The stubbornness of Sporting and the constraints of Financial Fair Play mean Inter are still chasing Joao Mario with the firm intention to take him to Milan as soon as possible.
The Corriere dello Sport writes: “Bruno de Carvalho, president of the Portuguese team, was in Milan on Sunday, but his presence was not enough to get things moving, in fact he has repeatedly tried to change the tables to their advantage. One of the last requests from him was to secure 10% of a future resale of Joao Mario, followed by an attempt to raise the final price of the player to 50 million. Inter have responded with a firm no to both requests, and also they do not intend to agree to pay the amount for the purchase in two installments, they would prefer four.”
The Portuguese club have some outstanding debts with several banks and it is for this reason that the Sporting president is trying his hardest to raise the price. More complications on the deal are due to 25% of Joao Mario’s rights are owned by ‘Quality Football Ireland’.
The situation is very complicated, but Inter have every intention of wanting to resolve it quickly in order to offer a young and complete midfielder to Frank De Boer. Joao Mario will ideally take the place of Brozovic.
Source: Corriere Dello Sport
