A Huge Boost For Inter As They Prepare For Life After Yann Sommer

The 2025-26 Serie A season may be half way but for former Serie A champions, Inter Milan, they’re already preparing for the 2026-27 season with several players on their radar for possible signings, starting from the upcoming January transfer window but the summer transfer window seems more likely.

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For the Nerazzurri, one area of their team that they plan to reinforce is the goalkeeper position as their current number one, Yann Sommer is not getting any younger and the club has a number of targets in sight at the moment especially in the league but the solution might be outside Italy.

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According to a report from Gazzetta dello Sport, Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario wants to join Inter next summer, but the Nerazzurri don’t want to pay more than €20m to sign the Italy international while they’re also monitoring the likes of Elia Caprile and Zion Suzuki.

For Vicario, the Italian goalkeeper is reportedly eager to join Inter next summer as it had been reported in November that he wants to leave Spurs at the end of the season and that the Nerazzurri were interested in securing his services after failing to sign him in the past.

Vicario is grateful to Tottenham but wants to return to Serie A in the summer, so the Nerazzurri will have to negotiate with Spurs, as the goalkeeper’s contract runs out in June 2028 but Inter are unwilling to invest more than €20m to sign the former Empoli and Cagliari goalkeeper.

He was already a Nerazzurri target in 2023, before the 29-year-old completed a permanent move to North London and has kept nine clean sheets in 22 Tottenham appearances this season. He’s Italy second-choice keeper behind Gigio Donnarumma and has five international appearances to his name.

On the other hand, due to his age, he might not be an attractive target to the club as they’ve been targeting young players recently, while the club also has high hopes for Josep Martinez, who will be assessed between now and the end of the season to determine if he can take the first choice role.

In a related development, Inter captain, Lautaro Martinez is confident that promising Inter striker Francesco Pio Esposito will become a ‘pillar’ of the Nerazzurri and the Italy national team as he spoke in a recent interview about the club and his teammate who is grabbing the headlines lately.

A product of the Inter Academy, Esposito has netted three goals and provided three assists in 18 appearances across all competitions this season and even made his senior Italy debut, netting three times in five games with the Azzurri. “I know him quite well because he comes from the youth sector,” Lautaro told Gazzetta.

“He’s a serious and humble lad. Let’s leave him calm, and he’ll become a pillar of Inter and the Italy national team. Bonny also has strength and quality and is helping us.” During the same interview, Lautaro argued that the Nerazzurri had suffered an “injustice” in their latest Champions League match against Liverpool:

“If you lose due to a referee’s mistake, there’s not much you can do,” he said. A controversial Dominik Szoboszlai penalty allowed Liverpool to beat Inter in a Champions League match at San Siro on Tuesday which was their second defeat in the competition after four straight wins.

Inter defender Alessandro Bastoni was punished for pulling Florian Wirtz’s shirt, and the German’s dramatic fall led to a VAR pitchside review that ultimately awarded the decisive spot-kick to the Reds. “We are disappointed but not angry,” Lautaro said in the interview.

“Because if you lose due to a referee’s mistake, there’s not much you can do. We’re upset that we threw everything away because of an injustice. If penalties were given for every shirt pull, the game would never be played.” He further added while also talking about the team’s chances in the UCL.

Inter have lost two UCL Finals in the last three years and suffered a huge blow this past May when they succumbed to a 5-0 defeat to PSG in Munich. Have they entirely recovered from it? “Defeats hurt a lot, but make you grow. I get really angry when I lose, but I also have to consider the quality of the opponent,” argued Lautaro.

“Anyway, we started again. Maybe some results haven’t been positive, but it takes time. There’s a new coach who is giving us a lot of energy. Maybe it’s not visible from the outside, but we know we are improving day by day.” He also revealed that he recently began seeing a psychologist to help him stay balanced.

“I’m very happy I trusted a professional; it helped me a lot,” said the Inter captain. “I understood that if someone attacks me, it’s often because they would like to be in my place. When I was young, I used to struggle with reading or hearing harsh words about me. Now I face them with more calm, and I enjoy my career.”

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Inter are just one point below Serie A leaders Milan and Napoli. Are they going to be their main rivals for the Scudetto? “I’d include Roma too; they have a coach I really like.” The Argentine star’s contract at San Siro expires in June 2029. “My family and I feel very good here; we’ve set down roots in Milan. I’ve just signed a new contract, so I have no reason to leave,” he concluded.

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