Race for Genoa star has started – Milan involved but Inter want Frattesi-style deal

Inter are the latest team to join the race for Albert Gudmundsson, as per a report, as they plan for a summer with some changes in the attacking department.

According to Calciomercato.com, the Inter management believe that Gudmundsson is the perfect profile to go for because he is entering his prime at 26 years of age, he knows the league well and he has a contained salary of €1.2m net per season.

However, it will take a large financial outlay to get him. In January Genoa rejected a €30m offer from Fiorentina for the forward because they did not want to sell him mid-season, but in the summer with an extra €5-10m added on top they could consider it.

Juventus and Milan have been admirers for some time as per the report, and they are also ‘in full swing’ for the Iceland international. In the Premier League there are teams sending scouts to watch him constantly, too.

Inter want to move quickly to take advantage of the excellent relations with the Rossoblu and quickly find an agreement. They have an operation similar to the Davide Frattesi one in mind: a paid loan and obligation to buy for €30m trigger by conditions easily achievable after 2 February.

It is a formula widely used especially for clubs that close their accounts through calendar year and not a sporting year, such as Genoa and Sassuolo, and useful for postponing the capital gain to the balance sheet that will close on 31 December 2025.

Gudmundsson’s great-grandfather actually played for Milan a few decades back so there is already a link there, but whether that will factor into his decision remains to be seen.