{"id":1212723,"date":"2021-07-20T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T10:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1212723"},"modified":"2021-07-20T11:12:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T10:12:41","slug":"inter-milan-man-utd-arsenal-transfer-news-hector-bellerin-alex-telles","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/inter-milan-man-utd-arsenal-transfer-news-hector-bellerin-alex-telles\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI won\u2019t rule out anything\u201d \u2014 Inter Milan \u2018interested\u2019 in Arsenal and Man Utd full-backs, says club CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter Milan CEO Beppe Marotta has revealed the club are interested in bolstering their squad with the signings of Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin and Manchester United left-back Alex Telles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The recently-crowned Serie A champions are in the market for full-back reinforcements following the sale of Achraf Hakimi to PSG, as well as the departure of quasi-left wing-back Ashley Young, who left on a free transfer upon the expiration of his contract, and has since rejoined Aston Villa.<\/p>\n

The 19-time Scudetti holders are preparing for life post-Antonio Conte, following the Italian’s swift exit after he dethroned former club Juventus last season, with Simone Inzaghi the man drafted in to maintain Inter’s presence at the top of the Serie A table.<\/p>\n\n

The ex-Lazio boss will no doubt be eyeing up wing-backs to shore up his flanks as he is also a devout advocate of a 3-5-2, a system used exclusively by Conte at the San Siro, with both managers placing a heavy emphasis on overlapping ‘2s’ and ‘3s’.<\/p>\n

Two players Inzaghi is supposedly keeping tabs on, come in the form of Premier League duo Bellerin and Telles, with the latter very much on the fringes at Old Trafford given the exceptional form of Luke Shaw, who scored in the Euro 2020 final for England.<\/p>\n

When asked about the possibility of moving for Bellerin, Inter chief Marotta told\u00a0<\/span>Sky Italia<\/em><\/a>: “His is a name that is mentioned by you, there\u2019s our interest, but I won\u2019t go any further, because he\u2019s not our player.”<\/p>\n

He was also quizzed on reported interest in Telles, to which he responded: “I won\u2019t rule out anything, but at the moment we are focusing on evaluating all the opportunities without the haste of having to close this or that operation.”<\/p>\n

Telles heading for the exit door?<\/h2>\n

Signed last summer for around \u00a315m from Porto, Telles looked set to offer a competent attacking threat to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s left byline given his forward-thinking exploits at the Estadio do Dragao, in which he scored 11 goals and registered eight assists in 31 Primeira Liga matches the season prior to his arrival.<\/p>\n

However, few would have expected to see Shaw burst back onto the scene in the manner he did across 2020\/21, which culminated in the Londoner creating the second-most chances of any defender (72) behind only Trent Alexander-Arnold (77), outranking the likes of Andy Robertson (66) and Lucas Digne (46).<\/p>\n

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Trent Alexander-Arnold was the only defender that created more chances than Luke Shaw in the Premier League season, Andy Robertson was next on the list.<\/p>\n

It's Shaw's first start in a major tournament since the 2014 World Cup. #ENG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawka (@Squawka) June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n