The Scudetto has yet to be officially celebrated at San Siro and the Cup still delivered to the captain Samir Handanovic. Yet at home Inter we are already talking about future. And it is a future that worries.
As is known, in fact, the arrival in Italy of the president Steven Zhang, as well as to celebrate the victory of the Tricolore and congratulate the team, the technical and management staff, it was aimed at taking stock of the delicate corporate situation of the club and drawing the guidelines for next season, market in the lead.
So, if the expected summit with Antonio Conte is scheduled only for next week, on Thursday 6 May Zhang anticipated the times through a meeting held at the headquarters with 35 managers from the various areas of the club, including two managing directors Beppe Marotta and Alessandro Antonello, the sporting director Piero Ausilio and his deputy Dario Baccin, the vice president Javier Zanetti and the marketing men. A meeting in which Zhang went straight to the goal, rattling off the numbers of the crisis.
Indeed, the number: 270 million euros, what corresponds to the cost of labor current in Inter house. A figure to be cut down, in every way and as soon as possible. The president has thus expressly asked the managers that the time has come to make some waivers, read those related to bonus present in the contracts for sporting victories and various objectives. The lowering of the cost of labor will therefore pass from several fields, from reduction of the amount of wages to assignment of important players who can ensure valid capital gains, but not considered central to the needs of the coach.
Yeah, the coach. Antonio Conte was not present at the meeting, but is expected to meet with Zhang in the coming days. Maybe even before the match against Juventus on Sunday 16 May, perhaps between the match against Roma on Wednesday 12 and the one with the bianconeri.
The closing agreement with one of the two US funds between Bain Capital and Oaktree will bring the famous figure of 250 million euro, but the so-called bridging loan it will be used for emergencies, or for the payment of salaries, and it will not be enough to avoid important sacrifices.
It is easy to imagine that the future of the Salento coach on the Nerazzurri bench will depend on the summit to come. Because in all likelihood, Zhang will also ask Conte to renounce the scudetto bonuses and foreshadow the need to give up some important player. The names will have to be chosen from the technical area, but some hypotheses can be made.
Gives Marcelo Brozovic, expiring in 2022 and which would risk having to negotiate a renewal on lower figures, up to Christian Eriksen, among the protagonists of the second round, but potential deal out. Without forgetting the defense stars, from Stefan De Vrij, which has market in England, up to Milan Skriniar. On the other hand, the permanence of Romelu Lukaku or renewal of Lautaro Martinez.
For the moment Conte is thinking about the pitch and the matches against Rome and especially Juventus, a game devoid of technical meanings, at least for Inter, but in which Conte intends to field the best formation to reaffirm the superiority over the bianconeri, already expressed during the first leg. But the near future is upon us.
OMNISPORT | 07-05-2021 07:49
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