Italian reports point to several different options for Suning to keep Inter afloat, including sales to funds other than BC Partners and even a risky high-interest loan.
Suning and the Zhang family are in the middle of intensive negotiations to sell part or all of the Serie A club to BC Partners.
However, they are by no means the only fund interested in snapping up the Nerazzurri.
La Repubblica newspaper points to Mubadala, a fund based in Abu Dhabi that until 2010 held shares in Ferrari.
Italian reports point to several different options for Suning to keep Inter afloat, including sales to funds other than BC Partners and even a risky high-interest loan.
Suning and the Zhang family are in the middle of intensive negotiations to sell part or all of the Serie A club to BC Partners.
However, they are by no means the only fund interested in snapping up the Nerazzurri.
La Repubblica newspaper points to Mubadala, a fund based in Abu Dhabi that until 2010 held shares in Ferrari.
However, there are concerns that process would take too long, whereas Suning have deadlines coming up that need to be met.
Scandinavian fund EQT have long been linked with an Inter investment, but the same report insists Bain Capital have pulled out.
Italy’s main financial newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, has an intriguing suggestion for the Plan B if Suning are unable to sell the club.
That would be a high-interest loan from a vulture fund, essentially the same approach Yonghong Li took when initially purchasing Milan from Silvio Berlusconi.
The loan would be worth €150-200m, although that would by no means cover the debt that Inter have accumulated.
Yonghong Li ultimately defaulted on the loan payments, so Milan as a club were essentially repossessed by Elliott Management.