Milan Skriniar’s next club: Man City join Chelsea and PSG in race

FT Desk

• 6 Nov 2022 14:50 GMT
• 3 min read

Manchester City have joined Chelsea and PSG in the race to sign Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar, according to 90min.com.

Skriniar’s contract expires at San Siro at the end of the season and time is running out for Inter to extend his deal.

This has alerted a number of major clubs around Europe, who will be able to start negotiating a pre-contract with Skriniar from January.

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Chelsea and PSG’s interest in Skriniar was already confirmed, but Man City have now joined them in the race as they look to strengthen the centre of their defence.

Inter were in talks to sell Skriniar to PSG for much of the summer but the Ligue 1 side refused to meet the Nerazzurri’s €65-70 million asking price.

The Italians had planned to sell Skriniar for that amount before signing Torino’s Bremer at half the price, in order to make a much-needed profit.

Inter need to generate a €60m profit by June 30, 2023 and Skriniar’s sale would have gone a long way to completing this objective.

However, Juventus hijacked the deal for Bremer at the last minute and so Inter decided to keep Skriniar in the end.

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Inter must still likely sacrifice a big-name player during the next two transfer windows, so whether Skriniar signs a new deal or not, his future is in doubt.

It seems unlikely that Inter would sanction a sale of their star defender in January but given the club’s well-publicised financial problems it cannot be ruled out.

However, it has also been reported in Italy that Inter’s qualification for the last-16 of the Champions League – something that wasn’t budgeted for – has given the Nerazzurri the extra funds to offer Skriniar a better deal.

Thus, the chance of Skriniar extending his deal have increased after Inter eliminated Barcelona from the groups.