Hakan Çalhanoglu has completed his transfer to Internazionale. I Nerazzurri report through the official channels of the arrival of the 27-year-old Turkish attacking midfielder, who has signed a contract until mid-2024. Çalhanoglu confirmed in Turkish media last week that he is already on his way to Internazionale, which will take him on a free transfer from fellow townsman AC Milan. Serie A number two will also see Gianluigi Donnarumma leave on a free transfer this summer.
The 59-time Turkish international has been under contract with AC Milan since 2017, which paid 23.3 million euros to take over from Bayer Leverkusen. Çalhanoglu, who in the past also wore the shirt of Karlsruher SC and Hamburger SV, played a total of 172 games for i Rossoneric, in which he accounted for 32 goals and 48 assists. At AC Milan, he was now in possession of an expiring contract and both sides were ultimately unable to reach an agreement on a longer cooperation.
AC Milan reportedly offered Calhanoglu an annual salary of €4 million if he agreed to a contract extension. However, according to Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Calhanoglu will earn a net annual salary of five million euros at Inter, plus one million per season in potential bonuses. The Turkish attacking midfielder was successfully medically examined by the champion of Italy in recent days. He is the eighth player in history to make an immediate move from AC Milan to Inter, after Emilio Gattoronchieri, Dario Barluzzi, Fulvio Collovati, Drazen Brncic, Umit Davala, Andrés Guglielminpietro, Francesco Coco, Thomas Helveg and Antonio Cassano.
Inter’s interest in Calhanoglu is not seen separately in Italy from the situation surrounding Christian Eriksen. The midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest shortly before half-time during Denmark’s opening match at the European Championship against Finland. In Serie A it is forbidden to play with a defibrillator. “There are things that can escape even the most precise checkups, also because examinations are periodic, so a problem of this type can arise between one checkup and another,” Lucio Mos, president of the Italian Society of Sports Cardiology, said earlier. .
“Italian regulations are the strictest in the world and this is why the number of sudden deaths during physical activity is much lower than in other countries. The protocols are very strict, so it seems impossible that we will see Eriksen again in the Italian competition,” emphasized Mos. The 29-year-old Eriksen still has a contract with Inter until the summer of 2024. The ex-player of Ajax and Tottenham Hotspur played 34 matches in all competitions last season.