In recent hours, news has circulated that Oaktree has put the brakes on negotiations with the agents of Jonathan David because both the player’s salary demands and the entourage’s commission were deemed too high.
The Canadian striker is one of the most coveted among European football attackers by many big clubs, as his current contract with Lille will expire at the end of the season, and therefore many have been interested in his profile. From this seems to arise the very high economic demands of the Canadian forward and his agents.
Rumors suggest that to meet the 6 million euro net per season plus 10 million in commissions, Inter would currently need to sell one of the players currently in their squad for balance sheet purposes.
Looking at Inter’s accounts however, 6 million net per season means 11.3 million gross to which 2 million for five years must be added for agent’s commissions. In total, signing David would therefore cost Inter 13.3 million euros per year on a five-year contract.
To find space for this figure in the balance sheet, Inter will not have to do anything as the accounts for this season are still weighed down by Joaquin Correa for 13.7 million and Marko Arnautovic for 8 million euros.
These are two attackers whose contracts are expiring and could therefore make room for David both on the field and on the company’s accounts, if the Canadian accepts the proposal from the black and blue company and battles for a spot on a team that already has heavyweights up front like Lautaro, Thuram, and Taremi.
