Some little niggling details need to be worked out which Marco Branca, Inter’s technical director and Benitez are working out. But a contract could be prepared and signed within the next 48 hours.
Benitez is negotiating his salary, said to be € 5 million annually over three years.
Inter is also preparing a € 25 million bid for Javier Mascherano. On attack they are looking at Palermo’s Edinson Cavani which could be settled through a player exchange involving Victor Obinna and Rene Krhin. Sevilla’s Diego Capel and Valencia’s David Silva are also considered targets. Inter is resigned to losing Maicon and wants to consider Barcelona’s Martin Caceres or Lazio’s Stephan Lichtsteiner.