In the last few hours Inter have joined the race to land Lazio striker Goran
Pandev and are now favourite to secure his services.
According to reports in Italy the Nerazzurri have been targeting him for a
long while although Marco Branca and Jose Mourinho preferred to keep it
quiet.
Now with the transfer deadline coming close they have decided to come out
and offer the out of favour Macedonian a contract.
Inter could send Ricardo Quaresma to the Olimpico in exchange in order to
sign Pandev.
Genoa are also interested but have rejected an offer from Lazio President
Claudio Lotito, who wanted to swap his forward for Rossoblu defender
Salvatore Bocchetti.
Enrico Preziosi then contacted Lotito wanting to negotiate a part exchange
deal for Pandev involving Hernan Crespo. The Laziali are not interested in
that though since they already have Julio Cruz to bolster their attack.
Bayern Munich, Fiorentina and Lyon are also following the negotiations
closely and could try to hijack the transfer.