{"id":72930,"date":"2025-08-16T01:14:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/72930\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T01:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:14:20","slug":"inter-roma-had-agreement-for-manu-kone-before-u-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/72930\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter &#038; Roma had agreement for Manu Kone before u-turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan and Roma reportedly had an agreement for midfielder Manu Kone before a u-turn by the Giallorossi.<\/p>\n<p>This according to Italian outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Inter\/15-08-2025\/inter-kone-la-roma-dice-stop-alle-condizioni-attuali-non-si-fa.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gazzetta.it<\/a>. They report that Roma owners the Friedkins were crucial to the decision to walk away from negotiations to sell the Frenchman.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, news emerged that Inter Milan are interested in Roma midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2025\/08\/15\/inter-dreaming-manu-kone-ademola-lookman-double-swoop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manu Kone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman has come into the Nerazzurri\u2019s sights as a reinforcement in holding midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that Inter put a bid of around \u20ac45 million on the table.<\/p>\n<p>However, Roma have decided to reject that offer from the Nerazzurri. They have, for all intents and purposes, taken Kone off the market this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Report \u2013 Inter &amp; Roma Had Manu Kone Agreement Before U-Turn<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-v-france-uefa-nations-league-2024-25-league-a-group-a2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/italy-v-france-uefa-nations-league-2024-25-league-a-group-a2.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-507184 has-webp size-large\" alt=\"Manu Kone France\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:3864\/2748;max-width:2048px\"\/><\/a>MILAN, ITALY \u2013 NOVEMBER 17: Manu Kone\u2019 of France in action during the UEFA Nations League 2024\/25 League A Group A2 match between Italy and France at on November 17, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, though, Roma had initially been open to selling Kone.<\/p>\n<p>Inter approached the Giallorossi recently. And they received permission to start negotiating with the player.<\/p>\n<p>And Kone himself would have been more than willing to make the move. The 24-year-old had an informal agreement with the Nerazzurri already.<\/p>\n<p>However, today Roma have made something of an about face as far as Inter\u2019s interest in Kone.<\/p>\n<p>The Giallorossi board spent the day discussing the possibility of selling the France international internally.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, a big fee for Kone would have financed some transfer business the other way, including signings of Jadon Sancho and Leon Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>The Gazzetta report that even Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini would have been willing to make the sale.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Gazzetta dello Sport report, Roma owner Dan Friedkin pulled the plug.<\/p>\n<p>After seeing what the fan reaction was and considering the importance of Kone to the team, he decided that Kone is not for sale this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Milan and Roma reportedly had an agreement for midfielder Manu Kone before a u-turn by the Giallorossi.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-72930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}