Inter Market, Oaktree's criterion: ordinary players are not enough

The Inter squad is not yet complete while the team is on tour. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Nerazzurri club maintains an agreement on the basic principle: they need profiles capable of improving an already strong group and helping young players to grow, not ordinary footballers.

The quality of Aleksandar Stankovic, born in 2005 like Pio Esposito, and even the boldness of the young forwards Mosconi and Lavelli are part of a future-oriented reasoning that intrigues the Oaktree fund. However, the youngsters have the right to learn the details and nuances in their own time and way, working side by side with more established and decorated colleagues.

So young players are welcome, but ideas that raise the level are also needed. Especially in the Champions League. To compete with the big European teams, something more is required. To fight with the sharks of the Champions – a quote from Mourinho, who is now back swimming among the sharks – you need to equip yourself with insights and ideas that can minimize the effects of the financial gap.

Net of sales, some of which are desirable to increase liquidity, Inter has a budget of 50 million which is certainly not enough to get close to PSG, Bayern, the big clubs in England and Spain. But a year and a half ago, when Simone Inzaghi swept away Bayern and Barcelona to reach the final in Monaco, nothing seemed impossible.

FC Internazionale will try to live up to its name even beyond domestic borders: to play a better tournament than last season, ruined by the double defeat to Bodo in the playoffs, the current squad might be enough. But to dream, no, concludes the sports newspaper.