{"id":771376,"date":"2026-06-30T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771376\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:18:14","slug":"inter-milan-bids-emotional-farewell-to-4-veterans-as-contracts-expire-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771376\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Milan bids emotional farewell to 4 veterans as contracts expire \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILAN (AP) \u2014 Inter Milan has parted ways with four of its stalwart players.<\/p>\n

The Serie A champion bid farewell to goalkeeper Yann Sommer and veteran defenders Stefan de Vrij, Francesco Acerbi and Matteo Darmian, whose contracts all expired on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Inter issued lengthy statements for each of them, with videos of their highlights playing for the Nerazzurri.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFILE – Inter Milan’s Matteo Darmian waves to supporters during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Hellas Verona, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Luca Bruno, File)<\/p>\n

\n The 34-year-old De Vrij has spent the longest at Inter, having been at the club for eight seasons \u2014 winning nine trophies in that time, including three Serie A titles and three Italian Cups.<\/p>\n

\n The 36-year-old Darmian, who has been at Inter for six years, has the same haul.<\/p>\n

\n The 38-year-old Acerbi (two league titles and two domestic cups) has been at Inter for four years, one more than the 37-year-old Sommer (two Serie A titles and one Italian Cup).<\/p>\n

De Vrij, Darmian and Acerbi also have two Champions League runners-up medals, while Sommer has one.<\/p>\n

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AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN (AP) \u2014 Inter Milan has parted ways with four of its stalwart players. The Serie A champion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-771376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771376","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=771376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}