Monday, June 21, 2021 at 08:09• Daniel Cabot Kerkdijk • Last update: 08:28

Internazionale intends to cause a huge stunt within the Serie A. Italian media report concrete interest from the reigning national champion in Hakan Calhanoglu, who can call himself a player of city rivals AC Milan for exactly nine days. The 27-year-old Turkish international has an expiring contract and both parties have not yet agreed on a new contract.

AC Milan are reportedly offering Calhanoglu an annual salary of €4 million if he agrees to a contract extension. According to local media, that is a lower proposal than Inter made to the attacking midfielder, but i Rossoneric are not going to start a bidding war. This also became apparent during the talks with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who will almost certainly start transfer-free at Paris Saint-Germain from 1 July.

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.

Simone Inzaghi, the new Inter manager, is reportedly sympathetic to the arrival of Calhanoglu, who went from Bayer Leverkusen to AC Milan in the summer of 2017 for 24 million euros. The Turk was good for 172 games and 32 goals in all competitions.