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Inter Milan locks in the first signing of the season, 30 million new Maicon arrives, and the four young stars are also getting closer

8:42pm, 16 May 2025【Football】

Congratulations to Inter Milan fans, their eagerly anticipated first signing of the season has finally made breakthrough progress. According to the famous reporter Skira, Inter Milan has basically finalized the transfer of Brazilian player Luis Enrique in negotiations with Ligue 1 Marseille. The two sides have no dispute over the overall transfer amount, only the details of the bonus and share, which remains to be considered. The transfer will end as soon as this week.

23-year-old Luis Enrique, born in Brazil's famous player Botafogo, has played a representative season under the new Marseille coach De Zelby this season. He scored 9 goals and 9 assists in 35 games in the team's left wing and right wingback, creating an average of up to 5.5 goals per game, which is considered by Brazilian football as the new Macon.

Inter Milan's interest in this Brazilian wing is derived from Marseille in the hands of De Zelby this season. It is based on three defenders and focuses on two sets of tactics. For Inter Milan, which also has three defenders as the core tactics, it can be seamlessly inserted. Enrique's versatile attributes will also help Inter Milan coach Inzaghi develop new tactics.

The ability to finalize this transfer so quickly is due to the fact that Inter Milan will participate in the first Club World Cup soon. This event has a generous prize and can earn 30-50 million euros in the group stage. If Inter Milan can top it, the final prize is expected to reach 120 million euros, and Inter Milan will only have 120 million euros after the Champions League semi-finals, which is only the second highest prize in the world of the Champions League event. With Enrique joining, Inter Milan is bound to be expected to go further in this event.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to making progress in Enrique's transfer, Inter Milan has also made great progress in youth and localization. They are expected to win four new stars in the Serie A this summer, significantly reducing the team's average age. On the forward line, Inter Milan's goals have gradually been clear, and they have locked in Bologna's 20-year-old Argentine striker Castro and Parma's 21-year-old French striker Bernie. Both of these players are believed by Inter Milan to have fully demonstrated their potential in Serie A and will usher in explosive progress in the future.

Castro is 182CM tall and comes from Saasfield, the parent team of Inter Milan vice chairman Zanetti. His playing style is similar to Inter Milan captain Lautaro. He started 31 games for Bologna this season, scoring 10 goals and assisting 7 times, and has become the absolute core of the team. Once he joins, Lautaro will learn from Inter Milan captain "real Lautaro". The two will also form a favorable pass-through structure at the age of 27 and 20. Bologna asked him for 40 million euros.

As for French striker Bernie, it reminds people of former Inter striker Lukaku, who is 189CM tall and weighs 90KG. He is a truly heavy center with back-to-back skills in the penalty area and strong speed explosion, as well as pretty good foot skills. He is the type that Inter Milan lacks in the current team. Parma's asking price for him is 20 million euros.

In the defense, Inter Milan is interested in the Italian hope star Leoni, who also plays for Parma. Although this player born in 2006 is only 18 years old, he is already regarded as Bastoni in Italian football. He is 193CM tall and has excellent ball-playing skills. Parma asks him for about 15 million euros. However, even if Inter Milan wins Leoni, it is likely to continue to loan him to Parma to facilitate his continued growth.

Once these three new stars are locked in, they will become the propellant for Inter Milan's youthfulness, together with 21-year-old Croatian midfielder Susic, who has been confirmed to join Inter Milan during the winter break. Considering that most of the core players in Inter Milan are 26-29 years old and are still in their peak period, after completing the introduction of these four new stars, they will definitely continue to be in the prosperous period of Inter Milan.