3 million Inter fans, supporting Zhang Kangyang to stay, with a debt of 385 million, Suning relied on 3 points to conquer Serie A
Previously, after the "Milan Sports Newspaper" announced Zhang Kangyang's departure from the team, the most influential online media of Italian Inter fans, "Inter News Network", also released a voting option at the same time to find out whether fans would like Zhang Kangyang to continue to be in charge of the team. Unexpectedly, even though there was a debt crisis, most Inter fans still chose to support Zhang Kangyang to stay, and his support rate reached 63%, considering that Inter has more than 4 million supporters in Italy, then the actual number of people who support Zhang Kangyang is likely to exceed 3 million.
Considering that in the past 3 years, Inter Milan has started with negative equity, and needs to sell stars to fill the accounts, or revitalize transfer funds, and it has recently been rumored that Zhang Kangyang cannot repay the 385 million Oaktree Group loan, and it is very likely to lose control of the club. It is all the more remarkable that more than half of the Italian fans can support him.
According to the analysis of major media, the reason why Zhang Kangyang received support is nothing more than three points.
First, it is naturally an excellent achievement. Since Suning took over Inter Milan in 2018, they have helped the Serie A giants win two Serie A titles, two Coppa Italia titles, three Italian Super Cups, and reach one Champions League final and one Europa League final in six years. After all, football is a competitive sport, and the championship is the most convincing proof of this. Moreover, it needs to be noted that Zhang Kangyang is already the third most successful club president of Inter.
Historically, Inter Milan have won a total of 19 Serie A titles, half of which were won by two Moratti family eras, and they have also completed all three Champions League titles and one Champions League final for Inter. The presidents of other clubs are mostly 1-2 in the league, and European competition only blossoms in the UEFA Cup or Cup Winners' Cup. Considering that Suning has only been in charge for 6 years, in terms of championship efficiency, they are more efficient than Moratti Jr. (Massimo Moratti 20 Serie A seasons, 5 leagues, 1 Champions League, 1 Europa League. Second only to the time of Angelo Moratti.
In addition to achievements, the reason why Zhang Kangyang, a Chinese-funded boss, has gained such support is localization. In the era of Massimo Moratti, Inter was called the 'international column', and in 09-10 when they won the treble, Inter even had a situation where all 11 players on the pitch were foreigners. Therefore, although they have suppressed AC Milan in the last ten years, they still lag behind their rivals in terms of the number of fans.
After Zhang Kangyang took the helm of Inter, the situation changed. They invested heavily in Barella (40 million euros) Bastoni (31 million euros), and successively recruited Darmian, Acerbi, Dimarco, Frattesi and other Italian internationals, becoming the first team in Italy to export international players, these Italian local players, so that the number of Italian fans in Italy for the first time in 30 years surpassed AC Milan (4.1 million), has become the second most popular team in the country after Juventus.
The last reason is localization. Let's talk about a surprising fact, the last youth training who was completely born in Inter Milan and played the absolute core of the team was Bergomi, who retired in the 99-00 season.
Since his retirement, Inter has not had its own youth training success for more than 20 years, and if you count from his debut, Inter Milan has not occupied the core of the team for 40 years before Dimarco became the main team. Over the years, only the likes of Balotelli, Thornton, Pasquale, and Del Vecchio have briefly entered the rotation lineup, and the emergence of Dimarco has undoubtedly given Inter Milan youth a new lease of life. His appearance has given hope to Inter Milan youth teams such as Carboni, Fabian, Zanotti, Esposito brothers, and Stankovic brothers, and they have all played well.
Obviously, it is the results + localization + youth training reconstruction that allowed Zhang Kangyang to gain a strong bargaining chip for the support of fans, which also made him full of confidence in the game with Oaktree Group. Perhaps given Suning and Zhang Kangyang another 5 years, they can really surpass the two Moratti, represent the Chinese, and become the first president of Inter.