Barcelona had tabled a contract renewal offer for Christensen that would have kept the Dane at the club for another year, but he rejected it due to a massive pay cut.
Vincent Kompany was at Tegernsee [last summer], he drove out there with Christoph Freund, and said: 'Uli, we need Xavi Simons'. I had put an apple pie on the table for the meeting and replied: 'Vincent, you can have another piece of the apple pie, but you're not getting Xavi. We want you to play the young players'.
Inter Milan are expected to hold out for a sum of €70 million for Bastoni and not accept any players as part of the deal. The Nerazzurri are slowly beginning to accept the possibility of the 27-year-old Italian international's departure in the summer transfer window, believing that he is seeking a new challenge in his career.
