Manchester United now look set to miss out on the signing of midfielder Ivan Perisic for a cut-price fee as Inter Milan are now confident of avoiding Uefa’s financial sanctions without having to make the sale.
The Serie A side have to break even for the financial year ending June 30 2017 by raising a total of €30 million (£26.4 million) through player sales or the club would face a €7 million fine for breaching Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations.
Jose Mourinho and United had hoped to use Inter’s financial predicament to their advantage by signing Perisic well below Inter’s player valuation, with a reported opening bid of €30 million followed by a second offer of €32 million (£28.1 million) about a fortnight ago, according to the Telegraph.
The Italian club are believed to have been disappointed with the nature of the offers and henceforth warned United that they would not accept less than €50 million (£44 million).
Manchester United have refused to match Inter’s valuation so far, with the Croatian effictively off the market by the end of Friday June 30.
The Serie A side themselves are now optimistic about raising enough cash through late sales to avoid Uefa sanctions.
They club already agreed the sale of midfielder Ever Banega to Sevilla for €9 million but according to the same Telegraph report, Inter hope to raise a further €13 million by offloading striker Gianluca Caprari to Sampdoria as part of a deal that would see the €25 million rated defender Milan Skriniar move in the opposite direction.
Inter would then hope to raise the remaining €8 million that will enable them to break even by selling one or more of Jonathan Biabiany, George Puscas or Andrea Ranocchia.
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