Inter is waiting for the new board of directors to return fully operational, but even in this phase immediately following the transition from Suning to Oaktree ownership, the activity does not stop. Currently the CEOs Marotta and Antonello cannot carry out “impactful” operations for the future, but are forced to limit themselves to ordinary administration. This does not mean that both, in their respective fields, are not moving and planning the work. The Viale della Liberazione club, therefore, has currently put the engine to idle, but is ready to restart quickly: when this happens, the date of the shareholders’ meeting will establish it, a real dead line between the past of the era Chinese player and the future of American Inter.
PEC TO ADVANCE
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There are legal deadlines to be respected for the holding of the shareholders’ meeting and at this moment it should be called by the president, who formally is always Steven Zhang. The alternative hypothesis, envisaged by the Nerazzurri statute, is that it will take place fifteen days after a certified e-mail has been sent to all shareholders. This is the solution that is currently being evaluated and which could lead to the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting being held in the first or second week of June. Naturally, a suitable venue will also need to be identified for what will be Oaktree’s first official act at the helm of Inter. The desire is to overcome this impasse phase as soon as possible in which the board of directors is under extension and the two managing directors, Marotta and Antonello, can only carry out ordinary administration activities. Therefore excluding those that impact the future of the club such as contract renewals (with players and sponsors), sales etc.
DINNER
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In Wednesday’s meeting with the CEOs Marotta and Antonello Oaktree he explained that he has confidence in the current management and that he is not in Milan… passing through. This latter concept was reiterated by the American fund to the leaders of Italian sport (email sent to the sports minister, Abodi, the FIGC and the Lega Serie A) and then in the statement with which it presented itself to the Nerazzurri world. Alejandro Cano, co-head of Europe for Oaktree’s global opportunities strategy, and Katherine Ralph, Oaktree’s global opportunities strategy managing director, launched clear messages which were reported by the two CEOs on Wednesday during a dinner with the other executives. After all, Oaktree knows the Nerazzurri’s accounts perfectly, having analyzed all the Nerazzurri’s accounting documents over the last three years and knows very well how the managers operated in Viale della Liberazione. The “acquaintance” with everyone will be deepened when the new board of directors takes office (Cano and Ralph will be part of it); first, however, the meeting with Inzaghi is scheduled, which remains the cornerstone of the sporting project. The issue to be resolved is the election of the president who in any case should be a man from Oaktree, destined not to live in Milan like Zhang did.
