It's one of the soap operas of the summer, but it could well be coming to an end.
Milan Skriniar, followed by Chelsea, Tottenham and especially Paris Saint-Germain, should stay at Inter, according to his coach.
“The team is closed.
We just need a replacement for Ranocchia, and the club is working on it.
For the rest, our transfer window is over, in the direction of departures and arrivals, ”said Simone Inzaghi at a press conference.
#Inzaghi: "Il mercato? La squadra è questa, l'ho concordata con società e proprietà. Quindi la squadra sarà questa, ci manca solo un sostituto di Ranocchia. La società sta lavorando su questo. Per il resto mercato chiuso in entrata e induced"
— Daniele Mari (@marifcinter) August 12, 2022
Inter Milan should therefore no longer be active on the transfer market, except to fill the departure of its central defender Andrea Rannochia, who left for Monza.
Simakan to forget Skriniar at PSG?
The declaration of the Italian technician therefore surely marks the end of the Milan Skriniar file in Paris.
The capital club does not want to overpay the central defender, which may explain the length of negotiations between the two entities.
While Inter are asking for 70 million euros for their Slovak international, PSG have only offered between 50 and 60 million euros, bonus included.
If the Milan Skriniar track goes away, Paris Saint-Germain could turn to Mohamed Simakan, according to L'Équipe.
Former Strasbourg player today at RB Leipzig, he acts as an alternative to the position of central defender.
The Frenchman had a three-man defense in Germany as in Alsace, and has mastered the system put in place by Christophe Galtier this season.
Leipzig hopes 40 million euros for Mohamed Simakan, 22 years old and under contract until 2026. In the event of a sufficient offer, the German club would not be opposed to a sale of the native of Marseille.
According to the specialized site Transfermarkt, he is now valued at 22 million euros on the transfer market.