Inter Milan President Erick Thohir has said following talks with Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna that he thinks the 31-year-old French international will remain in the Premiership.
“I think (Bacary) Sagna won’t arrive because he has decided to stay in the Premier League,” Thohir told reporters at Milan airport as reported by Sky Sports.
“Right now we only have (Yuto) Nagatomo and Jonathan. If one of them gets injured you need somebody else to come in.
“But we have to accept the fact he (Sagna) wants to stay in England. We understand and in that case we might bring in a young player from our academy.”
Thohir has already signed Manchester United’s Nemanja Vidic, while revelling that there had been no contact made with Patrice Evra.
“(Patrice) Evra? We have had no contact for him,” he added.
He did however say that he was looking for a striker mentioning the name of Fernando Torres, Edin Dzeko and Arsenal summer target Alvaro Morata.
As for Sagna his contract is up at the end of the season, and should he not sign a new contract with Arsenal and yet still remain in the Premiership it could be with either Chelsea or Manchester City as the two clubs have shown an interest in the past.
