The winter window is about to open. At present, the record is acceptable, but Inter, which will usher in the devil's schedule in the league and champions league at the beginning of the new year, is looking forward to winning something in the winter.
Now as soon as Marotta hits the streets, it will be surrounded by a large number of journalists, and everyone knows that with Inter's current financial situation and budget size, if you want to gain something, you can only expect the giants to play some magic.
Recently, Marotta has been interviewed several times about the winter window.
He said that "we certainly don't have the money (to bring in stars), but we can be creative and seize opportunities".
He also said that "we will have some difficulties, but we will do our best to give Gifts to Simone (Inzaghi)".
Most recently, he preached "Winter Window Transfer? Let's see, let's see." Because he wears a hat and a mask, people can't judge his confidence from his expression, but judging from the tone, he still hopes to make some movement.
The Milan Sports newspaper disclosed that the budget for Inter's winter transfer window is 15 million. To make a necessary explanation: this 15 million is the upper limit of the pure payment amount, that is, the team limits the funds paid out by the winter window to less than 15 million, and it will be difficult to obtain board approval beyond this amount. The media also pointed out that Inter hopes to gain in both the forward and midfield positions.
Budget is limited, not to mention the hard buying of big names, and it is not easy to bring in rotating players who can help the team.
But that didn't scare Marotta either. In Italian football, €15 million is also known as "one myring". It is because he is very good at dealing with this situation, this summer window Inter spent about 40 million to sign 4-5 new signings, filling the loopholes left by the departure of Lukaku, Hakimi and Eriksen, and the winter window people of course expect the story of "spending a small amount of money to do big things" to happen again.
Italian market experts pointed out the basic principles of Inter's operation of the winter window.
First of all, the payment cycle is extended by renting first and buying later, and installment payment.
The advantages of long payment cycles are obvious, for example: Ashraf.
Inter sold Ashraf to Paris this summer, and there are still many fans who think that Inter only made more than 20 million yuan in a reversal, which is not much fun.
In fact, the biggest gain of this transaction is to supplement cash flow - the cycle of Greater Paris to pay Ashraf transfer fees is shorter, and the Nerazzurri agreed to pay in installments when they bought Ashraf from Real Madrid last year (paid in 3 installments, the total payment cycle is 4 years), in other words, Inter still owes Real Madrid some Ashraf transfer fees, and the later payment can be completely coped with with the money given by Greater Paris.
It helps the team a lot. Because of Inter's financial difficulties, it is concentrated in terms of insufficient cash flow.
Winter window transactions, elongating the payment cycle will also be the basic operation.
In addition, the risk is reduced by means of floating transfer fee clauses.
Inter used this method when they brought in Lautaro, Dzeko, Correa and others. Reduce the down payment, the mandatory part as much as possible, add some terms, get the Champions League qualification plus a part, get the championship and add some funds, and so on.
If Inter has a good record or even wins a trophy, it can open source and increase revenue, and it will not hurt your bones to pay more money. This is also done to avoid the worst situation, and when the team's record declines and the income plummets, it is also good to carry less financial burden.
Third, the team will also follow the principle of "if someone comes, someone goes".
Inter's current staffing is already relatively large, and it is recognized by the Italian media as one of the teams with the strongest thickness of the Italian deck stool. With the introduction of new aid, it is natural to consider the issue of cleaning.
Therefore, when someone comes, someone must vacate the place, otherwise not only the salary explosion and financial pressure, but also the problem of how to register is annoying enough. The risk of depriving registered players of their quota to new signings can lead to chaos in the dressing room.
Italian media pointed out that in the winter window, Inter may have the possibility of 4-5 people leaving the team, it may be a high-paid player like Sanchez (today the front page of Spain's "Daily Sports" is speculating about the mutual rental of Sanchez and Luke De Jong, although Italian journalists are generally skeptical about this news, they do not deny that Sanchez's team is indeed selling around in the ball market, Zhang Luo is looking for a home), or it may be Thatsi and others to change a relaxed environment in an attempt to save themselves.
Given inter's limited budget for the winter window, selling players or using "vouchers" is not only to reduce the burden, but also to increase the success rate of reinforcements. There is no way around this.
At present, Inter is interested in many players who have been laid out, including Skamaca, RasPadori and other people whose prices are relatively high, as well as some low-priced options such as Flatesi and Maggiore.
Introduce more than one rotation of combat power with "one horse dollar"? Switching to another transfer manager, I'm afraid this is an impossible task. But if it is Marotta to operate, there is reason to expect him to make a "rice cooker".