Italy is already wondering about the treatment of Valentin Carboni

Reputations vary from one country to another. Almost unknown in France, Valentin Carboni had built a certain notoriety in Italy, where his season on loan with Monza had raised great hopes. Particularly with Inter Milan, the club to which he belongs. This is why the negotiations lasted longer than expected at the start of the summer, when OM launched the process to recruit him.

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Inter absolutely wanted to keep their hands on the Argentine hopeful, and so it was in the form of a loan with a purchase option (loan of €1 million + €36 million option) but with a clause allowing the interior club to buy him back straight away for €40 million, which he landed on the Canebière. Injured for the first match against Brest, he came on as a substitute against Reims then against Toulouse, before never coming off the bench during the following two matches, against Nice then OL last Sunday.

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And this reduced playing time has sparked a few articles in Italy, where confirmation of Carboni’s emergence was hoped for. Several articles note the underutilization of the Argentine attacking midfielder, and evoke a form of concern from Inter Milan. Doubts nuanced by several factors. First, the fact that Roberto De Zerbi logically trusts an eleven which has started the championship perfectly, with a Luis Henrique-Harit-Greenwood trio difficult to dislodge for the moment.

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Then it was mentioned that Carboni returned slightly affected from the last international break, where he was called up by Argentina. This is why he would have been preserved against Nice. The facts of the match against OL, with the early expulsion of Balerdi, did not work in his favor either. Finally, given the successful debut of Greenwood and the good surprise of Luis Henrique, it is noted that the position to be sought, for Carboni, is indeed that of Amine Harit, in support of the striker. So that the promises sown at Monza finally cross the border…