He Inter de Milan It is a concrete example that the teams with the most money are not always the ones that fight for the most important titles. The neroazurri team can boast of being the first finalist of the Champions League 2022-23 although its squad and franchise value is well below other ‘giants’ in the soccer industry such as psg or the Liverpoolwho were eliminated in the early round of 16.
After a series full of passion, memories and grit, Inter eliminated their city neighbor, the AC Milanby an aggregate score of 3-0 in the semifinals of the Champions League, culminating the work with a solitary goal from its captain, Lautaro Martínez, in the second leg played at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium (called San Siro when the AC Milan is the local) before a total of 75,567 spectators on Tuesday night.
This victory represents the return of Inter to a Champions League final after 13 years, just when they won their third and last ‘Orejona’ against bayern Munich Hand in hand with the Portuguese coach José Mourinho and with an international base recharged in South America, since of the 14 players who saw action in that match, 7 were between Argentines and Brazilians.
“In the next few days we will realize what we have done. For us it was a dream to reach the Champions League final, but we have always believed in it. It has been an extraordinary road and winning a derby in these conditions in the semifinals gives me great satisfaction”, defined the Inter coach, Simone Inzaghi, at the end of the series against AC Milan.
Unlike other clubs in England, France, Spain and Germany, Inter does not have high economic values to be fighting annually to be in continental finals and it is even difficult for them to be consistent in their local league. An example of this is that after winning Serie A in 2021, they lost it to AC Milan in 2022 and to Napoli in 2023.
In the current edition of the Champions League, Inter Milan ranked 12th in terms of squad values of the 32 participants in the group stage with a price tag of 580.6 million dollars, even below teams without international honors such as he Tottenham hotspur (739 million) or Napoli (683 million).
According to these figures, published by Transfermarkt, Inter have a squad valuation of almost half that of their rival in the final, the Manchester City, which reaches 1,140 million dollars and led the 32 participants in this Champions League. The real Madridwho is also in contention to be a finalist, is another whose valuation is close to 1,000 millionswith 935.3.
In terms of franchise value, Inter ranks 15th globally, according to Sportico’s most recent study of the 50 most valuable soccer teams in the world. Its price is 1,110 million dollars, a fifth of the 5,950 million held by the Manchester united as the leader of the list.
With this valuation, Inter is even below 29 of the 30 franchises that participate in Major League Baseball in the United States (MLB), since only the Miami marlins They are below the Italian team with 1,070 million dollars, but even the Oakland are on top Athletics (1,310) and the Tampa Bay rays (1,190).
At the Italian level, Inter is not the team with the best price either. In the Sportico ranking of this 2023, they are surpassed by Juventus with 1.730 million dollars and the AC Milan with 1,200. In fact, the Neroazurri squad is very close to matching its franchise value with Los Angeles FC of the United States league, since this club is valued at 900 million.
The five best-valued teams on this list are the aforementioned Manchester United, which this year did not even compete in the Champions League (and was eliminated in the Europa League quarterfinals); Real Madrid, which is still in the fight for the semifinals against Manchester City; Barcelona, which did not make it past the group stage; Liverpool, who said goodbye in the round of 16; and Bayern Munich, eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Returning to the template values, the teams that complete the top 5 after Manchester City were the Chelseahe bayernthe PSG and the Liverpoolall exceeding 800 million dollars with players that lead the current market such as Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé, Jamal Musiala and Phil Foden, valued at more than 100 million.
In fact, in the top 50 most valuable players in the world today, by Transfermarkt, only two members of Inter appear: the Argentine striker Lautaro Martínez in the 18th ranking, valued at 86.9 million dollars, and the Italian midfielder Nicolo Barella. in ranking 34 with 76 million.
Despite not appearing in these high economic standards, Inter has already qualified for its sixth final of Champions League, in which they have had a balance of three victories (1964, 1965 and 2010) for two defeats (1967 and 1972). In addition, it repositioned Italian soccer by being the first club in this country to reach the last round of the tournament since Juventus lost to Real Madrid in 2017.
Regarding its players, although they do not appear on the list of best economic values in the world either, they are pieces that since they were signed have brought a face of joviality and versatility to the team, such as captain Lautaro Martínez, hired from Racing de Avellaneda in 2018 , or the Cameroonian goalkeeper André Onana, signed from the ajax last summer.
The two were fundamental in the series victory against AC Milan and are on their way to being key players in the search for a new European title for Inter on June 10, when they meet Manchester City or Real Madrid in Istanbul. Turkey.
