Inter have three Chinese business groups interested in purchasing the club, as President Erick Thohir needs €50m.
The Nerazzurri are in negotiations with the Suning Group as they are looking for new capital.
Inter have three Chinese business groups interested in purchasing the club, as President Erick Thohir needs €50m.
The Nerazzurri are in negotiations with the Suning Group as they are looking for new capital.
There is substantial disagreement as to how exactly Thohir will go about the sale. Most believe he will sell up to 20% the club's stocks while attempting to retain full executive control, a notion which appears to be confirmed by Vice President Massimo Moratti's statements.
However, the club's official line is that they are only after a business partner, and that no stocks will be sold.
A report today by La Gazzetta dello Sport offers a recap of the situation and says that as well as the Suning Group, there are another two potentials buyer interested in Inter.
Moratti is attempting to entice investor Wang Jing, a major figure in the business group China Railways Construction, while Marco Tronchetti Provera, owner of Inter sponsors Pirelli, is after a group called Chem China.
Either of these business partners could buy 20 per cent of Inter for a sum between €60 and €90m.
This should work for Thohir, as he is reportedly looking for €50m before the end of autumn.
Thohir may be forced to give up executive power within his club if he has only a minority of stocks, though an agreement with Moratti opens a way to regain control.
Moratti has a deal to sell his 29.5 per cent of Inter's shares to Thohir by mid-November, for an amount that has already been fixed. This would let the Indonesian tycoon take back a substantial percentage of the shares, but he would have to find yet new capital for investment.