Inter Milan Defender ‘The Big Brother To Support’ As Barcelona Weigh Up €70m Move

Alessandro Bastoni arrives at Sunday’s Easter showdown with Roma as the most talked-about figure at Inter Milan, not for his football, but for everything that has swirled around him since January.

And yet, according to Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, the mood among the Nerazzurri faithful could not be clearer.

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He is their big brother, and they are standing by him.

“From Kalulu to Bosnia, from one storm to another, Bastoni has become the big brother to support for the Nerazzurri faithful,” Gazzetta write, acknowledging that the same storms that have driven Inter fans to rally around him have produced very different feelings in rival ends across Italy.

But the Inter fans have his back.

That was evident yesterday outside the gates of Appiano Gentile, where supporters gathered to show their support.

A long banner signed by the Secondo Anello Verde, hung at the training ground entrance, gave Bastoni a visible and public show of warmth at a moment when, as Gazzetta put it, his mood has been “below his heels.”

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San Siro tonight will offer another form of protection.

Every Italian ground away from home has become hostile territory.

However, his own stadium will cheer him as loudly as it ever has. That, Gazzetta suggest, is the first line of his defensive trench.

Yet the backdrop of Barcelona’s pursuit refuses to go away.

According to Gazzetta, Bastoni‘s openness to Flick’s project is total.

However, bridging the gap between the clubs remains the challenge.

Inter want at least €70 million. Barcelona, undeterred by the turbulence surrounding the player, are edging toward that figure.

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Chivu’s press conference on Saturday, focused almost entirely on Bastoni, will not have gone unnoticed in Catalonia.

His carefully chosen words, Gazzetta suggest, contained nuances Barcelona will have studied closely. No door was explicitly closed. The summer transfer story is already taking shape on the horizon.

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