5 players Inter Milan should sell during the summer transfer window

Antonio Candreva

Antonio Candreva’s stint at Inter Milan started out with a ton of promise. He was coming off of he 3 best years of his career when he joined from Lazio and showed no signs of slowing down in his first year at Inter. He scored 6 goals and assisted 10 more that season and followed it up with an 8 assist season the next year.

It seemed like that season would be enough to keep him in Inter’s plans for the following year, but they quickly made it clear that they were looking to move on from him. They brought in Matteo Politano and Keita Balde Diao on loans to take over the right wing position last summer, relegating Candreva to a spot on the bench. They gave him only 9 starts across all competitions last season and his totaled less than 900 minutes for the year.

Keita Balde is gone now, but Inter chose to bring Politano in permanently following the end of his loan. That means that even if Inter doesn’t bring in another player on the right wing, Candreva is still just a rotational player. However, that might not be the case if he went elsewhere.

The last time we saw Candreva getting regular playing time he still looked like he was absolutely capable of contributing consistently. He likely isn’t able to do so for a top-tier team anymore, but he could definitely be helpful to a mid-table team.

He would be available at a pretty nice discount from what Inter paid for him 3 years ago. That combined with Candreva’s experience and his performances two years ago should be enough to convince a team trying to compete for the Europa League or just avoid relegation that he would be worth the small monetary risk.

He seemed unwilling to leave last summer, but he should be open to Inter letting him move on and find a last few years of success elsewhere.