Speaking of Inter Milan CEO Marotta and director Osirio, they have always been the titles of "visa-free holy hand", "transfer expert" and "club money-making expert", after all, in the past 5 years, Inter Milan has suffered the double impact of the epidemic and the thunderstorm of the club's parent company, but it can still operate well, and even gradually turn losses into profits at the financial level, which is inseparable from this golden partner.
However, in these 5 years, there is one transfer that is a stain on the achievements of the two. That's Argentine striker Joaquin. Correa's transfer.
In the 21-22 season three years ago, Inter coach Inzaghi Jr. arrived for the first time, and the Belgian striker Lukaku, who was originally determined to stay, suddenly wanted to go to the Premier League because of Chelsea's sky-high offer. In desperation, Inter could only tearfully get a transfer fee of 110 million euros and send Lukaku away.
After his departure, Inter had a hard time selecting a new centre-forward. They first decisively took Bosnian Dzeko from Roma as a replacement, but the 35-year-old Dzeko was clearly unable to replace Lukaku, who scored 30 goals and provided 11 assists in the previous championship season, and combined with Lautaro to become Europe's sharpest striker. Therefore, only one more person can make up for the loss of Lukaku.
They first looked for Thuram, who is now Inter's main Indian center, but Thuram was injured in training and had to rest for at least half a year. Then Inter took a look at Atalanta's Colombian striker Zapata, who was called Italy's most Lukaku-like striker, but unfortunately, he was injured again.
Finally, Inter set their sights on Inzaghi Jr.'s old club at Lazio, Argentina international Joaquín Correa. Although, Inter have just offended Lazio on the issue of Inzaghi Jr., and their boss De Laurentiis will definitely stab them. But in order to give a gift to the new coach and make up for the sadness of the fans losing Lukaku, Inter Milan still used a loan of 5 million euros + 28 million euros to buy out Joaquin Correa, who was 26 years old at the time.
Unexpectedly, this veteran Inzaghi Jr., since coming to Inter, except for the first few highlights, has been related to injuries at other moments, and every time his performance improves, he will immediately return to the sickbed. In the past two years, he has only scored 10 goals for Inter, and according to the transfer fee, the average value per ball is 3.3 million euros.
In desperation, Inter loaned him to Marseille last summer and set a buyout of 10 million euros. As a result, he went to Ligue 1 and actually intensified, making 19 appearances for the team so far, 0 goals and 0 assists.
Fortunately, although Correa is in Europe, there is no longer a market. But in his native Argentina, he still has no shortage of supporters because of his good looks. His academy club La Plata Estudiantes has expressed his willingness to take over Correa, although they certainly can't afford to pay too much transfer fee, but at present, Coria has a two-year contract at Inter, with an annual salary of 6 million euros before tax, as long as he can leave, it is equivalent to recovering 12 million costs for the club.
In addition to Correa, Inter could also reclaim another €13 million from French midfielder Agume, who is currently on loan at Sevilla, and Uruguayan striker Satriano, who is on loan at Brest in Ligue 1.
In other words, among these three loan players, Inter can get 25 million euros in financial book income, which is undoubtedly a great news for Inter Milan, which is expected to turn a financial turnaround this summer.
At the same time, it also gives them more options in the transfer market this summer.