Inter Milan Owners Oaktree Capital Looking To Reduce Wage Bill With Policy Of Low Cost & High Potential Signings | OneFootball

Inter Milan owners Oaktree Capital are determined to pursue a policy of reducing the wage bill by targeting low cost signings with high potential in the coming transfer windows.

As reported in today’s newspaper edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport, and via FCInterNews.it, Oaktree are keen to bring down the operating costs at the Nerazzurri, with the current wage bill coming in at €143.2 million gross.

In comparison, Serie A rivals Juventus, AC Milan, and Napoli all have significantly lower salary commitments, at €108.4m, €104.2m, and €86m respectively.

In order to reduce the wage bill, Inter are set to target high potential players who would bring low wage demands, and have already begun this process with the signings of Josep Martinez and Tomas Palacios.

Meanwhile, free agents will also remain a priority in order to offer competitive wages without the need of a transfer fee, with the likes of Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marcus Thuram, Piotr Zielinski, and Mehdi Taremi all proving successful.

It is hoped that such efforts will mean that there will be less of a requirement in the future to cash in on a top player for a high transfer fee in order to fund other arrivals and meet financial targets.