Inter are reportedly targeting €100m in sales and Achraf Hakimi should have his medical with Paris Saint-Germain tomorrow, but who will be the next to leave the Nerazzurri?
The Morocco international will, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, have his medical with PSG tomorrow and Inter will get €68m plus €5 in bonuses for the full-back.
But soon, the Beneamata should also bid farewell to players like Joao Mario, Radja Nainggolan, Valentino Lazaro and Dalbert Henrique.
The Nerazzurri have signed attacking midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu and goalkeeper Alex Cordaz, but the newspaper points at a target of making €100m in sales and reduce the cost of labour by 15 per cent.
The big sale has been known for a month now, with Hakimi travelling to Paris for his medical examinations and is expected to sign a deal with the Ligue 1 giants worth €8m a season.
It’s a painful but necessary sacrifice for Inter, who are making €68m plus €5m in bonuses for the sale of the former Real Madrid defender.
To arrive at €100m, Inter are now looking to close some more outgoing deals this summer and Joao Mario is being linked with a move to Benfica, and the midfielder is already excluded from the squad that will meet up for pre-season training.
Suning’s first purchase should bring back €7.5m, even if Sporting CP have an anti-rival clause in their agreement with Inter from 2016 and the Nerazzurri will give the Verde e Brancos a chance to match the offer from their Primeira Liga rivals and the offer should be formalised today.
Radja Nainggolan is also being linked with a permanent move away from Inter, who will not expect to earn a transfer fee but to cut a heavy salary from their books.
The Belgian has a deal until 2022 and makes €4.5m a season, but the 33-year-old wishes to end his career at Cagliari and is willing to spread the salary over a three-year period there. But he still asks for severance pay from the Nerazzurri, who are fighting to reach an agreement without it.
They are expected to reach an agreement and Nainggolan will most likely play elsewhere in 2021-22.
Dalbert and Lazaro are two other players who are on the move, with CSKA Moscow interested in the Brazilian full-back, who returned from loan at Stade Rennais.
Inter value the former Fiorentina player at €6m to €7m for a permanent move. Lazaro, on the other hand, could end up back in the German Bundesliga, as he returns from a loan stint at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Inter want to sell the full-back, but Newcastle are reportedly interested in another loan deal. New coach Simone Inzaghi reportedly wanted to evaluate the wing-back during pre-season.
Andrea Pinamonti is another player who could leave San Siro this summer, but his €2.2m salary discourages other Serie A teams from making a move.
Inter made an important investment when they brought the former Genoa striker for almost €20m and as there are few possible destinations in Italy, agent Mino Raiola has started looking for a move abroad for the young Italian, something that could increase the possibility for Inter to raise money.
Inter, non solo Hakimi: scatta il mercato in uscita. Obiettivo 100 milioni #calciomercato https://t.co/O6lij52TZq
— La Gazzetta dello Sport (@Gazzetta_it) July 5, 2021