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Leicester City to raid Inter Milan for De Vrij and Brozovic

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Leicester City are reportedly looking to explore the possibility of signing Inter Milan pair DeVrij and Brozovic as per the report in Sports Witness

The Nerazzurri are struggling to cope with the pandemic and have suffered a big loss over the past 18 months. Despite their recent successes in the domestic league, the Blue half of Milan are looking to offload players in order to generate some cash. They have already sold Achraf Hakimi and Romelu Lukaku for big money. 

Lukaku and Hakimi’s departures have generated around €175 million which was tipped to be enough to overcome the financial difficulties. However, reports are coming from Italy that the reigning Serie A champions might want to sell a few more before the end of the transfer window. 

Leicester tried to sign Brozovic and De Vrij from Inter:

The report in Sports Witness is suggesting that Leicester contacted Inter in order to sign Marcelo Brozovic and Stefan De Vrij in this transfer window. The Foxes initially wanted to sign the Dutchman as Wesley Fofana replacement, however, following the rejection from the Nerazzurri Brandon Rodgers’ side opted to go with Jannik Vestergaard. 

The report further claims that the Premier League side are willing to pay around €50 million for the duo, however, following the departure of Lukaku and Hakimi, the Nerazzurri are desperate to keep hold of their stars for the upcoming season. 

Inter have already signed Denzel Dumfries and Edin Dzeko to replace the Moroccan and the Belgian. However, Simone Inzaghi’s side still needs another forward as the former Roma man is in the twilight of his career. And it will be hard for him to produce top-class performances in Serie A and the Champions League simultaneously. 

After lifting the Serie A title last season, it will be hard for the new manager Inzaghi to replicate that success by selling the first-team squad. However, they still should display good performances on the pitch and finish at least in the Champions League spot. 

On the other hand, having secured the Europa League spot in the back to back campaigns, Leicester are looking to strengthen the squad with new signings like Brozovic and Stefan De Vrij. In order to achieve success in both competitions. The Foxes need proper strength in depth and they are trying to do exactly that in this summer transfer window. 

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