BENITEZ STARTS WITH ZANETTI.
Contact with the captain, the dressing room is happy for the arrival of the Spanish. Balotelli also applauded. And Milito can leave.
INTER: THE SUCCESSOR OF MOURINHO HAS VIRTUALLY MADE A PACT WITH THE SENIOR PLAYERS OF THE TEAM.
Iron pact with the senior players.
The Spanish coach calls captain Zanetti. The dressing room is enthusiastic about the choice of Moratti.
Milan - Rafa Benitez won't come to Milan any time soon but he is already working for Inter. The 58th coach in Inter's history in fact has already contacted the senior players of the dressing room, in particular Javier Zanetti. A long telephone conversation before the captain went to Argentina for vacation. Sort of like a pact. Everyone is excited about the arrival of the Spanish coach. After the words from Thiago Motta came out on Tuesday ("In Spain and in England, he had always fought for the maximum goals"), yesterday came the words of Mario Balotelli: "He is a good technician and I like the way his Liverpool play. Could he repeat what Mourinho did? Why not."
Calmly A good but unhurried coach. Benitez is in fact in Liverpool and in no hurry to sign the contract which will tie him to Inter for two seasons. He just needs to define some details with his old club. Then Rafa wants to concentrate solely on the new life in Milan, without neglecting the search for a new home. That's why today in Milan will only be his agent, Manuel Garcia Quilon, to define the last details. The signature may be affixed to today but by fax. Benitez will arrive in Milan early next week to be presented on Tuesday (because on Monday is the Azzurri's debut in the World Cup).
Eye financial fair play The line of the market has been drawn by telephone contacts between Benitez and the technical director of Inter, Marco Branca. And the Branca yesterday met with Massimo Moratti and Lele Oriali to get to work. With two promises: the team is very competitive and before making purchases, they must sell. In two years, UEFA's financial fair play could take come so all clubs must have a budget in place. Although with improved accounts, this year Inter are still asking for Massimo Moratti for his personal effort which won't be possible in two years.
First of, leaving The first need is to sell. All roads lead to Maicon. The Brazilian fullback is on top of the wish list of Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid and they would be willing to put on the table 27 million for Maicon to dress in white. Too bad that Moratti has a fixed price at 35 million and does not intend to do any discounts. Alternatively, another "big" could leave Milan is Diego Milito. The continuous talking by Hidalgo, agent of Il Principle, has not done pleasure to the leaders of Inter. But the point is that Inter know they can get a lot money for a 31 year-old now, after an perhaps unrepeatable season (30 goals). Without considering that Eto'o might get bored showing his skills on the wing. And with Samu as a central striker that leaves Balotelli as the full time starter. Apart from these two, Marco Branca will try to sell Quaresma and Muntari.
Mascherano and Ranocchia The market for the Ghanaian is especially in England (but also at Genoa) and he could return to the Premier League. Maybe as a part of the deal to bring Mascherano to Inter. Regarding the defense, it's almost done for Ranocchia, born in 1988, but will remain at Bari for six months after suffering that knee injury in January.
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