Inter To Go For Diarra?

To strengthen their midfield the Nerazzurri have put their eyes on Real Madrid player Mahamadou Diarra.

For the moment it's only an interesting idea, but the coming summer Mahamadou Diarra may become one of the most recurrent names in the Nerazzurri offices. The transfer gurus of Inter are monitoring the Mali midfielder's situation, whose feeling with Real is becoming feeble although last summer Fabio Capello pushed for his purchase from Lyon. Will the fracture be recomposed or is it the beginning of a separation in June, after only one season? We will see. As they expect news, however, technical director Branca and market consultant Oriali have already put the African player's name on their shopping list.

The reason for the great cold between the player and Real occurred last 17 December, a few minutes before the start of the match against Espanyol. Diarra was recorded by Canal Plus while he was talking with Cassano and Ronaldo about Capello. Cassano blatantly imitated the Italian coach and criticised his rotation system, with Diarra, a good friend of Cassano, agreeing while Ronaldo did not say anything negative. The consequence was that Cassano and Diarra were left out of the squad for the home game against Recreativo Huelva, which was lost 3-0. At today's training session Diarra was present as normal, but the decisive moment will come on 7 January in the game against Deportivo. Will he be on the pitch again or will Capello continue punishing him?