Alessandro Bastoni’s assists are no longer news. Even in the friendly won on Thursday for 1-0 on the Sassuolo field the Nerazzurri defender made the decisive pass for a goal, the one scored by Dzeko. This season he is already at 3all served in the month of October: in the Champions League first in Barcelona for Barella and then at home with Viktoria Plzen for Mkhitaryan, then again at the San Siro but in the league against Sampdoria again for Stretcher. He had made the most beautiful throw at the latter, on the occasion of the 2-0 victory against Juve in the year of the Scudetto. From Conte to Inzaghi the music hasn’t changed, just think of the kissing cross for Dumfries’ 3-0 win in Rome. The other beneficiaries of Bastoni’s assists (11 in total with the Inter shirt) are Lukaku (3), Correa (1) and Skriniar (2). DIFFERENT TWINS – The Slovakian defender is the opposite of the Italian international. On the pitch they occupy different positions (Skriniar centre-right and Bastoni centre-left) and interpret the role in different ways: Milan is a surly old-fashioned “centralone”, Alessandro has a more educated foot and boasts a better basic technique in the construction of the game, but is less “bad” in the marking phase. And it doesn’t end there, because their diversity was also seen in the last summer market. Opened by Bastoni’s no to Conte’s Tottenham (“There was some contact, but I’m happy I stayed in Milan”) and closed by Inter’s no to PSG for Skriniarwho had found an agreement with the French champions on the basis of 9 million euros net per year. Triple his current salary of 3 million per season. Now the nerazzurri offer him double (6 million), but it has not yet been enough to convince him to sign a renewal of the contract which expires on 30 June. A year ahead of Bastoni’s deadline, linked to Inter until 2024 with a salary of 2.8 million euros net per year. Another contract to be extended, also because the English sirens never went off.
