{"id":389854,"date":"2025-09-01T18:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/389854\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:14:17","slug":"inter-marseille-man-city-working-on-pavard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/389854\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter, Marseille & Man City working on Pavard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter Milan, Marseille, and Man City are reportedly working on a double deal involving defenders Benjamin Pavard and Manuel Akanji.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This according to Italian outlet Gazzetta.it<\/strong><\/a>. They report that the clubs are trying to see if a move for Pavard to Marseille, and Akanji to Inter, would be possible before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n

With just a few hours left before the transfer window closes, Marseille are still targeting Inter defender Benjamin Pavard.<\/p>\n

Pavard has been linked with a few clubs this summer, with Inter reportedly willing to sell the Frenchman.<\/p>\n

Turkish champions Galatasaray<\/strong><\/a> reportedly are keen on Pavard. Then, Neom<\/strong><\/a> have not hid their interest in bringing the 29-year-old to the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the possibility of a move back to Ligue 1 has also emerged.<\/p>\n

Lille have withdrawn their interest, as they consider a move for Pavard to be too expensive<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, another French team could bring Pavard back to his homeland. Marseille are keen to make one more big defensive reinforcement before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n

Inter, Marseille & Man City Working On Pavard \u2013 Akanji Double Deal<\/a>MILAN, ITALY \u2013 APRIL 16: Benjamin Pavard of FC Internazionale reacts during the UEFA Champions League 2024\/25 Quarter Final Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen at San Siro on April 16, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Naturally, Inter have hardly been planning to sell Pavard on deadline day.<\/p>\n

Whilst the Nerazzurri have been willing to listen to offers for the 29-year-old former Bayern Munich defender, they would also want an adequate replacement.<\/p>\n

That would seemingly block the possibility of Pavard leaving for Marseille.<\/p>\n

According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, though, an opportunity for a replacement has emerged.<\/p>\n

Manchester City have been looking to offload defender Manuel Akanji for several weeks. The Cityzens are aiming to trim their squad, particularly in defense.<\/p>\n

AC Milan had been trying to get a deal done for the Swiss international in recent days. However, Akanji turned down the offer, as he prefers to move to a team playing in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

The Rossoneri\u2019s city rivals Inter are one such team, however.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the Gazzetta reports, the Nerazzurri are working on potentially bringing in Akanji if Pavard is to go to Marseille.<\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t much time in the transfer window. However, the clubs are in talks to see if they can squeeze the two transfers in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Milan, Marseille, and Man City are reportedly working on a double deal involving defenders Benjamin Pavard and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-389854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115130405298366106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}