{"id":38807,"date":"2026-03-25T21:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/38807\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:21:06","slug":"basel-sporting-director-calls-inter-milan-veteran-to-return-home-an-ideal-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/38807\/","title":{"rendered":"Basel Sporting Director Calls Inter Milan Veteran To Return Home: \u201cAn Ideal Candidate\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basel sporting director David Degen has invited Inter Milan goalkeeper Yann Sommer to return to the club in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Basel\u2019s official podcast, Degen identified the 37-year-old as an \u2018ideal candidate\u2019 for the role, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcinternews.it\/news\/degen-ds-basilea-sommer-mio-candidato-ideale-per-la-porta-spero-che-mi-chiami-presto-1005501\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FCInterNews;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FCInterNews&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FCInterNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2026\/03\/05\/inter-milan-make-final-decision-sommer-future-june\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yann Sommer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yann Sommer&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Yann Sommer<\/a> will be out of contract in June, with Inter reluctant to offer him fresh terms.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his loyalty to the club, the Swiss veteran has entered the twilight of his career and is likely to leave San Siro in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his boyhood club, Basel, could try to lure him back to his homeland and give him a chance to retire in a familiar setting.<\/p>\n<p>As for Inter, they\u2019ve already earmarked <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2026\/03\/24\/inter-milan-prioritize-summer-pursuit-guglielmo-vicario\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Guglielmo Vicario;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Guglielmo Vicario&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Guglielmo Vicario<\/a> as a top candidate to fill the vacancy in goal. Moreover, the Italian is reportedly keen to join the Nerazzurri.<\/p>\n<p>However, they must wait until the end of the season to open talks with Tottenham Hotspur, who are fighting to secure Premier League survival.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Basel CEO David Degen Invites Yann Sommer to Return to the Club<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy preferred candidate plays about 300\u2013350 kilometers away as the crow flies,\u201d Degen said. \u201cI hope he calls me soon. He knows he can call me \u2013 he\u2019s aware of that \u2013 he just needs to send me a signal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it will really happen, I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t even know if he wants to; I\u2019m not aware of his plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI rate him very highly, both as a person and as a player. He would help us with what we have planned. That doesn\u2019t mean Jonas Omlin isn\u2019t also an excellent candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if both Yann and Jonas are available, we will focus as much as possible on Yann. I played with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see what the future holds \u2013 we\u2019re open to being surprised. I\u2019m personally happy to be surprised as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Basel sporting director David Degen has invited Inter Milan goalkeeper Yann Sommer to return to the club in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[77,22583,16142,606,22584,5121,5116],"class_list":{"0":"post-38807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basel","8":"tag-basel","9":"tag-david-degen","10":"tag-guglielmo-vicario","11":"tag-inter-milan","12":"tag-jonas-omlin","13":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","14":"tag-yann-sommer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116291913891527223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}