Trying to clear the confusion about our next GK



I read a lot of confused post about why we are even considering Martinez and not getting Bento or other better profiles, and the few English translated X posts keep adding to the confusion.

So here I try to help getting things sorted in a more clear way using a fcinternews article as a reference.

1) Bento was the Inter favourite, but his club suddenly asked 40mln after he got the chance to show his performances at an international level with the Brazilian national team. So no, he is not just a few bucks more then Martinez, but at least 3 times more, cause the Athletico PR would like to get a bidding war from top European team just starting from those 40mln. When Inter heard those numbers they just ended any contact with the club and just searched for other players.

2) Okoye seemed like a good prospect, but Udinese would like him to play a bit more to increase his value (he played just for a frlew months, not the entire season) and eventually sell it for a lot more next year. So they are declining any sensed offer, and the feeling is theat they would sell him only for really big numbers, taking account of the pontential value of the player and not his current experience.

3) Jorgensen was proposed by his agents, but he was never on the mind of Inter managers. He also just renewed his contract, so he would even cost more than before.

4) Audero wasn't so much appreciated by Inter managers, if not as a good person to keep on the bench. So they will let the clause to get it back to expire and he is already preparing to join Como.

5) Martinez has an evaluation of around 18mln, perfectly inside the 20mln Inter budget (the one they would have spent on Bento, before his value increase), but Inter knows also that with Genoa there is also the chance to get a better deal, so they are trying to spend around 10-15 cash and offer a youth player like Esposito, Satriano or Oristanio as a partial payment card, so spending a lot less then the 20mln.

TLDR:
Martinez is a budget option to add just better stats than Audero, hoping he will grow up during next season. Aso, he is the only one on a reasonable price right now with Bento and Okoye increased evaluations and Jorgensen just renewing his contract.

by JoseonDrake

2 comments
  1. kind of a dick move from athletico PR, I remember reading last year that they had told bento they would accept Inter’s offer this year, feel bad for bento as he has been an inter fan and wanted to play for us.

  2. i just don’t believe the story that they raised his evaluation randomly to 40m lol

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