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I guess that depends. Once Oaktree take over, it is clear that they intend to sell Inter to make money. So there are many hypothetical scenarios on what happens next, including:
1. Best Case Scenario: Oaktree seamlessly take ownership next week, they let Marotta do what Marotta does, & they already have a buyer to sell Inter to. In this case, it may still take 3-9 months to sell Inter, so basically next season will depend upon whether Marotta can improve the squad while making a profit in the mercato, as usual. By next season, we will have a new owner, & its safe to assume they will have more funds than Suning. If they are smart enough to keep Marotta, Inter will be much better off, with more funds for transfers & more sustainable debt structure. The best care scenario is that someone filthy rich like the Saudis have already confirmed interest to Oaktree behind the doors
2. Legal Stalemate: Oaktree take over & Zhang finds ground for a protracted legal battle. This could go many ways, but it could potentially nuke our next season with the transfer market frozen & potential penalties from FIGC
3. Status Quo: Zhang finds an extension from Oaktree, or a loan from PIMCO or elsewhere (though this looks highly unlikely if rumours are to be believed). So Inter continue like the last couple of years. In this scenario, its better for Inter if this results from an extension from Oaktree, as this would surely force a sale of the club within 2 years, so that Oaktree get their percentage of sale proceeds on top of the interest
4. Downsize: Oaktree take over & need time to make the club more sellable to prospective new buyers. This would mean that they will cut the club's wage bill drastically. A bit like what Elliott did at Milan, except that Inter are already at the top so this will make the club less competitive in the short term. This would mean we have to let go of some of our stars on high wages like Lautaro, Barella, Hakan, etc. This could start a banter era despite Marotta's best efforts & it will depend on the new owners whether they can get us out of it
There are other scenarios open too, so this could go any which way. It can become a scary summer for us, possibly our most critical summer ever.
I suspect the most realistic... is Oaktree have a buyer lined up, we are run by Oaktree till the end of the season with agreed plans/strategy with the buyer while all the paperwork goes through (itll take a couple of months just on change of ownership with all the due diligence, etc, for us to be re-sold), and then we aim to start the new season with the new owners. I'd expect probably a lot of continuity of staff at least for the season in that model too
I think your legal stalemate example has some merit but I can't foresee a world where we get penalties etc from FIGC
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