Having already spent time in Italy with AS Roma, Lucas Digne knows exactly what to expect from Serie A football.
That’s why, when Inter came knocking, he was happy enough to listen to them following the break down in his relationship with Rafa Benitez at Everton.
The Frenchman hasn’t featured under the Spaniard since December, and there is a firm belief an exit could be found in January, but only with the right deal.
Everton are keen to cash in if they can, having already brought in Vitaliy Mykolenko to replace Digne, and Inter are still circling around.
Calciomercato explain that following Benitez’s acknowledgment that the player wants to leave, his name ‘agrees with everyone at Inter from a technical point of view’.
There is a ‘strong desire’ to return to Italy from Digne himself, which could prove ‘decisive’ in any future talks.
Inter are ‘monitoring the situation very carefully’, but aren’t in a position to make ‘expensive investments’, meaning no loan with an obligation to buy.
That’s why their ‘first approaches’ with Everton ‘were cold’, but ‘the strong stance’ from the 28-year-old ‘can great change the cards on the table’.
Inter ‘already have the approval of the player’, but ‘must beware of Chelsea’, who could ‘find themselves on the market path of the Nerazzuri’.
