Marcus Thuram, between self-confidence, personal records and long fasts: Inter has decided which side he’s on, and he might surprise everyone
L’Inter decide il futuro di Thuram: c’è già una certezza (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
There is a paradox quietly running through the folds of Inter’s season, and it is called Marcus Thuram. A striker who has done everything and the opposite of everything: heavy goals, number 10 and number 9 plays, perfect dialogues with Lautaro. Yet, also long periods of silence, games without goals, weeks when he seemed to take a break from the scoreboard.
What season, then, did Lilian’s son have? It depends on where you look. If one looks through the eyes of numbers, one can say that he has already equaled his best haul in the league (13 goals) and that with one more goal he will take his personal record. If, however, one looks through the eyes of those who have seen him play every week, then the judgment is more complex.
Until December, Thuram had looked like the purchase of the year: devastating raids, broad shoulders, heavy goals. A spectacular confirmation for someone who last year was regarded as “good, but scores little.” Then with the new year, the engine got a little jammed up: only one goal, the one against Empoli, and an exultation that has been missing for a good nine games.
Yet no one at Inter has ever dreamed of questioning him. Not even for a second. Not Simone Inzaghi, who considers him a central piece of his system, and not the managers, who know full well how much his tears weigh even when he does not score. And perhaps that is the point: Thuram is not just goals. He is a presence.
At the end of the season, however, talk of the field will be intertwined with talk of the budget. Because Inter, for the past couple of years, has been living that fine balance between sporting ambition and economic sustainability. And sooner or later a big shot has to be sacrificed. This is where Thuram’s name enters the radar of European big names.
Thuram, la clausola da 85 milioni e il possibile rinnovo
Having arrived on a zero-parameter basis, he now has an 85 million euro rescission clause. A figure that could begin to tempt especially if Thuram makes another step up, the definitive one, the one that would confirm his “humble” consideration to be among the 10 strongest strikers in the world.
In case of divestment, it would be a total capital gain. Yet, it is by no means certain that this scenario will come true.
Thuram, la clausola da 85 milioni e il possibile rinnovo (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
Indeed, the opposite idea is taking shape: hold on to him, renew his contract, remove that clause and entrust him-and his coach-with the Nerazzurri’s future.
In fact, if Inzaghi renews, as now seems likely, Thuram could become his “technical dowry”: a symbolic but concrete gesture on the part of the club, which would be tantamount to saying “we start again from here, from those who have made a difference.”
Removing the clause would mean locking him up, sure. But it would also mean sending a message: Inter wants to grow by retaining its best elements, not by dismantling them every summer. It wants to build, and it also wants to build around Thuram.
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