We have a much better hand than the "get rid" crowd thinks.
Alexis looks refreshed after the Covid break, and has been their best player since the restart.
Inter and Conte are desperate to win the Europa and his current deal expires on Aug 8, and we are one of the teams left in that competition and have no incentive to extend loan by 3 weeks, and this is time critical for them.
He has about £38m left in wages on his contract, which at UK taxes is £21m net, or €23m net.
Inter want to give him a 3 year contract and Italian taxes for footballers is a lot lower.
If Alexis wants to go back there and is willing to take the same guaranteed money but spread over 3 years (not that big an if), Inter need to pay him €7.7m net which is €9.8m gross which is right in line with their best players.
His remaining book value for us is ~15m.
I think the deal will happen iff
1. Alexis takes the same money over 3 years instead of 2.
2. Inter pay his remaining book value to us as a fee
3. We give Alexis a small bonus like 2-3m.