Thursday, January 31, 2008

Inter Set To Ambush Sampdoria's Cassano Deal – Report

Cassano is currently on a season-long loan at the Luigi Ferraris, and Samp have first option to make the move permanent in the summer for a fee of €5.5m.

This transfer sum should not be too much of a problem, however more troublesome should be Cassano’s wages.

The 25-year-old is on a contract of €4.5m a year at Real Madrid, a salary that clearly Sampdoria cannot afford.

This is where Inter President Massimo Moratti is looking to hijack the deal. The oil tycoon is prepared to match these wages or even increase them to bring the talented frontman to San Siro.

The Nerazzurri will be looking to sign one or two forwards in the summer, as Adriano and Hernan Crespo will both probably move on to pastures new.

Cassano has stated recently that he wants to stay at Sampdoria and that he is prepared to take a pay cut providing this is not too substantial.

Fantantonio famously scored his first ever goal in Serie A against Inter as a 17-year-old way back in 1999 for hometown club Bari.


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