Inter kick start their mercato, at last

It's taken them some time but much like city rivals Milan last Summer Inter have finally taken substantial action as far as their mercato goes. Diego Forlan and Andrea Poli are set to come in and this may kick start a frantic final few days of the mercato for the Nerazzurri. 

With Samuel Eto'o moving to pastures new Diego Forlan is set to take his place. Although older than the Cameroon Lion Forlan represents a quality addition to an already quality forward line with Diego Milito back from injury, Giampaolo Pazzini already in good form after his pre-season exploits and Luc Castingos arriving from Feyenoord ready to learn his trade alongside some of the top forwards in the world. 

The loss of Eto'o will still hurt for the Inter Tifosi and perhaps more players are set to arrive given that Forlan is rumoured to cost Inter 'only' five million and that Andrea Poli, the talented young midfielder who broke through at Sampdoria over the last two years, is set to arrive on loan with an option to buy. 

Inter have though been heavy spenders over the last decade and beyond and perhaps with Inter having achieved everything now under Moratti's watch the incentive to splash million after million has dried up somewhat and now is the time to reign this in. Time will tell whether this is the case for Inter and the opportunity to sell a player of 30 years of age for almost 30 million euros is not an offer to be sneezed at. Alternatively, perhaps Moratti sees this as the time to freshen up a squad that slumped last year after that treble winning season with fresh faces, eagar to make a run at the Scudetto and Champions League titles once more. 

Perhaps whether anyone else of significance arrives or not will indicate whether Inter are looking to halt the big spending of recent years or instead freshen up the squad much like they did last time in the wake of Ibrahimovic being sold. Either way, Interista's should be pleased tonight at least that some intent has at last been shown by their club this Summer.