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According to Sky Sport Italia, Inter have completed the permanent transfer of Fredy Guarin from Porto for around €11m.

Guarin joined Inter on loan in January for six months at a cost of €1.5m and Inter had the option to purchase the player this summer for €11m. It is this option that they are now exercising.

It took Guarin several months after he arrived at Inter to actually play due to an injury, but he apparently impressed new Coach Andrea Stramaccioni enough in his six games for Inter to buy him outright.

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Bit of a surprise to hear that Lucio has decided to leave Inter.

Lucio’s agent Sandro Becker is quoted as saying today:

“He had three excellent years at Inter and feels it’s time to make a change,”

“We have been working on this since last week and resumed talks on Wednesday. We put in a transfer request and Inter have agreed. Now we have to find him a new club.

“Considering the man he is and the player he is, Lucio only leaves friends behind everywhere he goes. The decision to leave came from us, but Inter understood it. This has been entirely amicable.

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Inter boss Andrea Stramaccioni says he must try and mastermind a serious Scudetto challenge in 2012-13 because the expectation at Inter is that they are title contenders every season:

“If you are called Inter then you have to aim for the Scudetto,” the 36-year-old stated in an interview with the Corriere dello Sport.

“There was more than a 20 point gap between us and Juventus, but I train players who are used to fighting for victory and competing for the big objectives. We have players who know how to win.

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According to Radio Mana Mana, Inter and Genoa have reached an agreement on Mattia Destro.

Genoa sporting director, Stefano Capozucca, in an interview with Radio Mana Mana, has confirmed that a verbal agreement exists between Genoa president Enrico Preziosi and Inter president Massimo Moratti on the Italian striker.

“Destro? There is an verbal agreement between Moratti and Preziosi: in case of a sale, the priority would be given to the Nerazzurri.”

There are reports that Napoli’s Lavezzi is heading to PSG and it looks like Inter have quickly pivoted and went after the former Inter academy striker.

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Transfer rumors are the worst. Every day, we are treated to several outrageous claims that tantalize us until we realize that the team interested in acquiring a certain player is linked to about four other players. It’s pretty simple to make up your own transfer rumor: “(big-money club) is interested in (superstar player) and is willing to pay (outrageous price tag)!”

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Transfer rumors surrounding Inter continue to fly, with many of the focusing on creative players.

With the departure of Mauro Zarate, and probably departure of Wesley Sneijder, Inter need playmakers, other than Napoli’s Ezequiel Lavezzi. One name that keeps cropping up is Catania’s Alejandro Gomez.

Inter have watched the 24-year-old tricky winger several times this season and Sky Sport Itaila is reporting that Inter’s interest in Gomez is growing stronger.

One potential stumbling block though is the gulf between the two clubs’ valuation of the player. Inter are reported to be willing to pay between €6m and €8m for il Papu, while Catania are asking €10m for the Argentine.

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Yesterday on Sky Sport, Napoli’s sporting director Riccardo Bigon confirmed that negotiations have began with Inter over Lavezzi and that negotiations will continue according to Bigon:

“There are no developments regarding the future of Pocho. Is Lavezzi going to Inter? At the moment we cannot give definitive answers because negotiations are only at a very early stage.

Lavezzi is liked by a lot of clubs around the world, not just Inter, which is the only team who has a clause that allows them to enter negotiations at these terms but right now we only think about the Italian Cup final.

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Upon entering the Saras offices on Monday, Inter president Massimo Moratti responded to questions from journalists, with an eye on the recent past, a summary of the Nerazzurri’s season and a glance toward the future.

Now that the season is over is it possible to immediately determine the plan for re-starting?

“Now we’ll see, gradually. It’s not as if we’ll do it all today. Now we have a period in which we can reflect on the opportunities that are there and what we can do.”

Can we say that you’ll re-start with the confirmation of Andrea Stramaccioni and Andrea Ranocchia?

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Looks like Diego Forlan will be the first veteran to leave Inter this summer, but certainly not the last, as Inter have confirmed that they have received an “offer” from Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro for the striker.

While insisting he wanted to stay at the club only last month, Brazilian outfit Mineiro have made an approach for Forlan and Inter are happy to let him go.

Inter director Marco Branca told Uol Esporte:

“It’s true, we received a proposal from Atletico Mineiro for Forlan. We are in talks, but I cannot give any other information at this time. Forlan is considering this possibility, but nothing is decided yet. We are talking about it, but this is a complicated negotiation.”

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