{"id":57200,"date":"2025-04-28T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/57200\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:27:08","slug":"reds-consider-last-ditch-hijack-of-inter-milan-striker-chase-as-agreement-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/57200\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds consider last-ditch hijack of Inter Milan striker chase as agreement nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan are intensifying their pursuit of Lille striker Jonathan David amid competition from Liverpool and three other Premier League clubs, TEAMtalk understands.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old is\u00a0certain\u00a0to leave Lille when his contract expires this summer and will be available on a free transfer, which has caught the attention of many top sides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/jonathan-david\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David<\/a> has consistently performed well for the French club and is enjoying another prolific campaign, with 25 goals in 46 games across all competitions so far this term.<\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk understands that Inter made a contract offer to David\u2019s entourage in early March \u2013 a five-year deal worth around \u20ac4.5m (\u00a33.8m), per season, plus bonuses, which equates to approximately \u20ac6m (\u00a35.1m) per season in total.<\/p>\n<p>Sources state that the Nerazzurri are getting closer to finalising an agreement with David, as well as agreeing on terms over agent fees and other details.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tag\/inter-milan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter<\/a> are the club who have moved most concretely for the striker so far, with club president Giuseppe Marotta determined to bring him to Milan.<\/p>\n<p>However, nothing is done until David formally signs for another club and we understand that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>, along with three other English sides are keeping close tabs on his situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83d\udd34\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/mo-salah-claims-liverpool-title-win-is-100-better-without-jurgen-klopp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mo Salah claims Liverpool title win is \u2018100% better without Jurgen Klopp\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool among four Prem sides keen on Jonathan David<\/p>\n<p>David is yet to make a final decision on his future and that is why Liverpool are monitoring him, as the new Premier League champions look to add a new striker amid uncertainty surrounding Darwin Nunez.<\/p>\n<p>We reported on April 25 that Liverpool are willing to sell Nunez for the right price this summer and as things stand,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/ready-to-sell-as-star-says-yes-to-saudi-arabia-switch-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Saudi club Al Hilal is his most likely destination.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David could be signed as a replacement for Nunez. However, sources state that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a>, Newcastle and West Ham are also keen on the Canadian international.<\/p>\n<p>From outside of England, Barcelona are also interested in David, while French side Marseille are poised to join the race, too.<\/p>\n<p>Inter remain favourites for now. David has given his verbal approval to continue the talks with the Serie A club as they try to finalise an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Inter are ahead of rival suitors in the race and are growing in confidence of signing David on a free transfer early in the summer window.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DON\u2019T MISS<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/liverpool-biggest-sales-most-expensive-departures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Top 10 most expensive Liverpool sales of all time that make mockery of free Alexander-Arnold exit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Latest Liverpool news<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/offered-chance-to-sign-120k-a-week-man-utd-star-genius-slot-tactical-move-hailed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool offered chance to sign \u00a3120k-a-week Man Utd star as genius Slot tactical move is hailed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/jurgen-klopp-to-real-madrid-chances-rated-ancelotti-exit-next-job-confirmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jurgen Klopp to Real Madrid chances revealed as Ancelotti exit and next job is confirmed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/trent-alexander-arnold-cody-gakpo-liverpool-message-real-madrid-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gakpo tells Alexander-Arnold to make Real Madrid U-turn amid wild Liverpool title celebrations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool quiz: Think you know Darwin Nunez?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Milan are intensifying their pursuit of Lille striker Jonathan David amid competition from Liverpool and three other&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[160,161,748,393,162,30079,163,4884,8883,8882,5760,10042,179,3047,100,16,15,11505],"class_list":{"0":"post-57200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-all-the-news","9":"tag-arsenal","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-english-premier-league","13":"tag-french-ligue-1","14":"tag-front-page","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-inter-milan","17":"tag-italian-serie-a","18":"tag-jonathan-david","19":"tag-lille","20":"tag-liverpool","21":"tag-newcastle-united","22":"tag-transfer-news","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom","25":"tag-west-ham-united"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114415117472894833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57200","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=57200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}