Suning should accept offer from Venture Capital. I angry when the players already give it all to win first Scudetto in 10 years, to only get WAGE CUT.
It's not fair for the players and staffs. Logically when someone good at their job, they will be rewarded, not pay cutted.
Marotta, Conte, Lukaku, Hakimi, Barella, and others doesn't deserve this treatment after win Scudetto.![]()
You can read the craziest takes in Italian media
Foschi: "If you don't pay your salaries, you're not in order: at that point the Scudetto should go to Atalanta"
https://www.fcinternews.it/news/fos...-scudetto-dovrebbe-andare-all-atalanta-368009
This is worse than Yonghong Li... at least they had Elliott in backhand taking over the club. These Suning cunts are going to dismantle the team this summer, they have no future plans for the team
Yonghong Li? The guy who had no money, that no one important in China knew him, that our owners refused to be seen next to him and took a loan in order to buy Milan and lost the club for 1/3 of the fee to a vulture fund? That Yonghong Li?
As for Elliot, yeah. They're great owners. They're changing management almost every year and a big part of the squad consists of either players on loan or players with expiring contracts and with Pioli on fire as a coach. Yeah. Milan are in a great situation.
That whole shit is way overblown IMO. Once again Italian media is trying to shit all over our success, while clubs like Juve who are in shambles aren't getting anywhere near the same treatment. They are out of CL probably, they have the highest wage bill in the league and they have 3 coaches on the payroll (IIRC) but still nobody is talking about their own financial problems, the fact that they can be banned from playing in Serie A or CL if they manage to qualify, etc.
If Suning didn't have any money to run the club they would've sold it to cover their losses. They also came here to boost their brand and probably steal some know-how from Europe to develop football in China, which isn't the focus of the CCP anymore but still both Suning and Chinese football owners in extension would blow their reputation to pieces if they just dismantle a Serie A winning team because they suddenly think they aren't in the mood of supporting the club. Makes no sense to me to invest so much only to shit on your own face right after you finally reap some rewards. COVID or no COVID, the situation is exactly the same for all clubs.
Not to mention that being the champions of Italy will certainly boost our revenues with tens of millions of Euro. Sponsor bonuses, etc. Our contracts for kit partner/sponsor are up and they were absolute trash comparatively. So that's also a fresh stream of income for the club at the best moment for negotiations possible. So yeah, long story short, I think Zhang is just doing what any prudent businessman would do - try to negotiate to make his life easier but players and staff have the full right to bluff it out. At the end it'll be all business as usual - we'll secure a loan to cover operational costs and sell to buy, let go of some players like Vidal/Vecino/Dalbert/Mario/Agoume/Vandhausen and other youngsters and invest in 2-3 quality players. This should've happened either way, Conte really loves his long bench of "winners" but it's a luxury we can't sustain, even if the whole world wasn't in crisis.
Almost all newspapers are reporting that there are no clear plans for the future. Look at what happened to Jiangsu. The same won't happen with Inter, but I don't think it's unrealistic that they'll sell several of the big players this summer. Suning has zero money atm. The rumoured loan has an interest around 11-12%, that's insane. Elliott have spent quite a bit on Milan and still haven't sold any key players. I'm quite afraid that we cannot say the same about Suning after this summer...
Marotta just confirmed in some way that we ARE FUCKED and enjoy this scudetto cause next season we wont reach even 4rth place
Marotta said theres no issues and everything will be resolved.
Were you guys watching the same interview?
Beppe Marotta: “Same Problem At Many Clubs But Inter’s Always Magnified, Players Contracts Will Be Respected”
Beppe Marotta has assured Inter will honour their players’ contracts despite the club’s well-documented financial problems.
Inter’s players were asked by president Steven Zhang to give up two months’ wages, in order to help Suning tackle the club’s financial problems.
Speculation has reached fever pitch this week about Inter’s economic crisis, but Marotta has made it clear there will be no problem respecting the pre-existing deals if no new solution can be agreed.
“The contracts which tie the players to the club will be honoured,” Marotta told Sky Sport Italia before tonight’s match at home to Roma.
“There’s always extra attention on Inter in the media which magnifies problems, even though other clubs are having the same problems.
“We’ll deal with these issues with our conscience.”
Zhang went to visit Inter’s players at Appiano Gentile on Monday to request the wage cuts, and reports since have suggested his proposal did not go down well.
Asked if Inter’s players really were irritated by the request, Marotta responded: “Everything started with a meeting with the president, who explained the current moment football is experiencing with maximum serenity.
“Zhang made the players aware of the delicate position the club is in, but he didn’t oblige anyone (to take wage cuts).
“It’s up to everyone to make a decision with their conscience.
“We have full respect for the players who have given the club an extraordinary joy this season (winning the Serie A title).
“I’ll repeat: Inter will honour all their agreements.”
Antonio Conte’s future remains uncertain as a result of Inter’s off-field problems, and Marotta was unable to guarantee he would still be the Nerazzurri’s head coach next season.
“I hope so, both as a director and as a person,” he said.
“We’ve begun a project with him, despite the COVID-19 pandemic which has caused all sorts of problems.
“If I consider the work Conte has done in these last two years, we finished second and reached the UEFA Europa League final (in his first season) and then won the scudetto with several games to spare.
“The hope is that we can continue despite all the problems.”
Marotta was also asked whether Inter were likely to sell one or more key players in the transfer window, assuring supporters that the club’s situation was not as bad as some have made out.
“We’re not in such a disastrous situation that we’ll have to wipe out everything we’ve done so far (by selling players),” Marotta said.
“We must be optimistic heading into the future, but at the moment we must focus on the nice things we’ve achieved and the season isn’t over.
“The club will then announce what they need to announce and respond to all questions.
“It’s at this time of year that all clubs sit down and plan things for the future, and we’ll do that in good time too.”
Marotta also spoke of his pride at seeing Inter win the Serie A title again after 11 years of waiting.
“Regardless of the gap with Roma in the table (27 points), we’ve done an extraordinary thing this season which must be credited to the coach, the team, the technical staff and obviously the club for their support,” he added.
“Perhaps we still don’t realise the magnitude of what we’ve achieved.”