It will take time, patience, foresight and above all financial availability, but also staff space. L’Interwith the official start of the market on Monday 1st July – Marotta e Help are expected in Rimini for the ritual gala at the Gran Hotel -, is ready to enter the second phase of its shopping campaign. The first one brought Zielinski, Taremi and the agreement, to be ratified but now found, with MartinezGenoa goalkeeper. The second will be mainly dedicated to the strategy to succeed in getting to Albert Gudmundsson. As we have been saying for days, the Icelandic wildcard is Inter’s big target for the 2024 market (in the last few hours, the Spanish-Nigerian centre-forward Samu Omorodion of Atletico Madrid was offered by an intermediary, but he is a player who is of no interest today).
Inter, all about Gudmundsson
The managers have already sorted out Simone Inzaghi’s squad with the three aforementioned additions – now the coach has two starters for each role -, but Gudmundsson represents the classic cherry on top to be given for the second star’s scudetto. The player missing from the Nerazzurri squad, a second striker-attacking midfielder, skilled at dribbling, that Inzaghi does not have at his disposal. The Piacenza coach has three players who are good at juggling, albeit with different characteristics, both as first and second striker – Lautaro Martinez, Thuram and Taremi -, but it doesn’t have the playmaker, the man capable of changing the face of a match as it could be Alexis Sanchezwhose contract expires tomorrow. Obviously, Arnautovic and the returning Correa remain in the offensive department, but it is clear that Gudmundsson’s ’23-24 season represents a different calling card compared to the two veterans. As mentioned, it will take time to get to Genoa’s jewel. Inter must place several outgoing players to create space for the various lists – Serie A and UEFA -, but above all collect the money needed to approach the rossoblù club and formulate the right offer given that Gudmundsson has a valuation of at least 35 million.
