Manuel Akanji will be the first player returning from the World Cup to rejoin the Nerazzurri group. The Swiss defender has started working individually on the fields of Appiano Gentile while the team is engaged in the tour in Australia.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Akanji returned to the training center at the beginning of the week and since Tuesday has resumed activity on the fields he has considered his home for almost a year now. The player is waiting for the squad to return so he can join his teammates.

Inter is gradually recovering the players who were involved with their national teams. Chivu and his staff had to start summer preparations without the entire group available, a situation that is nevertheless expected to be resolved soon. The Swiss defender will be the first to complete the process of rejoining the group as soon as the team returns to base.