Southampton boss Gao Jisheng will sell 80% of the team's stake to Serbian tycoon Sorak.
Once the deal is finalized, there will be only four Chinese teams left in Europe's five major leagues, with the other three teams in addition to Inter Milan being Granada (Double-Edged Sword Sports), Wolves (Fosun International) and Spain (Chen Yansheng). In addition, there are some teams such as Manchester City, Lyon and other teams, and the Chinese consortium plays a minority shareholder.
Just a few years ago, there were double-digit teams in Europe helmed by Chinese investors, and now Chinese businessmen are withdrawing their investments. Even if they have not withdrawn, they have recently talked publicly about "finding partners", which is regarded by the European media as a disguised admission to finding a buyer to take over.
This is a matter determined by many factors such as politics, economy, and state regulation, and will not be elaborated upon.
But that's the big picture.
In such a context, Zhang Kangyang is about to return to Milan City, which has aroused great concern from the Chinese and Italian media.
For some time now, some forces in the official and business circles in Nanjing and Beijing have been advising the Zhang family to sell Inter, which is an "open secret" in the circle. However, Inter is after all an economy worth nearly 10 billion yuan, and the issue of changing hands involves many issues such as the timing of transactions, the international situation, the sincerity of buyers, and political trends, which is by no means as simple as some people describe.
What the future holds for Inter will be variable. At least for now, Zhang Kangyang's goal is still to run Inter well.
"Milan Sport" quoted inter internal news pointed out that if the plan does not change, Zhang Kangyang will return to Milan City before the Super Cup and will sit for a while.
Zhang Kangyang will return to China this time and will carry four major tasks.
One is the Overseer and the War.
After inter's first match in the new year, there will be a series of tough races, in addition to the fierce battles of the strong enemies, there is also the fierce battle of the Italian Super Cup for the trophy.
Zhang Kangyang hopes that his overseer can bring some help to the team.
"Milan Sport" does not rule out the possibility that if Zhang Kangyang decides not to return to China for the New Year, then he may also cheer for the team in the stands in the Milan derby and against Liverpool in early February.
The second is to renew the contract of the senior management and approve some key transactions.
Inter's contract extension with Marotta, Osirio, Bachin, Samadon and others has long been agreed, and the renewal of this level of management needs to be personally signed by the boss.
In addition, according to Di Marzio and others, although Inter suspended Perisic's contract renewal negotiations (the player asked for a 3-year contract with a net annual salary of 5.5 million to 6 million, which Inter could not afford), the Nerazzurri and Brozovic are expected to reach an agreement on a contract extension, and the latter's "big contract" at this level also needs the approval of the team owner.
Third, set the team's business plan for a period of time, including the strategy of the summer window.
The current epidemic situation determines that Zhang Kangyang is unlikely to return to Milan city frequently in 2022. Therefore, his return this time is not only the matter of the immediate situation, the winter window, but the long-term plan.
In the summer of 2020, after Zhang Kangyang returned to China, he set the tone for the team to sell stars, return funds, and ensure the lifeline, and the change of Inter's blood and coach change ideas in that summer began with Zhang Kangyang's return.
This time, his return will also reveal the next stage of business ideas and political blueprints.
Fourth, ensure the financial security of the club and find new partners.
For a team like Inter, the significance of the majority shareholder is not in the day-to-day decision-making, but also in ensuring the financial security of the team.
Inter's current financial situation is still fairly so-so, even if there is no new capital injection in a short period of time, the team's current cash reserves on the account, there is no problem in maintaining the operation of this season - compared with the team that has been trumpeted by the media boss in Serie A, in fact, the current operation is difficult, cash is scarce, and the situation of Inter is good.
Still, there is some pressure on the Nerazzurri, such as the expiring €375 million bond, which was issued in previous years and must be dealt with through new financing.
In addition, issues such as the jersey sponsorship period of the Nerazzurri also require major shareholders to effectively promote it.
In addition to the above things, the Italian media also has some additional expectations for Zhang Kangyang.
Hopefully, he can communicate more with Little Inzaghi, two newcomers who are on the rise in their respective fields, can establish better personal relationships, and it is best to persuade the manager to renew his contract.
I hope that he will bring some surprises in terms of business development, new partners, etc., and even hope that he will join hands with Marotta to get an exciting star reinforcement and so on.
In the world of football, there are some things, some practices, and time tends to precipitate different assessments.
Just a few months ago, the Italian media could not understand Zhang Kangyang's business transformation of "protecting the lifeline the largest", and fan organizations also pulled banners to protest, and Zhang Kangyang was under great pressure.
Looking back now, there have been subtle changes in the assessment of some of the decisions made at the time.
Now, fans are starting to have the courage to have some good expectations. What new stories will emerge? See.