Having invested on Edin Džeko and Denzel Dumfries following Romelu Lukaku’s big sale to Chelsea, Inter Milan are working to sign Nahitan Nández and a second striker.
That’s according to La Repubblica, who add the Serie A winners will face competition from West Ham United to secure the Cagliari player’s services.
Simone Inzaghi has identified the midfielder as a priority target, but the Sardinia club’s president, Tommaso Giulini, has already rejected Inter’s loan offer, which also had a right of redemption.
The Uruguay international will ‘certainly leave’ his current employer this summer and it’ll be via a sale or loan with an obligation to buy.
It’s claimed the 25-year-old ‘trembles at the idea’ of reaching the San Siro, but his club and the Nerazzurri are ‘experiencing a stalemate’ over negotiations.
Inter still have time to complete the operation, but Giuseppe Marotta ‘has to close quickly because West Ham is back on the boy’.
Sport Mediaset explain the South American has ‘closed the door’ on Inter and is looking for a new club.
This is where David Moyes’ side fit in and it’s said the Hammers ‘return’ for the player.
Cagliari will let Nández leave before the window closes, if it’s a permanent transfer or a loan deal with the inclusion of a mandatory purchase option. If West Ham are ready to meet one of these conditions, they can get ahead of Inter in the race to sign Nández.
