Pirelli invests100 million dollars in Argentina. The group announced plans for development by 2013 in Merlo, in the province of Buenos Aires. The announcement was made at a press conference by Marco Tronchetti Provera, in the presence of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

This news, which apparently has nothing to do with football, could hide a behind the scenes market move. It is no longer a mystery that Moratti dreams of bringing Messi to Inter. In South America and the rest of the world the player would be an ideal spokesperson for Pirelli, the main sponsor of Inter, a bit like Ronaldo in the late 90s. And even the ‘phenomenon’, before coming to Milan, played in Barcelona...