Serie A title winner 'rejects move to Manchester United, Liverpool'
A title-winning Serie A midfielder has supposedly rejected the chance to join one of three Premier League titans in favour of signing a new deal with his current club.
Inter Milan's Nicolo Barella became a Scudetto winner for the second time earlier this month, as Simone Inzaghi's men bested city rivals AC Milan to clinch the 2023-24 Serie A crown.
Barella has unsurprisingly played another fundamental role in Inter's top-flight triumph, registering two goals and six assists from 33 matches in the current campaign, starting 31 of them.
A midfield mainstay ever since joining the Nerazzurri on an initial loan deal from Cagliari in 2019, the 27-year-old has now registered 22 goals and 51 assists in 231 matches for Inter, who forked out £27.8m to sign him permanently in 2020.
As well as his two Serie A titles, two Coppa Italias and three Supercoppa Italiana crowns, Barella has a Champions League runners-up medal and was a key player for Italy en route to the Euro 2020 title.
Barella snubs interest from Premier League trioHailed as one of the finest midfielders in Italy, the former Cagliari youngster has inevitably been tipped to advance his career in the Premier League, and his Inter contract only runs for another two years.
Barella has not penned a San Siro extension since late 2021, but according to La Gazzetta dello Sport — via FootballTransfers — the midfielder has no interest in moving to England and instead plans to renew with Inter.
The report adds that Barella has already given the green light to a long-term extension until the summer of 2029, which will also see his wage packet increase to €7m (£6m) per year.
Chelsea and Manchester City had supposedly already tried to prise Barella away from Inter last year, but the
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