Inter have won the battle to sign Davide Frattesi from Inter, although in the end it was a battle that never really got going because AC Milan quickly withdrew.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani had lunch with his Sassuolo counterpart Giovanni Carnevali and Frattesi’s agent Giuseppe Riso at ‘Consolare’, a restaurant in Brera in the heart of Milan.
They spoke about Frattesi, but it didn’t get very far once it became apparently Sassuolo were asking for a sum exceeding €30m and Milan weren’t willing to ‘go crazy’ or participate in an auction.
Furlani probed the ground for a possible negotiation, premising that Sassuolo’s evaluation was considered excessive, Carnevali reiterated that these were the club’s requests they would not change.
No offers were made by the Rossoneri, while Carnevali was also honest with Furlani and stated that Inter had a big advantage and the player was very much hoping to move there.
Nothing came of yesterday’s meeting, therefore, but the CEOs of Milan and Sassuolo have laid the foundations for a relationship that could lead to new operations between the two clubs in the future.
