Appointment at Maracanã. The final of the America’s Cup will be played tonight at 2:00 am between the hosts of Brazil and Argentina. The spotlight is on duel between Messi and Neymar. The latter plays on the side of Nahuel Molina, in a runoff with Gonzalo Montiel of River Plate and followed by Inter for the post Hakimi (sold to PSG).
This is an important maturity exam for Udinese’s right side, born on 6 April 1998. Exactly one month before the Uefa Cup final won 3-0 by Inter against Lazio in Paris with a goal from Zamorano, Zanetti and Ronaldo. The Nerazzurri vice-president is expected in the stands and will use the opportunity to see Molina at work, as well as cheering on Lautaro Martinez. El Toro will have to contend with two old acquaintances of Italian football: Marquinhos and Thiago Silva.
Meanwhile, Inter have been working for some time to secure him with a new contract. The current agreement expires in June 2023 and provides for a net salary of 3 million euros per season with a termination clause of 111 million euros, valid only for foreign countries and exercisable in the first 15 days of July. No club in the world is able to pay it in a single installment by next Thursday, so the Nerazzurri managers are sleeping soundly. At least for the moment, because they know very well that in the future Lautaro is tempting to several great Europeans such as Atletico and Real Madrid. A month ago, his new agent Alejandro Camano (the same as Hakimi’s) announced that he had not accepted the renewal offered by Inter, because first he wanted to understand the club’s plan. Marotta and Ausilio work alongside him to convince him with a doubling of his salary, possibly removing the termination clause.
On the other hand, as regards Molina, the Nerazzurri transfer men are willing to insert a technical counterpart in the negotiation in order to arrive at the evaluation made by theUdinese, which with the America’s Cup has risen from 15 to at least 20 million euros. Alternative slopes to please Simone Inzaghi lead to the various Bellerin (Arsenal), Dumfries (PSV Eindhoven), Hateboer (Atalanta), Lazzari (Lazio) and Zappacosta (Chelsea).
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