In these days Inter and Genoa are finalizing the transfer to Milan of Josep Martinez Rieraa fresh 26-year-old goalkeeper from Alzira, Spain, fresh from his first season in Serie A. In the end, despite the long courtship of Bento Krepskithe Nerazzurri management turned decisively towards the Barcelona canterano, choosing him as the initial deputy Yann Sommer and, hopefully, future Inter starter. There isn’t much time left until the negotiation is concluded, the Nerazzurri club has accelerated by meeting Genoa several times this week and there is an agreement on the valuation, between 15 and 18 million, even if in Viale della Liberazione, also considering the expiry of the contract between a year, they don’t want to invest more than 10-12 million cash. The rest will be completed by technical counterparts and the rossoblu company must choose between some profiles made available, such as Martin Satriano, Gaetano Oristanio, Mattia Zanotti and Sebastiano Esposito.
For months, Inter’s first choice was Bento, but the great exposure of recent times, between the Brazilian championship and the call-up to the national team, has made his price rise to the point that Athletico Paranaense has asked for over 40 million, a very good figure. far from the 20 that the Nerazzurri would have invested for the goalkeeper. Ergo, no room for negotiation and disillusioned expectations for the interested party, who will now have to hope for an excellent Copa America that convinces another European candidate to make a significant investment for the goal. As for other options, assuming that Philip Jorgensen (proposed some time ago by Albert Botines, yesterday at the office) is fresh from renewal with Villarreal and has never been a real objective, even on the front Maduka Okoye the discussion never evolved because Udinese chose to keep the Nigerian goalkeeper, hoping that by playing as a starter for the whole of next season his rating could increase.
With Emil Audero who has a good chance of defending Como’s goal, Bento unattainable due to costs and Okoye unavailable, it was easy for the Nerazzurri transfer men to follow an idea that had already been in their heads for some time, that is, to trust Martinez after his first positive season in Serie A and by virtue of a cost within the pre-established parameters.
