Today, Inter made their second official signing of the ongoing transfer window. After they brought the German defender Robin Gosens from Atalanta, the Italian champions presented the experienced striker Felipe Caicedo wearing their famous black-and-blue. The strong Ecuadorian arrived at Inter from Genoa on loan until the end of the season. He came as an explicit wish of coach Simone Inzaghi, with whom he worked in Lazio for years, and mostly played the role of a ‘wonder-sub’. He was an alternative to Ciro Immobile, starting when the Italian was resting or playing in tandem with him when Lazio were chasing goals.05.02. Sat 20:00: (1.87) Inter (3.70) Milan (4.50)Caicedo became known for his goals far in the added time – he brought victories and valuable points in the 95th, 97th or 98th minute of the game. Because of him, Lazio fans made a chant: “The game is over when Caicedo says it’s over!”During the last transfer window, he moved from Lazio to Genoa as a free agent, signed a pretty lucrative deal worth 3.35 million USD per season – but scored only one goal in the half-season so it is obvious he is not managing at Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Genoa are not doing that well and the Ecuadorian could not wait to leave the sinking ship – when Inzaghi called him again, there was no dilemma. He even agreed for his salary to be reduced, so he will earn a million USD at Inter by June 30, instead of just over 1.3 that he would have been getting at Genoa.Atalanta refused cash from Newcastle, and loaned Gosens to InterA ‘joker’ role is waiting for him at Inter also. Edin Dzeko is the starting forward of Nerazzurri, but he is already of age and can’t play all the minutes all the time. Lautaro Martinez has the role of a second striker who plays a bit further from the goal, just like Alexis Sanchez or the often injured Joaquin Correa.Inzaghi needed a strong center forward who would play closer to the goal and with whom he would break the rival’s deeper defensive set-ups. Caicedo played a huge role in Lazio and the cooperation with Inzaghi is now continuing at Inter.
