The Nerazzurri centre-back is going through a difficult spell, and the fans have shown their support<\/p>\n
On Easter Sunday, all eyes are on Inter v Roma, one of the two big matches of the 31st round of the league, alongside tomorrow evening\u2019s late kick-off between Napoli and Milan. At the heart of the Nerazzurri defence, Cristian Chivu once again selects Alessandro Bastoni, and when the line-ups are announced, a huge roar erupts from the fans at San Siro for the Inter centre-back \u2013 a clear sign of solidarity towards the 1999-born defender, who is going through a difficult period and has also found himself at the centre of some controversy in recent days over his performances for the national team.<\/p>\n
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THE SUPPORT OF THE FANS<\/p>\n
In recent days, Inter fans had already made their support for the player clear; on the eve of the match against Roma, some of them went to Appiano Gentile and unfurled a banner at the entrance to Inter\u2019s training ground with a message for Bastoni: \u201cKeep your head high and fear nothing \u2013 your people are by your side\u201d. A show of affection coming directly from the former Nerazzurri Curva Nord, now known as the Secondo Anello Verde. A sign that despite the many boos directed at the defender in recent weeks following the incident with Kalulu in the match against Juventus, and after his sending-off in the last match played for Italy \u2013 which cost the Azzurri their World Cup qualification \u2013 Inter fans remain firmly behind one of the team\u2019s most beloved players.<\/p>\n
BASTONI AND THE TRANSFER MARKET: BARCELONA STEPS UP THE PRESSURE<\/p>\n
This is despite Barcelona\u2019s continued pursuit of Bastoni. The Catalans have identified him as their main target to bolster a defence set to undergo several changes; the 1999-born player is favoured by both sporting director Deco and manager Flick, particularly for his ability to build play from the back. At present, there has been no direct contact between the two clubs; Bar\u00e7a are in talks with the player\u2019s entourage and have already noted his openness to the idea of a move to Spain; his valuation currently stands at around \u20ac60 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nerazzurri centre-back is going through a difficult spell, and the fans have shown their support On Easter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3208,790,1224,5,170,3207,175,117,2119,43,27,148],"class_list":{"0":"post-4224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rome","8":"tag-barca","9":"tag-bastoni","10":"tag-cristian-chivu","11":"tag-italy","12":"tag-juventus","13":"tag-kalulu","14":"tag-milan","15":"tag-napoli","16":"tag-nerazzurri","17":"tag-roma","18":"tag-rome","19":"tag-spain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}