One striker growing, another exploding, and a negotiation to be played calmly and intelligently: Inter prepares its move for Santiago Castro
Inter, la strategia per Castro: ecco la pedina giusta per il Bologna (Foto: Ansa) – serieanews.com
It often happens that certain deals are born quietly, away from the spotlight. No lofty statements, no sibylline tweets. Just observations, embeddings, evaluations. Sometimes, timing is what makes the difference. And in the Inter house they know it: when a player like Santiago Castro starts to make people talk about him, one cannot stand by and watch.
The Argentine striker ended an important season at Bologna, leaving a clear impression: he is ready. For Serie A, for a leap forward, for a big-name shirt. And indeed, the radars have already turned on. Napoli, Juventus, some international whispers. But also Inter, which has been keeping an eye on him for some time.
We are not looking at the classic cover shot, and perhaps that is the point. Castro is not just potential. He has shown personality, hunger, the right movements. The right striker for the Nerazzurri system, especially when thinking about tomorrow. Because the future of Thuram and Lautaro will not be secured forever. And planning today for tomorrow’s attack is more than a strategy: it is a necessity.
Bologna, for its part, has no need to sell and most likely will not sell, not next year at least. But as is always the case in these cases, in front of a sensible offer one can negotiate. And this is where the most interesting part of the story comes in: the right pawn may already be in Inter’s house.
Esposito, l’arma giusta per convincere il Bologna: così l’Inter può prendere Castro
His name is Francesco Pio Esposito, he is about to turn 20 years old and has shown tremendous things with Spezia in Serie B. Fourteen goals in the season, lots of movements like a real striker, and above all a steady growth.
Esposito, l’arma giusta per convincere il Bologna: così l’Inter può prendere Castro (LaPresse) – serieanews.com
Inter has just armored the Serie B’s top scorer with a renewal until 2030-a strong signal about how much the club believes in him. But also a clue: Esposito is ready for a jump up the ladder. Maybe not immediately at the Pinetina, but in a square where he can complete his maturation.
Bologna likes him, and not as of today. The Rossoblù managers follow him closely, see him as a perfect profile for their system: young, structured, and with wide margins. That is why Inter must think of a formula that would allow Esposito to be included in the negotiation for Castro.
Ideally, it would be to give him on a dry loan for one or two years, leaving the tag in the hands of the Nerazzurri but guaranteeing Bologna a center forward to grow. Or sell him outright but with a significant buy-back clause so that they do not totally lose control over a player who could become at least as strong as Castro.
Such a deal would lower the economic impact of the deal, but above all it would give Bologna a reason to sell Castro that is not exclusively economic, since the Rossoblu at the moment seem to have everything but liquidity problems. Getting the Argentine will not be easy, but with an extra Esposito the situation can change drastically.
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