Romelu Lukaku

[PHM1605]

You seem to imply they have taken some money out of the club which is completely not true.

Inter is their property. We are now like a marketing tool for them, nothing more.

You know how much the president care for a club when he is taking the CEO job in another company 10000km away, doesn't even watch us play. They should have sold Inter instead of implying those selling ONLY policy bullshit.

 

[.h.]

so that question i'm not sure. Given the current circumstances we would probably be better off sold, but maybe they know something we dont. I dunno. I want to see where their plan goes - if this gets us back on track and financially healthy after COVID and still in top 4, that's not the end of the world.

 

[Maslany]

I would be perfectly fine with selling Lukaku, IF we haven't sold Hakimi first.
In fact, if i had to choose which one i would sacrifice, it would have been Lukaku all the way.
But now, i think this is too much in just one transfer window. I am not sure we can remain competitive.

 

[andrei]

Inter is their property. We are now like a marketing tool for them, nothing more.

You know how much the president care for a club when he is taking the CEO job in another company 10000km away, doesn't even watch us play. They should have sold Inter instead of implying those selling ONLY policy bullshit.

You sound like Zhang Jr was handle the operations here. He is the owner and president just in name. Marotta is the CEO. For my taste Zhang Jr could go in China and fuk off.

If we sell Lukaku and buy Vlahovic is a good business,considering our financial shit. These are the moves Atletico made for years.

But if we buy Zapata, it smells like Inter of 2011 all over again. Eto'o for Forlan and Zarate.

 

[Il Drago]

You sound like Zhang Jr was handle the operations here. He is the owner and president just in name. Marotta is the CEO. For my taste Zhang Jr could go in China and fuk off.

If we sell Lukaku and buy Vlahovic is a good business,considering our financial shit. These are the moves Atletico made for years.

But if we buy Zapata, it smells like Inter of 2011 all over again. Eto'o for Forlan and Zarate.

This is easy to say it from a fan perspective but when you're an employee either you obey your boss orders or you resign. Zhang Jr came back to Italy to put his face in the Scudetto celebrations and then he demanded an 80m profit from the transfer market. He even announced it to the media. The directors could either resign or bring the task to completion.

 

[PHM1605]

You sound like Zhang Jr was handle the operations here. He is the owner and president just in name. Marotta is the CEO. For my taste Zhang Jr could go in China and fuk off.

If we sell Lukaku and buy Vlahovic is a good business,considering our financial shit. These are the moves Atletico made for years.

But if we buy Zapata, it smells like Inter of 2011 all over again. Eto'o for Forlan and Zarate.

That's exactly my point. When you (Zhang) know shit about football, just shut up and let the master (Marotta) do his job. That's what other clubs do. I wouldn't complain if Marotta is the one behind all the decisions and freely uses the budget as he plans.

But he doesn't. That Chinese is implying some stupid half-ass solutions for their own will. They force Inter e.g. selling Lukaku for 130m and capping 40m for the replacement How tf can a kid know WHEN to sell and HOW MUCH should we buy a football player, let alone long-term plans?

Jesus, Zhang are acting as if football business is just subtracting and adding numbers, as in his MBA lectures. Does he even know, doing that means we are restricting ourselves to fucking Zapata when Vlahovic is 10x better for the club's future?

 

[qb4ever_2k]

Inter is their property. We are now like a marketing tool for them, nothing more.

You know how much the president care for a club when he is taking the CEO job in another company 10000km away, doesn't even watch us play. They should have sold Inter instead of implying those selling ONLY policy bullshit.

This has nothing to do with your claim that they are taking money from Inter.

 

[PHM1605]

This has nothing to do with your claim that they are taking money from Inter.

No, I don't. I never say that 200m is going to Suning pocket.

I say 200m to pay for Oaktree. Some Suning defenders here said some months ago, the loan is on Suning, not on Inter. You now see it's true or not.

 

[.h.]

I think that's baseless speculation right now tbh. The oaktree loan isnt due for another 2-3 seasons? at least? you dont raise money now to pay off a loan in 3 years time. The whole point of a loan is that you get money on your books to then spend on stuff. If we then sell things so that we sit 200m on our books in cash, then what the fuck was the point in the loan Zero sum game.

The player sales are to baseline our finances to a more healthy state, help us with things like wages, etc. In some ways, I wouldnt be surprised if its not even the cashflow side, but more the monthly recurring expenses (e.g. why we're looking at a salary reduction. 80mil also covers our loss of matchday revenue last season).

