👎 Inter transfer chaos: Calhanoglu, Lookman, Leoni, fans fume 🤬

Just over ten days are left until the end of the summer transfer window, after which any changes to the squad will have to wait until January. If they want to, there is still time to make one or more signings, but they need to hurry. The first game of the season is just around the corner and for some clubs, the transfer market is far from closed.

Just ask Inter fans for confirmation. On social media, it's easy to come across Nerazzurri discontent, with a transfer market that has been all talk - including public declarations - but has so far produced little. On Monday evening, Torino come to San Siro and, with great probability, Cristian Chivu's first real starting XI will be the same as the one that suffered a debacle in Munich against PSG.

If a year ago Piero Ausilio had announced on TV that the 2023/24 transfer market was "already finished" before it had even started, after the signings of Taremi and Zielinski, this time the Inter DS and Marotta have repeatedly confirmed that they want to make at least one big signing. So far, just words.

🤔 Ederson, or Lookman... Or not!

For the whole of June, it seemed like the real target of Inter's summer was Ederson, even more so after the "Calhanoglu case", when Marotta indicated the Turk as the recipient of captain Lautaro's harsh words after elimination from the Club World Cup at the hands of Fluminense.

"Abbiamo intenzione di dare all'allenatore i giocatori che servono nel più breve tempo impossibile per far sì che possano fare la preparazione col resto della squadra"

Era il 18/07, dopo un mese hanno abbandonato Lookman.

Ultimo acquisto: Bonny, 2/07pic.twitter.com/3jVCS6Q8n9

— Il Cinico 🪱 (@Cinico_) August 18, 2025

In the end, however, Calhanoglu stayed and Inter shifted their attention to another Atalanta gem, Lookman. And that's when the Nerazzurri management's declarations started. Lookman was pursued for over a month, until yesterday it was communicated to his agents that the negotiations would be interrupted with immediate effect. The reason - as reported by Corriere dello Sport director Ivan Zazzaroni - is that Inter have decided to invest in other roles, namely midfield and defence.

And it's precisely regarding defence that Inter have been courting Parma's young talent Giovanni Leoni for weeks, without ever making a move. The 2005-born player has thus joined Liverpool, just a few days before Inter's change of heart.

📲 Fans' social media fury

According to Repubblica, the announcement that Inter are giving up on Lookman could also be a bluff by the management, a way to make Atalanta understand that - without Inter - they would be in trouble, unable to count on alternative offers to the one from viale della Liberazione.

Da quel 31 maggio in ordine cronologico:

- 5-0 in finale Champions
- Curva disintegrata
- Inzaghi che scappa
- Fabregas incatenato
- Chivu preso per mancanza di alternative
- 400 mln incassati
- Usciti al mondiale con la Fluminense
- Sucic, Luis Henrique, Bonny presi
-…

— LineaInter (@linea_inter) August 18, 2025

This, at least, is what Nerazzurri fans are hoping for. Who have been loudly asking for a mini revolution of the squad, at least to give a refresh to one of the oldest groups in Europe. And who - instead - find themselves massively expressing their discontent for everything that has happened since that terrible 31 May.

In the middle of all this, Cristian Chivu, who already found himself in a difficult situation, but perhaps hoped for some more help from the transfer market. Who knows, maybe things will change between now and September 1st...

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

📸 ANGELA WEISS - AFP or licensors