Inter Milan: Winning titles, losing money
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 22 November 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
It’s been a pretty good start to the season for Inter Milan. Ticking along nicely in the Champions League and top of Serie A as they chase silverware for a fourth consecutive season…
Behind the scenes however, the picture isn’t quite as rosy. Despite increased revenues, profits are low and debts are sky-high. Add to that an outdated stadium, an ageing squad and some high-profile departures.
So, is it enough for them to just be successful on the pitch and if a takeover is the solution, are they, or any Italian club, attractive enough to buy?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic’s Senior football news reporter Matt Slater & our Italian football writer James Horncastle.
Produced by Adonis Pratsides and Jay Beale
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | It's been a pretty good start to the season for Inter Milan. |
| 0:08.0 | According to Jose Marino, they should win the league by 20 points this season. |
| 0:13.0 | Behind the scenes, however, the picture isn't quite as rosy. |
| 0:24.8 | Despite increased revenues, profits are low and debts are sky high. |
| 0:29.5 | Add to that, an outdated stadium, an aging squad, and some high-profile departures. |
| 0:35.6 | Manchester United have their man. |
| 0:37.4 | They have signed the Inter Milan goalkeeper, Andre Onana. |
| 0:41.7 | So, is it enough for them to just be successful on the pitch? |
| 0:45.4 | And if a takeover is the solution? |
| 0:47.9 | Are they or any Italian club attractive enough to buy? |
| 0:52.6 | I'm Ayahu Akim Walere. |
| 0:53.5 | Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 1:04.5 | So today, into Milan under the microscope, the third part of the Athletics Crisis Club series, |
| 1:10.5 | examining the financial state of five Athletics Crisis Club series, examining the financial |
| 1:11.6 | state of five European football clubs that is running all week. Right, I'm joined by the |
| 1:16.7 | Athletic Senior Football News reporter Matt Slater and also our Italian football writer James Horncastle. |
| 1:22.4 | James, we're going to twist it on its head this time. I actually start with something positive, |
| 1:26.2 | right? Look, |
| 1:33.5 | the news is good for Inter Milan. Champions League finalists last season, top of Serriad this season. Inter are making money, I guess. They're making more money. They're losing less money, |
| 1:40.6 | which is positive because the losses certainly in COVID were of record level in |
| 1:48.4 | SIDIA. You know, we're talking 245 million in one year. I mean, that is a hell of a figure. |
| 1:56.1 | So things have stabilized. They've adopted a new model. They've become more sustainable. |
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