Inter, Gudmundsson waits | Gazzetta.it

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May 4th – 8.23am – MILAN

Moving forward calmly, but with an exchange of promises that lay important foundations for the success of the deal. Inter have asked Albert Gudmundsson for time and the Icelandic has pledged to give priority to the Italian champions. Even if in the background there are always the Premier League teams that have economic means and also ascendancy, if it is true that sooner or later the blond will want to emulate his great-grandfather of the same name, who also had a past at Arsenal.

at the end of the month

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Inter have long had their eyes on the 26-year-old talent who is playing the best season of his career. Seriousness, technique, physical strength and flexibility make him a perfect profile for the ambitious project which next season will develop on five fronts: championship, Italian cup, Super Cup, Champions League and the new Club World Cup. Gud can move as a second striker, as a winger but also as a midfielder. The problem (for Inter) is that his super year with Genoa – 16 goals and 3 assists overall – attracted the attention of other clubs. Inter cannot afford an auction and above all they asked for time because everything is frozen (even the signature on the renewals of Barella, Inzaghi and Lautaro) until May 20th, the day of the expiry of the Oaktree loan and the refinancing it is working on president Steven Zhang, and because, as we cannot close the next transfer market in deficit, we will first need to raise cash to raise the 30 million requested by Genoa. Which is now resigned to losing its leader in order to in turn be able to finance the incoming market.

potential treasure

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There are many young Nerazzurri players whose sacrifice could facilitate the white smoke with the Grifone. The most prized piece is Valentin Carboni, a striker born in 2005 already playing for Argentina, returning from a good season on loan at Monza. The boy will return to the base at the end of the season and Inter could wait for an auction to be held to raise the requested 30 million. Suffice it to say that in January the Nerazzurri rejected a 20 million offer from Fiorentina. Carboni should not be directly part of the Gudmundsson deal but constitute a separate negotiation. He could instead become a technical counterpart, also because he has similar characteristics to the Icelandic, Gaetano Oristanio, a 22-year-old former Volendam player who went on loan to Cagliari last July with the right to buy and against a €4 million buyout. But his value could have increased after the good things he showed in Sardinia, especially before a foot injury that affected the first months of 2024. Mattia Zanotti, the right winger who has put together more of 2500 minutes in the Swiss Super League, with 2 goals and 4 assists, and Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, a 19-year-old Nigerian midfielder who joined the Nerazzurri Primavera in January 2023. This season the boy has often been included in the first team, with which he made his league debut in the away match in Lecce.

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plan B

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Gud remains the favorite for an attack that will lose Sanchez and perhaps also Arnautovic (without forgetting Correa, who will return to Milan if Marseille does not win the Europa League but who could fly to Arabia) but the Nerazzurri transfer men have a plan B ready which leads to George Ilenikhena, an 18-year-old French striker of Nigerian origins who is making himself noticed (28 appearances and 8 goals) in Antwerp. There is also the risk of an auction on the “new Osimhen”, but Inter remains vigilant.