{"id":384906,"date":"2026-04-10T11:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/384906\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:28:16","slug":"sudden-development-inter-milan-star-turns-his-back-on-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/384906\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudden development.. Inter Milan star turns his back on Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alessandro Bastoni, Inter Milan\u2019s defender, rejects the idea of leaving the team to join Barcelona during the upcoming summer transfer window, after press reports previously indicated that he had agreed to play for the Catalan side.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports said that Inter Milan may be heading toward a \u201crevolution\u201d in the summer transfer market after the end of the 2025\u20132026 season, starting with renewing coach Cristian Chivu\u2019s contract and also including major changes to the playing squad.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to a long list of players whose contracts are close to expiring, Bastoni\u2019s name has been \u0645\u0637\u0631\u062d as one of the potential options to sell in order to generate cash to sign new players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/clk?id=7267792537&amp;iu=\/22272936144\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"fco-image__image\" alt=\"NEW stc tv Serie A Kooora\"   loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"2622\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775820496_564_Seria-A---Website-Banners-Koora-(2).png\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2622 \/ 450;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For its part, Barcelona has shown interest in the player and sounded out his position by contacting people close to him, according to reports from Spain and Italy, and the player reportedly welcomed the idea.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Corriere dello Sport today, Friday, Bastoni wants to continue with Inter and keep competing for titles at San Siro.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper noted that Manchester City had shown interest in signing the player a few seasons ago, but Bastoni preferred at the time to remain in Italy, reflecting his ongoing desire for stability within Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>Other reports also add that there is a large gap between Inter Milan\u2019s and Barcelona\u2019s valuations of the player, as the Catalan club is believed to be considering offers of around \u20ac45 million, while Inter is asking for between \u20ac60 and \u20ac70 million.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper confirmed that contacts have already taken place between Barcelona and Bastoni\u2019s representatives, but they are still at an early stage, especially since the player has shown no readiness to discuss the idea of a transfer in greater depth.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian defender, according to the report, feels that Inter is \u201chis team,\u201d especially after the strong support he received from the club during recently difficult periods.<\/p>\n<p>The club stood by him despite being booed in most away stadiums in Italy following the controversial, hard-fought win in the Derby d\u2019Italia against Juventus. He also received warm applause from the fans upon returning to club matches after his sending-off in Italy\u2019s match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the World Cup playoff.<\/p>\n<p>Read also:<\/p>\n<p>From outside Europe.. a new club tests the waters for Neymar<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo changes\u201d.. Real Madrid responds to rumors in an official statement<\/p>\n<p>Arbeloa on Barcelona\u2019s refereeing complaints: I won\u2019t change my mind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alessandro Bastoni, Inter Milan\u2019s defender, rejects the idea of leaving the team to join Barcelona during the upcoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[183637,1998,85,22069,46,18617,25548,105,9461],"class_list":["post-384906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-a-bastoni","tag-barcelona","tag-il","tag-inter","tag-israel","tag-laliga","tag-serie-a","tag-sports","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}