Huge Asset! Barca warned against making move for Inter’s Bastoni

Barcelona have been warned against making a move for Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni this summer as the Italian giant hope to retain their best players.

Inter beat Parma 2-0 on Sunday to clinch their 21st scudetto with three matches to spare, with Bastoni playing an important role in the achievement.

Bastoni’s future was put into question immediately after the match. Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio insists the club will fight to keep Bastoni, adding that there has been no official contact from the Spanish champions.

“I’ll say it again: we want to keep Bastoni,” Ausilio told QSVS.

“We are happy to have him. Inter certainly won’t be the ones calling anyone to offer him [for a transfer]. He’s a huge asset for Inter and for Italy and we want to hold on to him.

Alessandro Bastoni celebrates after being confirmed as 2025/26 Serie A champions. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

“I will reiterate: No call has come in for him and we certainly won’t be making any calls.”

Inter CEO Giuseppe Marotta acknowledged an awareness that Barça, as well as other European clubs, are tracking Bastoni, but backed up Ausilio’s message that the Serie A champions want him to stay.

“I won’t deny there is interest from Barcelona, but it is still very superficial and not concrete,” Marotta told Radio Rai.

“As we’ve always said, a player leaves only if he expresses the desire to go. At the moment, he is our player, he wants to stay and we are happy with him.”

Bastoni, 27, has made 296 appearances for Inter since joining the club from Atalanta in 2017. It’s now left to be seen if he’ll be eager to take up a new challenge in Spain or continue his adventure at Inter.