Inter Milan Secure Federico Dimarco Amid Barcelona Interest

Inter Milan have slammed the door on Barcelona’s late push for Federico Dimarco and are now racing to tie the full-back to a long-term future at San Siro.

The Catalan club’s attempt to prise him away in the final days of the transfer window jolted Inter into action. Talks are now under way on a new deal running to 2030, according to reports in Italy.

Barcelona’s late move

Spanish outlet Sport reported that Dimarco’s name emerged on Barcelona’s shortlist as the window ticked into its final stretch. Discussions even reached the stage of a potential left-back swap: Dimarco heading to Barcelona, Alejandro Balde moving to Inter.

Nothing advanced beyond that. No agreement, no green light. But the interest was real enough to trigger alarm in Milan.

La Gazzetta dello Sport now says Inter have responded by accelerating plans to extend Dimarco’s contract until 2030, determined not to let one of their key pillars drift into the market again.

From surprise to summit

Dimarco, 28, is currently under contract until 2027, with an option for an extra year. That clause remained untouched over the summer, and the player did not hide his disappointment.

“I was expecting the club to call me to talk to me after what I did last year,” he admitted recently, a pointed reminder of his importance in Inter’s title-winning campaign.

The turning point came away from home. On the eve of the Champions League clash with Real Madrid, a summit in the Spanish capital finally moved things forward. New sporting director Dario Baccin met in Madrid with Arturo Canales, Dimarco’s agent, to lay the groundwork for the extension.

From that meeting, the deal began to gather pace.

The negotiation is built around Dimarco’s current net salary of 4 million euros, a significant figure that reflects his standing as one of the most complete left-backs in the game right now.

Barcelona keep watching

Barcelona, though, have not turned the page completely.

They go into the season with only one recognised left-back in the squad, Alejandro Balde, and he is not currently central to Hansi Flick’s plans. That leaves a clear gap in the squad and explains why Dimarco’s name carries so much weight at the Camp Nou.

For Barcelona, he offers two things they badly need: high-level quality in a specialist role and the assurance of a player already in the mature phase of his career, ready to perform immediately.

Inter’s message is just as clear. After a nervous end to the window, they intend to keep Dimarco in Milan for the long haul. Whether Barcelona test that resolve again will be one of the next windows’ most intriguing questions.