Inter Track Stuttgart Centre-Back Jeltsch, Barcelona Also Interested
Inter have reportedly sent scouts to watch VfB Stuttgart and Germany U21 centre-back Finn Jeltsch and have held talks with the club's representatives. However, several top European clubs, Barcelona included, are said to be interested in the player as well.
According to Italian press reports, Inter have assigned scouts to watch 20-year-old Finn Jeltsch several times over the past year. The club is also said to have held repeated talks with the player's agent and representatives.
Jeltsch plays as a centre-back in Stuttgart's back four. At Inter, however, he is seen as a player who could operate in both the middle and on the right of Cristian Chivu's back three. The player's reported annual gross salary at Stuttgart is around 1.3 million euros. Inter are not considered to have a problem with offering more than that figure.
The real challenge lies in the transfer fee. Stuttgart are reported to be asking for around 40 million euros for the young defender. On top of that, Barcelona are also interested in the player. According to a report in the Spanish newspaper Sport, Jeltsch is seen as the first choice should Hansi Flick sign a new centre-back in the near future.
Inter's discussions about the player could be revisited around the Champions League match on 25 November, when they host Stuttgart at San Siro.
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