Di campetto di Assago wey represent di past, where all di first dreams of football dey multiply, and San Siro wey stand for horizon as di future wey dey wait am, dem dey just less dan ten kilometers apart.
Di same distance wey contain di story of Marco Palestra, di small boy from Buccinasco wey don grow up now. Because if at 21 years old, di Italian champion club dey ready to break 50 million quota to take you, then e mean say you dey become a very important investment.
Dis na im week, di one wey fans and all parties involved want make e be di final white smoke. And everybody dey work to make am so. Di turn dey near, imminent, like di next meeting between Inter and Atalanta.
We bin leave with di last contact on Thursday wey bin positive, wey don put dis deal on di right track to reach a positive outcome of wetin go be di market hit of dis nerazzurri summer. For Milan yesterday, im agent Alessandro Lucci also arrive, and dis na another sign say dem dey close to di finish line.
How much road di small boy don cover from when e dey play as mezzala for under 17, and e dey say e be di slowest for di team. Technical yes, but speed na quality wey come relatively late (we dey talk about a 2005 boy). For an interview with Gazzetta for September 2025, e talk about im role: “When I play on di right, I dey find am good to dribble with my left because I feel say I get more power if I stretch am; if I play on di left instead, I prefer to carry am with my right.”
For Cristian Chivu’s Inter, e go occupy di space wey Denzel Dumfries leave empty, and dere, mirroring Federico Dimarco, e fit express im technique and speed (wey now e get am) as e show for Cagliari. A place wey bin dey “like God” and wey im self admit say e need am.
More recently, e bin admit say e ready for a big club, and soon after dat big thought, Inter come close, and now e don get all agreements for a contract until 2031. For such a scenario, di final squeeze dey soon served.
For dis summer wey see am as di most valuable piece of Italian football market, for di moment wey e comot from football, e grant imself a holiday for Sardinia. But even dere, e neva leave di ball. E continue to train to make sure e dey ready for im big club (di date circled for red for calendar na July 16, when Inter go start retreat for Germany), polished for im new coach wey after di last Inter-Cagliari league match come close to am and whisper some words of appreciation for im ear.
Dat moment neva escape from cameras nor, consequently, from di eyes of fans wey even for mid-April bin dey hope for a small big market clue after dat episode. Like wetin happen some days ago, when Thuram put a “like” for Palestra’s last post. For those wey dey always hunt for traces to build stories, dat one look like a “welcome” from Marcus to Marco.
But back to dat interview nine months ago, dem ask Palestra: who don impress you most for Serie A? And e answer with three names: Lautaro, Bastoni, and Dimarco. Answer wey be all nerazzurri. Almost a call to di future. Wey come just before Palestra start to want only Inter and no other club, not even di big ones for Europe.
Di path don trace, any day fit be di good one to close dis deal, one of di most expensive for nerazzurri history.
