Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund are interested in buying Inter Milan because they are ‘disappointed’ by what they have found at Newcastle United.
That’s the opinion of journalist Marco Barzaghi, who covers the situation and explains whether Newcastle’s owners will be rocking up in Italy.
PIF have been heavily linked with a move to buy Inter Milan, with it believed they are keen to build a football group similar to the City Group, which has clubs all around the world in their network.
There have been multiple reports on the matter, with some claiming that a deal could be done quickly and others insisting the opposite is true and that Inter’s current owners, Suning, don’t even want to sell.
What is clear is that interest has certainly been there, although whether that was before the Newcastle takeover or not has yet to be made clear.
At the moment, it appears there won’t be any deal, something Barzaghi backs up, although he does say PIF are less than impressed by what they’ve found in the North East.
“Suning has no intention of selling, and Marotta confirmed this yesterday,” FC Inter 1908 report him saying.
“The only thing that is apparent at the moment is that PIF is disappointed with his landing in England and has found themselves struggling with too many constraints in England.
“Furthermore, they have realised how unattractive a club like Newcastle, who are also in danger of relegation, can be, despite their economic might.
“So, after seeing the official start of the new stadium, they took up the Inter dossier again. Obviously, nothing is done, and there is absolutely no PIF behind the renewals of Lautaro and Barella.
“PIF wants to reopen negotiations with Inter; we will see if for a minority share or for the majority. They want to have another team besides Newcastle. Whoever says that everything is done, in my opinion, is not telling the truth.”
