{"id":626155,"date":"2023-08-06T06:18:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T10:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626155"},"modified":"2023-08-06T06:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T10:18:37","slug":"yann-sommer-to-inter-could-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/06\/yann-sommer-to-inter-could-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Deal in Place\u2019: Inter Milan Close to Signing Replacement for Andre Onana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1687512474948374528?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has announced the expected arrival of Yann Sommer in Italy, with the 34-year-old goalkeeper likely to leave his current club Bayern Munich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A deal for Sommer will cost his potential new club, Inter Milan, between \u00a35-6 million. Medical tests, according to Romano, are taking place on Monday. If Inter can finalise this deal, they will finally have their replacement for\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/17\/andre-onana-manchester-united-completed\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Andre Onana<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soi\/inter&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sommer Trading One Champions League Contender for Another<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yann Sommer to Inter, here we go! Deal in place for \u20ac6m total fee \u2014 medical on Monday, he will arrive in Italy on Sunday to complete his move \ud83d\udea8\u26ab\ufe0f\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Inter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Inter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inter have the replacement they wanted for Andr\u00e9 Onana. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ruip4OxRU5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Ruip4OxRU5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1687512474948374528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Deal Not Yet Completed<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite using his famous tagline, &#8220;Here we go&#8221; Romano emphasised that the deal was only in place. Sommer is not yet an Inter player. The transfer does look likely to be completed soon, though. Currently, however, there is some potential that the two sides could fail to reach an agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/04\/tottenham-hotspur-harry-kane-bayern-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018Midnight Tonight\u2019: Journalist Reveals Major Update Out of Tottenham With Transfer Now in Jeopardy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eight years in Switzerland with FC Basel, then ten with Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga, took the Swiss man to Munich for a brief spell. Now, as the peak of his career begins to fade, and still chasing a major European trophy, he joins a team looking to return to the UCL Final.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What Sommer Would Bring To Inter if the Deal Is Completed<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Those in the Italian club&#8217;s camp want the deal completed this<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2023\/08\/03\/inter-milan-aiming-to-wrap-up-yann-sommer-transfer-by-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0weekend<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Sommer would be an exceptional signing for Inter as they prepare to replicate last season&#8217;s march to the European final. His services would also allow the Milanese club time to find another long-term goalkeeper while he stands between the sticks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/04\/manchester-united-done-sealed-rasmus-hojlund\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018Done, Sealed\u2019: Fabrizio Romano Drops Major Update as Man Utd Complete Chase for \u2018Perfect\u2019 Star<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">No stranger to being signed as a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-sports-soccer-borussia-monchengladbach-bayern-munich-e3183abdd2b5232af3a06858dccf7f4a\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">replacement<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0or a substitute for a big-name keeper, Sommer would join this Inter team not only in the wake of Onana&#8217;s departure but also as a club legend and longtime number one goalkeeper Samir Handanovic\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/soccer\/goalkeeper-handanovic-leaves-inter-after-11-years-2023-07-12\/#:~:text=July%2012%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Slovenian,A%20side%20said%20on%20Wednesday.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">retires<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2npdUnX\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ank Kumar on Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano\u00a0has announced the expected arrival of Yann Sommer in Italy, with the 34-year-old goalkeeper likely to leave his current club Bayern Munich. A deal for Sommer will cost his potential new club, Inter Milan, between \u00a35-6 million. Medical tests, according to Romano, are taking place on Monday. If Inter can finalise this deal, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4764,"featured_media":625798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1691190000","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8438,1364,4,7188,5],"tags":[9709,9356,2436],"class_list":["post-626155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inter-milan","category-bayern-munich","category-bundesliga","category-rumours","category-serie-a","tag-bayern-munich-transfer-rumours","tag-inter-milan-transfer-rumours","tag-yann-sommer"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626155","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\/4764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}