How much transfer market does Inter expect in the summer: it will be the revolution that will weigh on Oaktree’s ambitions. But for January the market men have already finished their work

Inter are navigating the highest levels of the championship and Europe even without the brightest diamond starting to shine. Woe betide anyone talking about a case for Lautaro Martinez, but Toro is the exact photograph of the players squeezed by an exhausting and non-stop season. Without a solution of continuity, the Argentine has shuttled between his homeland, Italy and the Champions League, and his performance is suffering as a result. It’s true that we are living with the glimpses of a revived Joaquin Correa, but for now Mehdi Taremi has disappointed and Marko Arnautovic hasn’t been seen. It is the only flaw, if we want to find one, of an Inter team that however has nothing else to repair in view of the January transfer window. However, they will have to get ready now for the summer one and Oaktree has two options: open their wallets wide open and try to open a new cycle or risk making the identity cards of the many champions in the squad yellow with all the consequent dangers.

The revolution that awaits Inter in the summerThe age of Inter’s players doesn’t lie: a very profound change will be needed behind it, Francesco Acerbi is now thirty-six years old and Stefan de Vrij is thirty-two but with a fair history of injuries attached. A starter or maybe two to strengthen the department, also because Matteo Darmian now marks thirty-five on the calendar of life. Ditto in midfield: both Hakan Calhanoglu and Piotr Zielinski will be over thirty and Hekrikh Mkhitaryan will be over thirty-six in January. We will need a starter in the department, also because there is no shortage of transfer sirens for Calha, also because those for Nicolò Barella will arrive like every summer. And then as mentioned there is the attack, who knows if PSG will make a dream offer for Marcus Thuram, who will arrive for Lautaro Martinez. Next summer will be the litmus test for Oaktree and the right one to measure the ambitions of the American fund. However, the work of Giuseppe Marotta and Piero Ausilio, together with Simone Inzaghi, has guaranteed another season at the highest level with this squad. Perhaps at the last round of waltzes, before a revolution although not total but necessary. But for now, everything continues to dance beautifully.

What needs to be repaired?
Already. What needs to be fixed now? The last laps of waltzes say that on the pitch Inzaghi has created a perfect machine, oiled to perfection, even if the many scoring opportunities granted to his opponents sound like a first alarm bell, if compared to the Maginot of the recent past. The scouting work led by Dario Baccin always follows the path of a diktat. Few, but good. Very. Yann Bisseck taken from Aarhus is the best example of the work of the Nerazzurri scouts, which is why we are curious to see Tajon Buchanan and Tomas Palacios soon. And in the Spring, Luka Topalovic grows and has been the most important investment for the cantera about whom, like Mike Aidoo, great things are also said in the first team locker room. This is why there is little to fix now. If an offer were to arrive for a player like Arnautovic, or even Taremi, or even Correa, therefore an attacker, Inter could evaluate it. But in midfield it is complete, even if a co-starter for Calhanoglu will be needed if Krjstian Asllani continues to not guarantee starting positions for Inzaghi. Behind too, even if next season it will be time for a revolution. Already. But not now. Not yet.