Inter Per Sempre

OPERATION BEN - INTER

• Benitez to sign for 3 years at 5 million a year.
• Staff will be reduced to three men.
• Objectives: Mascherano and Cavani.
• Moratti to Real: Maicon? The discussion starts from 35 million.

THE NEW INTER IS BORN

Today another meeting on the market  with Branca, tomorrow will sign a three-year deal at 5 million a season.  Then Rafa will meet Moratti.

Milan The face to face meeting was skipped but yesterday Marco Branca and Rafa Benitez still had a long telephone conversation.  The meeting was pushed back for another 24 hours perhaps to avoid the media onslaught.  The technical director of Inter has already welcomed the former Liverpool coach, and then both entered discussions on the contract.  Today, everything that is more tangible will be dealt: the money, time and staff to follow.  Later on tonight, or at the latest tomorrow, representatives of Benitez will be in Milan to put pen to paper in the offices of Rinaldo Ghelfi, Vice President and Finance Minister of Inter.  The Spaniard is likely to meet with Massimo Moratti on Wednesday.

Contract and staff On the desk of Ghelfi, there should be a three-year contract for about 5 million euros per season, about one million more than what Benitez earned in England.  Regarding the staff, there won't be any problems reducing the "platoon" of collaborators of Liverpool, because Rafa has expressed the desire to coach more with less managers.  To Inter, with Benitez will be his assistant Mauricio Pellegrino, a former player of Valencia, an Argentine who is a friend of many South Americans at Inter.  Then we have Paco de Miguel, the historic athletic trainer of Benitez' teams.  Finally, Xavi Valero, the goalkeeper coach.  They are his main partners and acquiring them is practically done. 

No revolution Inter have chosen continuity.  Tactically, it will change very little.  Benitez and Mourinho are almost similar in this sense: at least they start with a back four, two or three men in the midfield, and just one pure striker.  Philosophy of his predecessor, Rafa is the man who looks hard at getting the results and then else.  A great student of football, tactically, and very inflexible in terms of discipline.  What this team needs is to keep this group intact, a group full of personality and full of different champions.  And what this team needs experience and charisma to lead the team of Massimo Moratti, after the treble, to the Italian Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup.  Like Barcelona last year and no one in Italy. 

Transfer market meeting In today's meeting, Branca and Benitez will talk about the market.  In particular, it is not difficult to imagine Javier Mascherano, student of River Plate, in England since 2006 between West Ham and Liverpool.  The 26 year-old Argentine costs no less than 25 million, but with Sulley Muntari, Inter could do business.  With Mascherano, Cambiasso, Thiago Motta, Mariga, Zanetti and Stankovic you can not fail to think about the alternatives in front of the defense.  And now the attack where Marko Arnautovic is no longer at Inter. For some time, Inter leaders have been monitoring the position of Edison Cavani, the 23 year-old Uruguayan of Palermo, a complete striker, but also very good outside offensively.  At Palermo, they could turn to Krhin and Obinna, both acceptable to Zamparini and Delio Rossi.  In terms of winger, players like Capel of Sevilla and Valencia's Silva should not be overlooked.

The price of Maicon Real Madrid are ready to propose to Inter Benzema for Maicon and cash.  Moratti, on Maicon, will only talk starting from 35 million.  Any alternatives to the Brazilian?  Caceres on loan from Barcelona or Lazio's Lichtsteiner.