Inter Milan ambitiously want to upgrade team with two of Spanish football’s future superstars

Milan—Inter Milan’s domestic supremacy has not dulled continental ambition. After cruising through Serie A yet stumbling against Bodo/Glimt in Europe and still smarting from last season’s Champions League final loss to Paris Saint-Germain, the Nerazzurri are plotting a statement summer 2026 rebuild centred on two of La Liga’s most electric prospects: Nico Paz and Nico Williams.

According to Tuttosport, sporting directors have briefed staff that the club wants a faster, more athletic squad capable of sustaining the high-intensity style favoured by incoming coach Christian Chivu, with a possible shift to a 3-4-2-1 system designed to maximise vertical transitions. The search for difference-makers has zeroed in on Paz, the 20-year-old Madrid academy graduate who has torn up Serie A on loan at Como, single-handedly propelling the Lombard minnows toward an unlikely Champions-League berth. Inter view the attacking midfielder as the marquee piece of the new project, but accept the deal is fantasy football for now: Real Madrid hold a cut-price buy-back clause and are determined to re-integrate their jewel, while president Florentino Pérez is said to be unmoved by even an “unreasonable” external bid.

Attention therefore swings to Athletic Club’s Nico Williams, a Spain international whose explosive dribbling from the left flank has long attracted Premier League giants Arsenal and Chelsea, plus a Barcelona side desperate for fresh wide talent. Williams’ 2025-26 dip in Bilbao—mirroring the Basques’ underachievement—has cooled his market valuation just enough for Inter to sense an opportunity. Yet hurdles remain: the Basque winger is an orthodox inverted winger, a profile that does not cleanly fit Inter’s current wing-back or striker-heavy front line, and competition from cash-rich English clubs is expected to be fierce.

Still, Inter believe their recent track record of turning elite prospects into European champions, coupled with guaranteed Champions League football and a clear pathway into the first XI, could tip the scales should Williams seek a new challenge. The message from headquarters is unambiguous: domestic dominance is no longer sufficient; the club’s target is to lift the European Cup again, and landing one—or both—of Spanish football’s next superstars is viewed as a critical step toward that goal.