Pedullà on Palestra to Inter: “50 million is not enough”

Denzel Dumfries is going to Real Madrid and so Inter is in a hurry to secure his heir, identified as Marco Palestra. But the Nerazzurri management will have to shell out a very high amount, as reported by the market expert journalist Alfredo Pedullà: “For Palestra it will not be the same story as with Lookman and I will try to explain the reasons. With Lookman, there was a back and forth over the amount with Atalanta, who also did not appreciate some of the player’s attitudes, with Inter not budging from that figure and so we kept going back and forth without reaching a conclusion. Palestra is a much more standardized situation. Palestra has completely opened up to Inter. Inter has put him at the top of their list. In my honest opinion, starting from 40, 42, 43, 44 is something that gets you nowhere when you already know what Atalanta is asking for, which you may consider excessive, exaggerated, over the top, but it is the reasoning of any club in the world that wants to set the price. In the sense that if the club decides that for Julian Alvarez, for example, they want 150 million, you can say you want to give them 100, but it is always the selling club that decides.”

So Pedullà adds: “The same thing applies here, so it is a deal that we absolutely have to keep open with a Premier League background. We talked about Manchester City in recent days, but it depends a lot on the amount Inter will put on the table, who have legitimately identified him as Dumfries’ heir, because Dumfries will go to Real Madrid and they want to invest, 20 million which could even be a bit more, if they go beyond the clause on installments and payment methods, but Atalanta starts from 5. You were a bit shocked, but now everyone is repeating that Atalanta starts from the number 5. And I’ll tell you more, for Atalanta 51, 52 is not enough, for Atalanta it’s 56, 57, simple bonuses, less simple, some simple and others not. If Atalanta changes its mind, I’ll be here to tell you about it and Inter knows how much it costs. He is a great talent, people will talk about him every day, but I repeat, it will not be a saga like with Lookman, in my opinion, because there will be no back and forth. That’s the amount, if you pay it you bring home a great talent.”.