Al Hilal has set its sights on Alessandro Bastoni. Alfio Musmarra provided an update on the situation, analyzing the position of the Nerazzurri defender and the dynamics of the current transfer market on his YouTube channel.
“Regarding Bastoni–Barcelona, I’ve always told you that nothing concrete was happening, and it turned out exactly as I had said. As for Al Hilal, I raise my hands: I did some checking (Inzaghi is not stupid and always wants the best players with him) and I found out that there had already been some talks with the old guard back in the day. We are not in a negotiation phase, it hasn’t started yet, and there hasn’t been a formal offer. He’s a player they like, who has had a very complicated year. At the moment there is interest, and rightly so, since we’re talking about one of the best defenders in the world. But we are in an embryonic phase, which could lead to an offer, or maybe not.”
“Al Hilal needs to make some moves out, and if they do, they could also try to make a move, knowing that the starting price is 80 million euros. There are many variables: one is also the future of Simone Inzaghi, since it’s not certain that Inzaghi will stay at Al Hilal for many years—maybe at the end of next season he’ll return to Italy? Or go to England? But Al Hilal could also have good reasons to keep him. We’ll see what happens, but right now we are in too early a stage. There are many things to consider, but the interest is real. It’s not something made up, quite the opposite. But it’s all yet to be written.”
Musmarra finally commented on the transfer front: “On the market, we are in a stand-by phase, we know the names. It seems to me that Spence is the name Inter wants to move on the most. Then there are also some departures to be made and for now everything is quite still and crystallized. There are things to be done.”
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