End Of The Road For Ex Man United & Arsenal Veteran + Several Others As PSG Brutally Expose Aging Inter Milan Squad | OneFootball

It looks to be the end of the road for Henrikh Mkhitaryan and several others after PSG ruthlessly exposed Inter Milan’s aging squad.

This according to today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews.

Inter Milan had the oldest squad in this season’s Champions league, at nearly thirty years of age on average.

That had not stopped the Nerazzurri from reaching a final. However, once they got there, they faced a team with an entirely different age profile.

As the Gazzetta note, PSG’s starting eleven had an average age that was five years and 146 days younger than that of Inter.

Accordingly, yesterday’s final was always going to play out as something of a battle between youth and experience.

End Of The Road For Mkhitaryan & Several Others As PSG Expose Aging Inter Squad

MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 06: Matteo Darmian of FC Internazionale in action during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD4 match between FC Internazionale Milano and Arsenal FC at Stadio San Siro on November 06, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Inter may have hoped that their experience would have been their edge against PSG. As it had been against the likes of Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

But that was, putting it mildly, not the case.

Instead, the Nerazzurri looked downright weary trying to keep up with Paris Saint-Germain, in and out of possession.

There was no sign that PSG’s players were lacking in confidence or tactical awareness. They were first to nearly every ball, and looked orders of magnitude sharper when they had it.

In the view of the Gazzetta, this was evidence that it is time for Inter to move on.

Players like Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Francesco Acerbi, and Matteo Darmian have done a great deal for the team over the last few years.

But there is no room for sentimentalism or living in the past. It is time for this Inter squad to get younger, hungrier, and more physically fresh and athletic.