Also, my personal expectation is that the loan would have been on Suning with the intention of being repaid by Inter - the point is more about the security in event of default. Inter's debt would probably have exceeded our assets if we'd taken on the Oaktree loan.

 

[PHM1605]

The loan was 275m iirc. Lukaku and Hakimi aren't the end. It's a 3-year plan. After 3 years, if we see Lautaro or Barella leaves and we have 300m profit from selling blood, you know where the money goes.

Marotta did even say it out loud, that Hakimi is the only key player leaving this summer; so our balance this season is fine. Selling Lukaku and use ONLY 1/4 of that money is clearly not his decision for the team's sake.

PS: GdS just says the same

GdS - ′′ Leadership is around the corner in a situation that is rushing. Abramovich's first club offer rejected. Marotta, Ausilio and Inzaghi expressed their doubts to the property, explaining how serious the striker's departure would be from a technical point of view. But the Zhang family and the Oaktree fund have the final say. A fundamental step, also to understand the club's true prospects. The managers and the technician would like to keep the goleador that in the last two years has given body to interist ambitions. But now the result of the match seems to be marked. And that creates a real crackdown of its own. The managers think they can get the savings they need to settle the accounts even without the sacrifice of the Belgian. Instead in Nanchino they prefer to see that money immediately "

 

[Jacquez]

As recent reports indicate, the sale of Lukaku has a major impact on matters off the field as well.

The complete disregard of promises made to the club can set in motion a cataclysmic set of events, potentially resulting in the resignations of Marotta and Inzaghi, and the refusal of contract extentions from Brozovic, Lautaro and De Vrij.

If this - which would be fair to call the worst possible outcome of Lukaku's transfer - happens, then the financials of his transfer do not really matter.

We're going from certainty to uncertainty, and that is a betrayal of every single important person in Inter's organization - from players to management.

 

[qb4ever_2k]

So all the sources, from both Chelsea and Inter, indicate that this is a friendly sale, everyone will leave satisfied.

The we also have Marotta who has a track records of selling whenever the price is right.

But then you gotta believe CdS and GdS out of all people? For real?

 

[Sassuolu]

As recent reports indicate, the sale of Lukaku has a major impact on matters off the field as well.

The complete disregard of promises made to the club can set in motion a cataclysmic set of events, potentially resulting in the resignations of Marotta and Inzaghi, and the refusal of contract extentions from Brozovic, Lautaro and De Vrij.

If this - which would be fair to call the worst possible outcome of Lukaku's transfer - happens, then the financials of his transfer do not really matter.

We're going from certainty to uncertainty, and that is a betrayal of every single important person in Inter's organization - from players to management.

Unless we reinforce properly Brozo will definitely leave.

Lauti still has some time left in his deal no?

 

[IM21]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1423216989015789569

 

[Il Drago]

So we went from 130m to higher than 110m? I can't wait for it to be 115m plus bonuses.

 

[bubba zanetti]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1423216989015789569

110m?No fkn thanks. 130m or more and thats it.

 

[Bluenine]

Fuck Suning

 

[Linege]

it seems we dont have money for vlahovic
raspadori is not for sale, sassuolo wont sell him unless its a crazy offer
we dont have money for gosens or kostic or lazzari
we dont have money for SMS or locatelli




i just hope we sell lukaku fast, because we got lautaro to sell too

 

[vex]

Fuck Suning

What a circus, and we have a front row view. Nothing to do but sit back and watch the shitshow. I really hope curva nord will have a nice welcoming for steven once he decides to crawl out of his hole and comes to milan.

Biasin saying we will reinvest 90 out of 130 mil...

 

[Bluenine]

If you look at it without context, 130m for Lukaku is a good deal for Inter. He is 28, and his value will nosedive in 1-2 years. But my problem is this:

- We have already lost Conte, Hakimi and Eriksen and now Lukaku. What kind of message are we sending to our players? Who will want to leave next? If I were say an ambitious player like Lautaro or even an ageing player like De Vrij, I would be talking to my agent asap.

- What kind of talent can Inzaghi attract? We know that apart from the money, a top coach attracts top talent. Conte being here was instrumental in convincing the likes of Lukaku, Sanchez and Eriksen to come here. I fear top players will not want to come to a depleted, broke Inter with just Simone fucking Inzaghi's charm.

We are imploding as a club. Fuck Suning. The only way to stop the bleeding is to make a big statement purchase. Like SMS or at least Vlahovic (I doubt bigger names would agree to come as mentioned above). But with these broke Chinese owners, I fear we will start scrapping the bottom of the barrel and the worst case scenario. Its the Zapatas and the Emersons of the world from here on with a full implosion into another banter era that I fear.