{"id":57765,"date":"2025-08-10T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57765\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:05:09","slug":"inter-confident-of-beating-ac-milan-to-giovanni-leoni-for-2-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57765\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter confident of beating AC Milan to Giovanni Leoni for 2 reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan are confident that they can beat AC Milan to the signing of Parma defender Giovanni Leoni for two reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s print edition of Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcinternews.it\/rassegna\/i-ts-i-il-milan-puo-fiondarsi-su-leoni-ma-l-inter-ha-due-motivi-per-essere-fiduciosa-988766\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FCInterNews<\/a>, report that the Rossoneri\u2019s targeting of Pietro Comuzzo and an agreement with Leoni\u2019s agent could be factors which favour the Nerazzurri.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes are on Parma defender <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2025\/08\/08\/inter-going-all-out-to-sign-parma-giovanni-leoni\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giovanni Leoni<\/a>. The 19-year-old has emerged as one of the outstanding defenders in Serie A before even turning twenty.<\/p>\n<p>Leoni had already caught Inter\u2019s eye last summer. However, they failed to get a deal done with Sampdoria for him as Parma instead signed the young defender.<\/p>\n<p>But Leoni\u2019s performances last season truly solidified Inter\u2019s interest. Not least after Inter appointed Cristian Chivu as coach from Parma.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AC Milan are no less keen on signing Leoni. He is a major potential name to replace Malick Thiaw after the German\u2019s sale to Newcastle United.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Confident Of Beating Milan To Leoni For Two Reasons<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc-internazionale-v-parma-serie-a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc-internazionale-v-parma-serie-a.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-499475 has-webp size-large\" alt=\"Parma Giovanni Leoni\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1920\/1280;max-width:1920px\"\/><\/a>MILAN, ITALY \u2013 DECEMBER 06: Giovanni Leoni of Parma Calcio is under pressure by Marcus Thuram of FC Internazionale during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Parma at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on December 06, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>According to Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, however, Inter remain confident.<\/p>\n<p>There are two reasons for this being the case.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, Tuttosport reports, Milan coach Max Allegri actually prefers a move for Fiorentina defender Pietro Comuzzo over signing Leoni.<\/p>\n<p>That could mean that the Rossoneri don\u2019t even bid for the latter.<\/p>\n<p>And furthermore, Tuttosport report, Inter Sporting Director Piero Ausilio has already secured an informal agreement with Leoni\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Milan are confident that they can beat AC Milan to the signing of Parma defender Giovanni Leoni&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-57765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}