According to Tuttosport, it was Simone Zaza who turned down a six-month loan move from Torino to Inter.

The Nerazzurri had originally wanted Olivier Giroud from Chelsea, but were not prepared to pay €5m for a player who will be a free agent in June, while his current club couldn’t find a replacement in time either.

Sky Sport Italia, Sportitalia and more noted that on transfer deadline day, Inter made an approach to Torino for Zaza.

According to Tuttosport, it was Simone Zaza who turned down a six-month loan move from Torino to Inter.

The Nerazzurri had originally wanted Olivier Giroud from Chelsea, but were not prepared to pay €5m for a player who will be a free agent in June, while his current club couldn’t find a replacement in time either.

Sky Sport Italia, Sportitalia and more noted that on transfer deadline day, Inter made an approach to Torino for Zaza.

The sometime Italy international would’ve reunited with his Euro 2016 coach Antonio Conte and acted as understudy to Romelu Lukaku.

However, Tuttosport claim that Zaza himself pulled the plug on this idea, as he didn’t want a plain six-month loan with no guarantees on his future.

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