According to a number of Italian financial media, Zhang Kangyang, the chairman of Inter Milan who is currently in Nanjing, will officially sign a new loan agreement with Pimco in California between 2 and 3 next week, and the completion of this signing also indicates that the 'Chinese dynasty' of the Serie A giants opened by Suning since Suning took over Inter Milan in 2018 will continue.
As early as November last year, it was rumored that he had reached a renewal agreement with the original lender Oaktree (Oaktree Group), which was willing to let him collect only 100 million euros of interest by raising the interest rate, and the remaining 275 million euros of the loan would be deferred until 2027.
Who knew that after Inter's unexpected exit from the Champions League round of 16, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction, Oaktree actually reversed the previous agreement and forced Zhang Kangyang to repay all the loans, otherwise they would forcibly sell Inter and take their own part.
Obviously, once forced to sell, Inter's value will be greatly reduced. At present, the valuation of Inter in the market is about 1.2-1.5 billion euros, and if it is sold by Oak Group, I am afraid that it will be reduced to 8-1 billion euros by the acquirer, and the Zhang family will lose 200 million euros in vain.
That's why Zhang Kangyang will look for new investors after April. It has successively contacted many capitals such as the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and the United States, and finally reached an agreement with Pimco Pacific Capital to avoid the end of forced liquidation.
At the same time, with the completion of Zhang Kangyang's refinancing plan, Inter Milan will also officially open the contract renewal agreement with Lautaro, Barella and coach Inzaghi Jr.
According to Inter director Osirio in an interview with DAZN, the renewal of the contract of the three little Inzaghi is the easiest, the cooperation intention of the two sides is clear, and the salary has already been finalized, and the little Inzaghi will increase the salary by 1 million on the original annual salary of 5 million euros after tax, and attach some bonuses on the performance, and the new contract will be until 2027.
The second is Barella, who has reached an agreement with Inter on a contract with an annual salary of 7.5 million euros after tax, but the main point of contention between the two sides is the flexible ratio of this contract. In this agreement, Inter has added a flexible agreement tied to the results, and Barella agrees that it should be so, but this flexible range from 500,000 euros to 1.5 million euros is widely discussed, and the details have yet to be implemented. However, this 2029 agreement has indeed been signed.
The most complicated thing is the renewal of Inter captain Lautaro, according to the team reporter Guaro, there is still a gap of 2 million euros between Inter and Lautaro's contract. At the moment, Inter Milan is offering a bonus of 8 million euros + 2 million euros, while Lautaro is asking for 10 million euros + 2 million euros.
On the club's side, if Lautaro gets an annual salary of 12 million euros after tax, it will undoubtedly affect the harmonious atmosphere in the team and make the rest of the team's core players unhappy.
In Lautaro's view, 27-32 years old is the golden age of a center forward, not to mention, he has scored at least 20 goals for Inter in the past five years, and has a season appearance rate of more than 90%.
However, at present, Inter Milan and the three key players of the team do not have an essential conflict, I believe that as Zhang Kangyang solves the financial problem, Inter's management will quickly move forward with the three-man agreement, and at the end of May, before the end of the Serie A league, their new contracts will be finalized one after another.