MILAN. Simone Inzaghi is ready to embrace his jewel again. Joaquin Correa is in fact now an Inter player, after the deal between the Nerazzurri club and Lazio closed. The Argentine striker born in 1994 arrived in Milan in the evening for the usual medical examinations, before signing the contract: a race against time to be able to take him to the field in Appiano Gentile as early as tomorrow, with the aim of making him sit down at least on the bench on Friday at Bentegodi in advance with Verona.
After the farewell of Lukaku and the purchase of Dzeko, Inzaghi thus finds his second reinforcement in attack. An important blow (loan deal with redemption obligation set at around 30 million, while the player should sign a four-year contract of 3.5 million euros per season), also from a technical point of view since Correa fills an empty box at Inter for several years, that is a second quality and dribbling striker (in Serie A 2020/21 he was the second for number of dribbles per game completed in the opponent’s area) that can start as a starter next to one between Dzeko and Lautaro Martinez is both an important weapon in the game.
The numbers speak of 30 goals in 117 games, but the role will be above all that of making the attacking team-mates score, acting between the lines to hurt the opponents. Basically, what should have been Alexis Sanchez in the last two seasons but the Chilean has been stopped too often by physical problems to be of any help. So much so that the incoming market for the Nerazzurri may not even be finished: if the former Udinese and Barcelona did not give guarantees from a physical point of view after the injury suffered in the America’s Cup (and which has kept him out from the beginning of July), there could also be room for a last low cost arrival, with Scamacca del Sassuolo among the favorites.
Meanwhile, Inter are preparing for the advance on Friday, when Inzaghi could launch the Dzeko-Lautaro Martinez duo for the first time, with the Argentine returning after the disqualification and the muscle problem. The Bosnian striker, in particular, aims to make Lukaku forget. «He did great things, we must thank him because he did really well. However, I don’t like looking back, I look forward. For me it is only important to do well here. I know what I can give and I’m sure I can give a lot », Dzeko’s words to Dazn. “Lautaro? He is a great player, I’m happy he stayed even knowing he had important offers. It means a lot to this club that the players want to stay. The match against Verona? On Friday we want to do well and continue the path started with the victory against Genoa », the former Roma striker continued. «Every match and every point are important, Inter are Italian Champions and the next match against Hellas Verona will not be easy. We are Inter, we are ready and we want to do well before the national team break, ”he added to Inter Tv.