How Suning sale could help Inter avoid FFP
What impact will Inter's sale have on the club's transfer policy?
The Suning Commerce Group is set to spend €150 million to buy an initial 20% of the club, before paying Erick Thohir €525m for part of his shares (he'll be left with 30%) and €157 for Massimo Moratti's 30% share. Inter would hence be worth €750m.
Normally, a club undergoing an ownership change would be entitled to ask UEFA for a four-year transition period.
But not here, as a club isn't allowed to get away with this measure twice inside three years.
So what can Inter do to create some wiggle room, considering that they can be a maximum of €30m in debt in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017, and have to balance the books by 2018-2019.
The Fair Play parameters can be avoided, however, by getting the owner's other club, Jiangsu Suning, to buy players before loaning them to Inter.
@CriGiudici, translated by @EdoDalmonte