Inter Continue to Pursue Parma and Genoa Defenders | OneFootball

Inter bolstered other roles in the early going, but their dated intention of getting younger in the back hasn’t changed, nor have their main targets, Giovanni Leoni and Koni De Winter, whom they have scouted all year long.

According to Alfredo Pedullà, the Nerazzurri are on great terms with both Parma and Genoa. Christian Chivu’s appointment tips the scale in favor of the Italian prodigy. However, it’ll take a significant investment to convince the counterparty, which would like to keep him a while longer. The Scudetto runner-ups just brokered the loan of Valentin Carboni to the Rossoblù.

Per La Gazzetta dello Sport, Inter covet Leoni, but the Ducali might budge only in front of a €40M offer, while the Liguria-based team could agree to sell De Winter for €25M. Feyenoord’s David Hancko represents an older fallback.

The Nerazzurri would prefer to straight-up fortify their rearguard without losing anybody. They’d be open to making a ‘plusvalenza’ on Yann Aurel Bisseck only for mammoth offers, which haven’t arrived. He’s highly likely to stay.

If there’s an odd man out, it’ll be Francesco Acerbi, but the front office and the coaching staff are OK with keeping him in a reduced role. They will let him go if he receives an enticing proposal, but won’t pay a €500k clause present in his contract just to get rid of him.

Our Take on Inter Tracking Leoni and De Winter

There was a lot of impetus about this in the months leading up to the summer, and it’s strange that they haven’t acted on it sooner. They might be waiting for Parma, from which they already poached Chivu and Ange-Yoan Bonny, to unbend about partying ways with their prospect.