striker Alexis Sanchez could return to the Stadio Meazza if Correa leaves.
“He [Correa] wants to play and we won’t ignore this. Piero Ausilio is working on it. Alexis Sanchez is a great champion, he sends messages to return and this is positive,” said Marotta as quoted by Calciomercato.com.
Romelu Lukaku was the big transfer saga of the summer as the Belgian refused to return to Inter, reaching an agreement with Juventus instead. However, Marotta believes the Belgian star won’t be back in Serie A this summer.
“There are targets that you think you’d get, but in the end, it doesn’t happen,” he said.
“I can only say that Lukaku left a huge disappointment. I don’t know where he’ll go now, there aren’t many options left, I don’t think he’ll be back in Italy, there are just 10 days remaining.”
The Serie A giants were also close to signing Samardzic and Scamacca but both players opted for different solutions. Samardzic raised his salary requests for the Nerazzurri, while Scamacca picked Atalanta.
“There was no reliability and respect for the roles,” said Marotta.
“Today, players say yes, and then they say no. But, at my age, nothing surprises me anymore.”
Inter are now close to signing Benjamin Pavard from Bayern Munich, but Marotta said the official announcement is not expected on Monday.
“Not today, but we are in a good position,” he confirmed.
“We are ambitious and we are aiming for big targets. We want strong players and a mix of young and experienced players. You don’t win trophies only with young players, you need a balance.”
Arnautovic and Sanchez?
Is this the best one of the top Italian sides can do?
It’s no wonder Serie A isn’t taken seriously with buys like this.
Grande Beppe!
Mr Marotta you were giving a test of your own medicine… Marcus Thuram said yes to Milan but then u came along and he said No to Milan and Said Yes to inter. Stop complaining Mr Manipulator.