Moratti claims Inter need to sell

Inter president Massimo Moratti has explained that the club first need to sell some of the fringe players before they can start bringing summer reinforcements.

The club owner earlier said that the Neroazzurri squad would be in for a major overhaul in the summer, with several high-profile players expected to leave Giuseppe Meazza.

The Italian giants were recently linked with Samir Handanovic, Mathieu Debuchy, Matias Silvestre and Mattia Destro, but Moratti is adamant there will be no new signings until the club have lost some dead weight.

“There is absolutely nothing to talk about with regards to the transfer market,” Moratti told La Repubblica last evening.

“Do we have to sell first? Certainly…”

Rodrigo Palacio has already arrived from Genoa and Philippe Coutinho returned to the club after his loan spell at Espanyol ended, but there have been no major departures yet.

Players with lucrative contracts such as Diego Forlan, Lucio and Douglas Maicon are all expected to leave this summer.

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