Late on Thursday, we brought you the latest from Gazzetta dello Sport regarding Gabriel Barbosa and West Ham’s interest in the Inter forward.
Returning from his loan spell at Santos, the Brazilian knows he doesn’t have a spot in Luciano Spalletti’s plans, meaning he’s going to have to find himself a new club, either permanently or, once again, temporarily.
Gazzetta explained the Serie A side were happy to transfer him out definitively to any club around the world, but should it come to a loan, they’d rather it stayed within the confines of Europe.
West Ham were the only club mentioned at the time, and the same has happened again in Corriere della Sera, suggesting the Hammers really are pushing for a deal.
However, they have set some limits, as the Italian newspaper explain the €20m demanded by Inter ‘seem too much’, an amount they feel is the only sum they can sell him for to ensure they don’t lose too much on their initial €33m expenditure.The relationship between the two sides isn’t bad, having managed to agree on a Joao Mario loan last year, but Corriere della Sera seem to think it’s ‘sale or nothing’ at the moment in Milan.
Will that change as the transfer window rumbles on? Most likely, but their initial effort will be to find him a forever home.
