Inter Milan is wary of "opportunity" signings! Taking advantage of small gains and losing out on Lukeman is a blessing!

In recent days, Inter Milan's transfer movements have suddenly accelerated. Zalevsky completed the physical examination and signing procedures in one day, which is incredibly fast! Aslani's deal is also progressing in an orderly manner, and it feels like the ending should be staged within this week. However, although Inter Milan's players' sales have achieved some results, in the past month, there has been no progress in signings except for the rumors of Lukeman, Conne and Badai.

According to Sky Sports, Inter Milan has officially notified Atlanta and Lukeman agents that they will give up the deal to introduce Lukeman and the negotiations will be completely over. This news almost appeared at the same time as Zalevsky's joining Atlanta, and now Lukeman has returned to Bergamo, so we have reason to guess that the two transactions are related, but "negatively related"! The meaning is that Inter Milan needs to give up introducing Lukeman, at the cost of Atlanta introducing Zalevsky at a "high price" of 17 million euros, alleviating the tension in the relationship between the two clubs caused by Lukeman's failed transfer.

Of course, Inter Milan is mainly concerned with its own intention to give up introducing Lukeman.

The economic factor is that the transfer cost is too high. Inter Milan felt that the cost performance is average after evaluating it. The team's estimated cost for this transfer should be within 50 million euros. However, Atlanta refused Inter Milan's offer and did not even clearly mark the price, because it felt that the price was too far from their psychological price. You should know that Inter Milan itself intervened in the Lukeman transaction because it believed that "there is a bargain to take", but failed to get it.

The competitive factor is that Inter Milan has not strong demand for offensive personnel, and the team's four forwards are very suitable for their abilities, characteristics and age structure. Moreover, judging from the situation of several warm-up matches, Inter Milan will play 352 in the new season, so the team's current number of forward players is completely enough. In an emergency, Enrique can also top the forward line, so there is no need to buy Lukeman.

Another worrying factor is that Tarremi's transfer is not going well. A few days ago, there was a discussion with the Premier League team on the transfer. As a result, there has been no news in the past two days. Moreover, the Premier League has started last weekend, and most teams have basically completed signings, and the probability of getting in is much smaller. At present, Tarremi's prospects for leaving the team are bleak, and the worst case scenario is a failure in the transfer. In this case, Taremi, like Correa last season, had to stay in the team as the fifth striker.

After comprehensive consideration, Inter Milan finally decided to give up the introduction of Lukeman. Instead, he aimed at the midfield and backcourts that should be strengthened, especially in the tough midfielder position, there was a strong demand for signings. Therefore, after the team gave up Lukeman, Cone was mentioned to the top of Inter Milan's signing list. Although Rome has also rejected Inter Milan's purchase at present, it is not completely without a chance.

Sancho has rejected Roma's invitation. They need to find new targets for the front line. If the problem of unfavorable forward line signings and insufficient financial resources under the FFP rules cannot be solved in the next 10 days, Inter Milan still has the opportunity to complete the acquisition! However, the time is too tight at the moment, Inter Milan needs to register, whether it is Frendrup, Mandela Keita or other candidates, to avoid the dilemma of no one to buy at that time.

This summer window, the entanglement between Inter Milan and Lukeman was a farce caused by the "opportunity" signing of Inter Milan's management! Why do you say so? Because Lautaro and Toulam have long decided to stay in the team, after retaining Pio and introducing Boni, the team's forward line has been complete. Moreover, Ziwo does not have a plan to change the 3421 team, so the team does not have a rigid signing demand on the front line.

However, when Inter Milan's management learned through Lukeman's agent that it only takes 40 million euros to complete the transaction, it still chose to take the initiative because there is the opportunity to introduce "high cost-effective" players at low cost!

In the past few seasons, Inter Milan's "opportunity" signings also appeared. In the winter window of 2020, Inter Milan spent 27 million euros to buy Eriksson from Tottenham, who had only half a year left in his contract. As a strong midfielder who contributed 69 goals and 89 assists in 301 games during his seven-year period at Tottenham, he was highly expected by Inter Milan. But we overlooked one thing. Erikson is more inclined to traditional front midfielders. He must have strong back midfielders as a helper and do dirty work for him to organize the offensive work of the last pass in the frontcourt.

However, in Inter Milan's 352 system, the coach cannot give him such preferential treatment. Even the side midfielder who is the main attacker has a considerable defensive task. He is very uncomfortable with this. He did not adapt until the end of his career to adapt and show his due ability. However, he had to leave the team due to heart problems, and Inter Milan did not take back a penny!

Gosenz is also one. During the winter window of 2022, due to the unsuccessful negotiations for renewal with the main left-wing guard Perisic, Inter Milan chose to spend 27.4 million euros to rent first and then buy from Atlanta to introduce Gosenz, who was worth 35 million euros at the time. It seems to be another cost-effective transfer. At that time, Gossens was on the quit due to a hamstring injury, but the team resolutely chose to sign him. It was not until two months later that he recovered from injury and played for Inter Milan.

However, in the subsequent game, we found that Gossens and Dumfries were both wingbacks without the ball. When they were on the court at the same time, the team's offensive threat would be greatly reduced, and his overall pass control system was not adapted enough to Inter Milan, resulting in average performance in the team. His average efficiency of producing 0.1 goals per game at Inter Milan is less than 1/3 of the 0.32 goals in Atlanta! Although he also left a classic scene of flying and shooting Lazio, he ended his unsuccessful Blue and Black career one and a half seasons later..

These two transactions, in my opinion, are both "opportunity" signings from Inter Milan, who think there is a good opportunity to win high cost-effective strong players at low cost, but they ended in failure in the end, including transactions such as Zelinsky and Taremi! Now, Inter Milan is almost replicating the same type of transaction in Lukeman, 27 years old and 10 months old. You should know that the two parties have reached a 5-year contract with an annual salary of 4 million euros, but who can guarantee that at the age of 30 two years later, he can still maintain a stable performance and a healthy and durable body, and will not become the next Zelinsky?

Therefore, Inter Milan's signings should be made in line with the actual needs of the team's lineup and technical and tactical play, rather than taking advantage of the so-called cost-effective signings in the transfer market, and taking advantage of it. Inter Milan has fulfilled it twice in Erickson and Gossens. Missing Lukeman this time seems to be Inter Milan not taking advantage, but it may also avoid the possibility of a big loss!