Marcus Thuram from Milan to Inter, all the fault of a phone call – Corriere.it

Go and trust your cousins. Snake relatives. On the day in which Milan awaited the definitive answer from Marcus Thuram, identified as the new star of Stefano Pioli’s attack, one phone call too many ruined the plans. The call that shuffled the cards and ruined the Rossoneri’s programs came from the Inter headquarters in viale della Liberazione. Hey Marcus, how about coming to Pinetina?.

A sensational hoax, at the end of a series of teasing, disturbing maneuvers, overtaking and counter-overtaking between the two clubs. Marcus Thuram, identified for weeks by the AC Milan club as the player to alternate with Giroud to finalize the team’s game he accepted the project presented to him by Marotta and Ausilio. With his contract with Borussia Monchengladbach expiring, Thuram jr has so far reflected on the offers received. First he rejected PSG’s offer, when it was clear that the coach would be Luis Enrique and not Nagelsmann. Yesterday the no also to Leipzig, which had turned up its nose at the twenty-six-year-old’s request to obtain a 10 million signing bonus.

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The market men of Milan, Giorgio Furlani and Geoffrey Moncada, were ready to welcome the player, coaxed by Giroud, Maignan and Theo Hernandez into the France training camp. They thought they had a free highway ahead of them after they had it on their plate made a salary of 6 million per seasona figure that would have hoisted Thuram to the top of the ranking of the highest paid in the squad.

Per, Marotta and Ausilio screwed up the Devil’s plans. It is not known whether it was also in response to Lukaku’s clumsy robbery attempt in recent days or only out of real conviction, since Marcus had already been in the Nerazzurri’s notebook two summers ago when Correa then arrived.

The proposal of the Inter managers was not far from the AC Milan one, that is 5.5 million contract and role in the team as Dzeko’s heir. But the overall project has convinced the player that he will sign a five-year contract in the next few days; for the salary to be paid to the striker, the Nerazzurri will benefit from the tax breaks of the Growth Decree.

The market derby between the two clubs doesn’t end there. In fact, the Nerazzurri have not lost the optimism of also winning Davide Frattesi from Sassuolo, despite the fact that Milan, after the cash from the sale of Tonali to Newcastle, is ready to immediately invest part of it for the midfielder. Yesterday the Rossoneri management had contact with Giovanni Carnevali, CEO of the Emilians. The price that has risen to 40 million for now cools the Rossoneri’s enthusiasm who now need to find a striker on the market – Openda del Lens costs 50 million -. Certainly other meetings will follow while in the meantime the Devil is also working on the track that leads to Turkish attacking midfielder Arda Guler.

Yesterday a letter was sent to Fenerbahe to obtain authorization to deal with the player, covered by a 17.5 million euro release clause. Inter on the other hand, who are waiting for the relaunch of Al Nassr to sell Brozovic – the expected figure of 25 million -, and an official proposal from Union Berlin for Gosens has identified Cesar Azpilicueta as the figure to be included in the squad instead of Skriniar.

Thirty-three years old, physically intact, the Spaniard linked to Chelsea for another year of contract. He has already asked the blues to terminate the deal early, considering age and contribution to the cause (9 trophies won). A biennial is ready for him. Then calmly he will study the situation relating to Onana and fans in the Premier League. But in the meantime, Inter Milan is celebrating, while the neighbors of the Devil, in shock after the farewells of Ibrahimovic, Maldini and Tonali, wonder about the future.