🤬 Inter turmoil: rift between Lautaro, Çalhanoglu, Thuram too?💥 | OneFootball

Lautaro Martinez thunders. After the defeat against Fluminense and the subsequent elimination from the Club World Cup, Inter's captain wanted to get something off his chest: "We wear a great jersey, we want to win. Whoever doesn't want to stay, should leave".

No specific recipient, although then on Dazn President Marotta dropped the bomb: "Lautaro? Captain's words. I imagine he was referring to Çalhanoglu, with whom we will talk. Lautaro's opinion reflects that of the company".

The evening, therefore, was dense, but perhaps this morning is even more so. First the Instagram story of Çalhanoglu's wife, then the player's own response, which arrived just before lunch with a very harsh statement. The atmosphere, in short, is hot.

👋 Çalha but not only, who has pulled the plug?

With the social response and Marotta's words, there are no longer any doubts that Çalha was the first one interested in Lautaro's words. It's no secret, the ex-Milan is the big dream of Galatasaray and - as it filters - the interest is mutual. A very rich contract is already ready, we are talking about 10 million euros net per season. The problem, then, is the distance between the offer of the Istanbul club (15 million) and the request of the nerazzurri (25/30).

With the sale of their own play, Inter should go in search of a replacement and the feeling is that it will not be easy if - as it seems - the targets are signing elsewhere (Ricci-Milan) or are very expensive (Rovella, for whom Lotito seems to ask for the 50 million of the clause).

But Çalha is hardly the only one to whom the Toro was referring. From Frattesi's bellyache in January, to a Thuram with 5 goals in all of 2025: the possible recipients are easily identifiable.

In fact, a like that will increase the discord appears. Tikus has expressed his liking for the Turkish midfielder's post. A gesture that will cause a lot of discussion, both inside and outside the locker room.

🤑 And now? Chivu hopes for help from the market

Lautaro has done his part, speaking as a captain and sending a strong signal to the club, which now has to respond. How? By refreshing the squad, for example. A great coach like Pep Guardiola some time ago admitted in an interview that he had often sold players not because they were out of his project, but because the squad needed new people, players who had a hunger to win.

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Well, perhaps this is where we could start. Of the new arrivals, for now the only one who seems to really be able to take a more or less fixed starting position is Sucic, even if it won't be easy to take Mkhitaryan's place. Luis Henrique has been postponed, while Bonny was taken as a valid alternative to TuLa, not certainly to play the first violin.

Some other piece, therefore, could also help the old guard to find motivations and above all positive energies, that is what this terrible end of season has swept away.

First of all, however, the work that Chivu will have to do is mental and the proof is being had right now. Since the final in Munich and the consequent farewell of Inzaghi, something seems to have broken. The holidays will patch things up and recharge the batteries, but the feeling is that the intervention of the company is needed to bring back the calm in a group that - it is right to remember - until April was still fighting on all fronts.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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