Reigning Serie A champions Inter have signed Roma wingback Nicola Zalewski on mortgage for the remainder of the season. The Nerazzurri the 23-year-old’s arrival final evening.
Inter offloaded unsettled Canada worldwide Tajon Buchanan to Villarreal earlier this week on mortgage with an possibility to purchase. The Yellow Submarine agreed to pay Simone Inzaghi’s prices a reported €1 million mortgage charge, inserting a buyout possibility at €13m.
Regardless of Buchanan’s bit-part function in Inzaghi’s system, his exit left Inter strapped for senior choices on the wing. Certainly, Matteo Darmian and Carlo Augusto would’ve been the one options to first-team stalwarts Federico Dimarco and Denzel Dumfries.
Due to this fact, Inter had so as to add one other wingback on brief discover. The selection fell on . The Pole’s contract on the Stadio Olimpico had been set to run out in lower than six months. Nonetheless, Roma handed their outcast a short-term extension to facilitate his January exit.
At 23, Zalewski ticks all of the containers for a sort of participant Inter house owners Oaktree Capital was eager to recruit. Regardless of his huge Serie A expertise, he’s nonetheless comparatively younger and has ample room for enchancment. The Giallorossi academy graduate has 84 top-flight appearances to his identify.
However he had been out of Claudio Ranieri’s plans at Roma, permitting Inter to swoop in and signal him on favorable phrases. Zalewski will probably be within the stands when the 20-time Italian champions tackle bitter rivals Milan in right this moment’s mouth-watering league showdown on the San Siro.
