With the celebration for the Scudetto and Italian Cup over, Chivu and Inter are already planning the future for next season. For this reason, the coach and club managers met on the morning of Tuesday 19 May. A meeting that lasted three and a half hours, from 10am to 1.30pm. Marotta, Ausilio, Baccin and Oaktree's top management were present at the meeting.
Pronto il rinnovo per Chivu
It was a clearly programmatic meeting for what must be the lines of the Nerazzurri's transfer market this summer and obviously there was also talk of the contract extension which will be until at least 2028. Then we will see if perhaps he will be able to obtain an agreement for an extra year and if we will go along that line, but the renewal will certainly be up to 2028 with the adjustment of the salary. Fair reward for the first season on the Inter bench, where the coach managed to unite the group by winning two trophies. A double that hasn't been seen since the days of Mourinho, who achieved the Treble in 2010 with Chivu in the team. There is total agreement on the extension and adjustment of the contract, with the official announcement expected to arrive in the next few days.
Le possibili mosse di mercato
Future strategies were then discussed: from planning for next season to the transfer market. We began to discuss the profiles necessary for the renewal of the squad and the foundations were laid for this summer's transfer market, starting with how to replace players who are expiring and who will not remain. They will say goodbye to various pillars such as Sommer, Acerbi, Darmian, Mkhitaryan, Frattesi, perhaps De Vrij (he has the chance to renew for another year). The situation linked to Alessandro Bastoni, who is closer to staying, needs to be understood. Then they will look for a new reliable goalkeeper to accompany Martinez, a central defender, a right winger and a quality player in the attacking midfield. The dreams remain Palestra and Nico Paz, but we will have to see if the Nerazzurri will be able to overcome the obstacles of these two possible negotiations. The high ratings of Atalanta and Real Madrid are not an easy obstacle to overcome for Ausilio and Marotta.
Cristian Chivu has a tactical revolution in mind for Inter: the objective is to abandon the 3-5-2 and move to 4-3-2-1 (4-man defence, 3-man midfield and two attacking midfielders behind the lone striker) to give a more European feel to the team. A 4-3-2-1 in which Koné himself remains a credible target and the Diaby arrow can return to Europe from the Middle East.