A second goalkeeper, young and reliable, who knows how to wait for his opportunity behind a certainty like Yann Sommer but who above all represents a solution in the medium-long term, when the Swiss number one, born in 1988, will step aside. Among the priorities ofInter in this initial phase of the transfer market there is the need to find a number 12 who is up to the situation and Among the various leads explored by the sporting director Piero Ausilio and his right-hand man Dario Baccin there is undoubtedly Josep Martinez of Genoa. Protagonist of an important season in terms of performance, of consecration after the previous Serie B championship which coincided with the promotion under the orders of Gilardino.
Born in ’98, grew up in the Barcelona youth team and went through experiences with Las Palmas and Leipzig, the Valencian goalkeeper he is under contract with Genoa until June 2025 and he is one of the names followed by Inter’s transfer market men, on a par with Bentostar of Athletico Paranaense and designated heir to Alisson in the Brazilian national team, and Maduka Okoye, number one revelation of the last Serie A with the shirt of Udinese (he displaced Silvestri from the starting role in the second part of the season) and Nigeria. Three profiles united by the fact of being in the midst of their maturation process and, for this reason, of having ended up under the magnifying glass of various clubs. Inter have long considered Bento their first choice, but the valuation of around 20 million euros makes the negotiation extremely complicated today.
CONTACTS FOR MARTINEZ – Hence the need to take into consideration the two alternative options which, due to costs and technical evaluations, are judged expendable. Okoye costs practically half as much as the Brazilian, but to date he is not considered a certain guarantee of being a potential heir to Sommer if the former Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayern Munich player’s contract expiring in a year is not renewed. Much less doubt about Martinez’s potentialfor which, according to Sky Sports, new contacts must be registered. Inter’s objective is to try to lower the purchase price which, from the first surveys, would not be too different from that of Bento. Much will depend on the budget for the transfer market that the new Oaktree ownership will indicate to Marotta, Ausilio and Baccin and which will determine the order of priorities to complete a strengthening campaign which already includes the arrivals on free transfers of Piotr Zielinski and Mehdi Taremi.
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