Yesterday, the front page of the newspaper "Milan Sport" headlined: Inter may bring in Kim Min-jae.
All of a sudden, dozens of private messages were received asking about it. Despite repeated stresses that the transfer period should be based on T0 and T1 sources, with the exception of Pink Newspaper, the enthusiasm is understandable.
This reminds me of an incident that happened in South Korea the day before yesterday.
Son Heung-min, who is at home on vacation, went to a park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, to play wild ball to stay in shape. After the news spread on social networking sites, thousands of fans ran to crowd the park, climbing over walls, rushing to the stadium, and fighting for positions...... For a time, the situation was chaotic, and after the police call of the police station was blown up, a large number of police forces had to be temporarily mobilized to avoid a bigger accident.
Mr. Son publicly apologized a day later.
In South Korea, Kim Min-jae's popularity is at the same level as Son Heung-min, and it would undoubtedly be helpful if Inter had the opportunity to bring in the defender, and that help is not just in the sport. It is normal for Oaktree Capital to be interested in Sun Xingmin.
However, as transfer experts have emphasized: Kim Min-jae is a dream for Inter that is as difficult as a "taboo", due to the lack of funds.
Oaktree Capital does not plan to inject capital into the new Inter Milan and give a "meeting gift", which is the current situation.
According to Bild, as Bayern's top 5 players in the history of introducing players, even if Bayern has introduced players such as Ito Hiroki, it may push Kim Min-jae to the ball market, and there must be a purpose: to return funds.
Even if the Nerazzurri bring in on a rent-to-buy basis, in order to convince Bayern, they will be asked to pay a hefty loan fee with a mandatory buy-out clause. Even if Inter Bayern has a good relationship, it is not easy to expect Bayern to send such a high-priced player to Inter in the form of "prostitution loan".
This will require Inter to prepare a sum of cash and a significant amount of FFP (now after all the MOU is in force) before it can move forward with a deal.
For now, at least, these two conditions are not in place – even if De Vrij is sold, it will not be enough.
The news from the Middle East is that the issue of Pioli's entry into Saudi Jeddah United (Ittihad) is not a complete one, and Benzema and others do not support it.
De Vrij's agent (Pastorerello) has also said that the hype that the Dutchman is going to Saudi Arabia is just rumours and that the player is only focused on the European Championship at the moment. De Vrij himself also expressed his desire to stay at Inter after the quarter-finals of the European Championship.
Fabrizio Romano has also confirmed that there are indeed Saudi teams interested in De Vrij, but no offers have yet come to the door.
To sum up, it is too difficult for Inter to sign Kim Min-jae, and the prerequisites are still far from being realized. Just keep paying attention, and now you are in a hurry with the mentality of "not achieving a complete breakthrough".
A number of market experts pointed out that the main difficulties in the operation and reinforcement of Inter Milan this summer lie in three points: First, the progress of selling redundant personnel to recover funds is not smooth. Second, Napoli, AC Milan, Juventus and other teams will collectively change coaches, and they will increase their reinforcements, causing the Serie A recruitment market to be a little too volatile, and the risk of breaking out into a bidding war is not small. Third, Oaktree Capital has imposed restrictions on Inter's recruitment, which conflicts with Inzaghi Jr.'s employment habits and needs to be reconciled urgently.
What are the limitations? Oaktree Capital has invented a new word: Inter need to focus on the "resale value" of the signings. Because of this word, Hermoso's possibility of joining Inter is almost blocked.
It's that Inter Milan is not inclined to introduce players who are 28-9 years old or older, and they will become veterans in 2-3 years, and it is very unlikely that they will be sold to make a wave of price difference, this kind of player, Oak Capital does not like. They hope that Inter will bring in players in their early 20s or even younger, and if they can play and sell them, they can make a profit, and they can win some Capital Gain for Inter, which will look much better on the books and make it easier to sell the team.
This naturally leads to controversy. Inter has done a lot of things over the years, such as Achraf and Onana.
However, is the "one-size-fits-all" complete restriction on the introduction of veterans justified?
It may not be reasonable, because although Inter coach Inzaghi has improved in the past two years, he is not a coach who lets go and trusts young people, as evidenced by Inter's "donkey, big donkey, two donkey, three" (Acerbi, Darmian, Mkhitaryan) last season. The most taboo thing to do in any economy is the high decision-making level, and the doers in charge of the front line have differences in philosophy, which needs to be reconciled urgently.
On Twitter INS, many fans are sighing: Fortunately, Zielinski and Taremi, two players with low "resale value", were done before Oaktree Capital took over, otherwise it would have ......
At the moment, experts in the ball market are mentioning a name: if De Vrij eventually leaves the team and Inter are unable to achieve the miracle of bringing in Kim Min-jae, then the Nerazzurri also have a relatively young plan B, such as Udinese's Bjorn. The 25-year-old Slovenian is a strong frontal defender who stands out for the long board and has a lot of work on his head, with an average of 9.5 clearances per game (mostly broken crosses) at Euro 2024, a total of 38 clearances, the highest among hundreds of players in the 24 teams.
The Nerazzurri have already laid out the plan on Bjor's issue. Björn also has a certain "resale value", after all, he belongs to the same agency as Ten Hag, Pep Guardiola and other coaches.
At the moment, there is a lot of uncertainty about whether De Vrij will leave, but if it really happens, the Slovenian ball could be a candidate for Inter.