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Zilliacus: We can make Mbappe dream a reality for Inter Milan fans

Prospective Inter Milan owner Thomas Zilliacus admits securing PSG star Kylian Mbappe would be a realistic signing target.

The Finn's XXI Century Capital company have secured $2.5bn in funding and plan to make an offer for Inter inside the coming week.

Zilliacus told TVPlay: “Our goal would be to grow, with this new ownership we would like to specialise in the creation of services for fans around the world as well, with the intention of increasing revenues and then going on to have greater strength in the market.

“The consequence of all this would then be the possibility of buying top players and, in general, improving an already strong team. Mbappe, for example, wouldn't be just a dream.

“The idea would be to gradually strengthen an already quality line-up to compete, every year, for both the Scudetto and the Champions League."

He continued: “I think I know how much the Zhang family wants, and we are not so far from their proposal. We want to turn Inter into the greatest team in the world. It is not correct to say how much the club is worth now.

“We have our advisors from the financial group who will work on it and make a more precise evaluation in this sense. It is not a question of vanity, in fact we would be open to the possibility of working together with Zhang, leaving him as president but taking over the team.

“It is not an image operation, but I would like a sustainable model to make this team the most important in the world."

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