Inter Milan’s Corporate CEO Alessandro Antonello has reaffirmed his belief in ownership group Suning’s financial support of the club after recent reports that the Italian champions are seeking new investment.
Although Simone Inzaghi’s men have started the season well on the pitch, summer changes included big money sales of last season’s MVP Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea, Achraf Hakimi to Inter Milan and coach Antonio Conte whose replacement was Inzaghi from Serie A rivals SS Lazio.
“Suning has always supported the club and I believe will still support it,” Antonello told Gazzetta. “We managers have to think about getting the right results on and off the pitch, then what happens will happen.”
Despite the raft of changes this summer which has seen the likes of Edin Dzeko, Denzel Dumfries and Joaquin Correa arrive at Giuseppe Meazza, Inter remain in well-documented financial trouble while Suning’s Chinese club Jiangsu has already ceased to exist earlier this year.
Other Chinese giants such as Guangzhou FC are currently in major difficult with ownership group Evergrande on the verge of collapse and Suning’s liquidity and debt concerns have Inter fans and Italian soccer fearful for the future.
The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund which tried unsuccessfully to acquire Newcastle United in 2020 is the latest group to have been linked with the Italian giants as they try to focus on a successful title defense and improved UEFA Champions League showing.
Inter opened with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid and are in action this Tuesday against Fiorentina and then again on Saturday against Atalanta before next week’s trip to Shakhtar Donetsk — all on Paramount+.
