{"id":567957,"date":"2020-10-01T17:56:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T21:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=567957"},"modified":"2020-10-01T17:56:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T21:56:43","slug":"report-parmas-matteo-darmian-will-join-inter-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/01\/report-parmas-matteo-darmian-will-join-inter-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Parma&#8217;s Matteo Darmian Will Join Inter Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Parma\" target=\"_self\">Parma<\/a> full-back <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/96e0490d\/Matteo-Darmian\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matteo Darmian<\/a> will have a medical to join <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Inter+Milan\" target=\"_self\">Inter Milan<\/a> on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1311715344478867456\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Manchester+United\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> defender will join Antonio Conte&#8217;s operation at San Siro for a fee of \u20ac2.5 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Inter Milan Agree Deal to Sign Matteo Darmian<\/h2>\n<h3>Darmian Finally Joining Inter<\/h3>\n<p>Inter Milan have long been interested in signing Darmian, having <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1087846819462287362\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held talks during the Italian&#8217;s stay at Old Trafford<\/a>. He ended up returning to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/serie-a\/\" target=\"_self\">Serie A<\/a> with Parma though, however, is set to make the move back to Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Darmian started out in Milan with Inter&#8217;s rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=AC+Milan\" target=\"_self\">AC Milan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a loan spell with Padova, he joined Palermo permanently. Following that, he gained recognition for his efforts at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Torino\" target=\"_self\">Torino<\/a> and was signed by Louis van Gaal at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Initial expectations were high and Darmian never lived up to them, though he remains a useful footballer and should fit in well with Conte&#8217;s system at Inter.<\/p>\n<h3>Featured Heavily for Parma Since United Departure<\/h3>\n<p>Since leaving United, Darmian has made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/matteo-darmian\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/54906\/plus\/0?saison=2019\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">36 appearances<\/a> for Parma in Italy. He&#8217;s delivered one goal and one assist for his team and will now move on and look to build on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/matteo-darmian\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/54906\/plus\/0?saison=2019\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">150 Serie A appearances<\/a> in the Province of his birth.<\/p>\n<p>His return to Italy originally seemed motivated by a desire to play for Italy again and <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2809987-matteo-darmian-i-really-do-miss-serie-a-and-italy-amid-exit-rumours\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">missing the country<\/a> in general. He hasn&#8217;t appeared for the national team since, however, joining Inter, who challenged for the title last season, he may have a greater capacity to impress Roberto Mancini.<\/p>\n<h3>Dalbert Leaving for Rennes<\/h3>\n<p>Going out of the exit door at Inter is Dalbert. The Brazilian will join <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/ligue-1\/\" target=\"_self\">Ligue 1<\/a> side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=rennes\" target=\"_self\">Rennes<\/a>, where he will have a medical on Friday. He leaves Inter on loan with an option to buy for \u20ac12 million, as also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1311777736185311233\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dalbert featured heavily for Inter Milan last season, making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/dalbert\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/312862\/plus\/0?saison=2019\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">34 appearances and providing nine assists<\/a>. Though, it appears Conte is ready for change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1311715344478867456\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Romano also claims<\/a> Inter are working on a deal to bring <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f4290206\/Marcos-Alonso\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcos Alonso<\/a> back to Italy, with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Chelsea\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> willing to let him leave on loan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"xrbtdYkPSp5jyiP6MtcGSw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1277239821\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xrbtdYkPSp5jyiP6MtcGSw',sig:'rDv-Y85b9IgT09iyApf211JsLtS6rgQf7Yi9UP4FWck=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1277239821',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parma full-back Matteo Darmian will have a medical to join Inter Milan on Friday, Fabrizio Romano reports. The former Manchester United defender will join Antonio Conte&#8217;s operation at San Siro for a fee of \u20ac2.5 million. Inter Milan Agree Deal to Sign Matteo Darmian Darmian Finally Joining Inter Inter Milan have long been interested in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":567970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,5],"tags":[46,1664,674,122,110,1693,4166,3498,48,136],"class_list":["post-567957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","category-serie-a","tag-chelsea","tag-dalbert","tag-inter-milan","tag-ligue-1","tag-marcos-alonso","tag-matteo-darmian","tag-parma","tag-rennes","tag-serie-a","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}