Ibrahimovic – Lukaku (Lapresse)
Inter wins but cuts salaries. Milan is without certainty but invests
Italian football is in crisis. This is certified by the balance sheets of the Serie A teams, almost all in deep red. But each club uses its own methods and in this sense – reads the newspaper – Milan and Inter seem to go against the trend. The first is ready to invest, despite not even having the certainty of participation in the next Champions League yet, the second instead, despite the flag already sewn on the chest, has announced cuts to the players’ salaries. At Inter the air is bad, the silent president Suning has asked everyone to give up two months’ salary. The players let drafts pass through the voice of the prosecutors and, then, the count of dissatisfied or who could be: Bastoni and De Vrji, Barella and Lautaro Martinez begins. Others are already with the suitcase outside the door. The problem lies in agreements that are too onerous for the budget: it is a pity to remember them only now. The bill speaks of 144.5 million gross in wages. In China they closed the owner’s club and without honoring all agreements. Here they try to avoid it. There is no championship that holds.
Instead, the US masters of Milan – continues the newspaper – are more in tune with the uses and customs of our football. They do not wallow in money, but play on the bank with a fan’s heart. Donnarumma Dollarumma is back due to the exorbitant requests for recruitment, Milan which renewed the contract to Ibrahimovic (7 million net for a year), has also offered 8 million per season to the young goalkeeper, who has not yet dissolved his reserves. The Rossoneri club flirts with Calhanoglu, probably will spend 28 million to redeem Tomori. Elliott’s AC Milan cannot be said to be richer than Suning’s Inter, but in the last few games there is not only the wallet at stake.