He Inter from Milan evaluated the possibility of incorporating Marco AsensioPSG attacker (currently given in Aston Villa), during the winter signing market. According to Italian media, the Nerazzurri club considered the option, but finally decided to rule it out after a detailed analysis. Asensio He ended up arriving at Aston Villa as a loan until the end of the season. The Spanish attacker did not enter Luis Enrique’s plansso Inter could have been an alternative to relaunch its career in the Serie A.
Nevertheless, The impossibility of getting rid of Marko Arnautovic led Beppe Marotta to give up the operation. To this was added the permanence in the team of Joaquín Correa, who will continue until the end of his contract. Both players will leave the Giuseppe Meazza As free agents Once the season is over. During the January signing window, these limitations They prevented May the club make movements in the lead. Although Spanish would have been an interesting reinforcement to accompany Lautaro Martínez and Marcus Thuram, the insecurity Del Inter in undertaking the operation caused Asensio to accept the proposal of Aston Villa.
In this sense, now, the former Real Madrid player, You are finding minutes in the team led by Unai Emery. An operation similar to that of Marcus Rashford, which had lost prominence in Manchester United and now both players will seek to recover prominence and dispute the UEFA Champions League In this final section of the 2024-2025 season.
Ausilio denies negotiations by Asensio and João Félix
The sports director of Inter, Piero Ausilio, He denied that the club was really interested in signing Asensio or João Félix in January. As explained in statements to SportMediasetthe rumors about both players arose mainly due to movements of their agents, who sought options to place their represented.
“When you have important players such as Asensio or João Félix, it is normal for your agents to try to generate market opportunities,” said Ausilio. “They contacted us to offer them, but from the beginning we made it clear that our front was already covered and we had no intention of making new additions.”
João Félix, who ended up arriving at AC Milan as ceded by Chelseahe had revealed that his agent, Jorge Mendes, informed him of the alleged interest of the Inter. However, Ausilio He denied any negotiationensuring that the directive ‘Nerazzurra’ never considered its signing or that of Asensio, since they fully trusted the attackers they had.