Inter Milan shirt sponsors Pirelli would be happy to chip in to bring Lionel Messi to the San Siro but they have called on the club’s directors to make it happen.
Asked if Pirelli would back the signing, CEO Marco Tronchetti promised to “help” but warned that the responsibility for financing any transfer would lie with Inter president Steven Zhang.
The tyre company may be asked to partly fund a potential deal in the same way Italian carmakers Fiat drove Cristiano Ronaldo ’s £99.2million move to Juventus from Real Madrid in 2018.
But Tronchetti warned, compared to the situation back then, the cost of the coronavirus lockdown would affect Pirelli’s ability to inject money into the team. “Honestly, at a time like this, we’re unable to
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