Santos Brazilian playmaker Lucas Lima was close to signing for Inter last summer after the Nerazzurri met with the player's agent and other intermedaries. Talks were at an advanced stage but despite the fact that the player is free to sign with other clubs from December, the financial requests by the player's agent and the Doyen fund who retains a percentage in his rights, were deemed to high by Ausilio and Sabatini.
Over the past few days, reports from Brazil claim that Milan have enquired into the availability of the player without actually making an offer mainly due to high costs of a potential transfer. Mirabelli knows the player well and has decided not to go forward with the deal should the financial costs remain at this elevated level.
