The 2021-’22 season ofInter officially began with the presentation of Simone Inzaghi, the coach chosen by the company to replace Antonio Conte.
The coach from Piacenza peeped out at Pinetina with an inevitable pinch of emotion, but during his first press conference as a Nerazzurri coach there was no lack of interesting considerations.
From the programmatic statement about the desire to improve the team’s performance in Europe, after three consecutive eliminations in the group stage of Champions League (only partially mitigated by the Europa League final reached in 2020) to the clear concepts expressed in terms of market, in particular regarding the need to reinforce the external department unguarded by the sale of Achraf Hakimi, but also from the free departure of Ashley Young.
Before thinking about the new faces who will wear the shirt with the scudetto on display, however, are looming at Inter corporate issues.
It is well known that the moment is difficult, the CEO reiterated it Marotta during the presentation of Inzaghi himself and the sacrifice of Hakimi himself demonstrates it, which will be followed by others, albeit with a lower technical and economic impact, in order to be able to reduce the cost of labor by 15%, as imposed by the company. In this regard, the farewells of Radja Nainggolan e Joao Mario: the first deals with the termination with Inter to return permanently to Cagliari, with the relative saving of the salary for the Nerazzurri net of the severance pay, while the Portuguese is disputed by Benfica and Sporting.
Meanwhile, however, the president Steven Zhang took the floor during the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting to flatly deny the rumors that have emerged in recent weeks about the imminent sale of the club by Suning
These rumors had been reinforced by the formalization of the sale by Suning of 17% of its shares to a group of investors with giants of the Chinese economy, such as Alibaba.
Well, Zhang reiterated how theInter is not part of the assets being disposed of and that the company’s commitment to the club will not change, as demonstrated by the operation set up with the US fund Oaktree, from which came the famous 275 million euro bridging loan needed to cover the heavy decline in revenues caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, but also to plan for the future with discrete ambitions.
Inter are therefore not for sale and will face the season that begins with the minimum objective of entering the Champions League and with the hope that the reopening of San Siro with the relative income allows to see the light on the corporate level by canceling the recent corporate bad debts.
In this sense, good news can come from the agreement in the pipeline with the main sponsor destined to replace Pirelli: it should be Socios.com, a US fan engagement platform.
OMNISPORT | 09-07-2021 10:30
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