Cagliari President confirms ongoing negotiations for Nainggolan

Helping 

Leonardo Semplici’s

 side avoid relegation, 

Cagliari

 are keen to make the move permanent, which would also be the player’s preference.

However, the negotiations between the clubs have been slow with finances thought to be the main reason that no agreement has been reached.

Speaking in a press conference, reported by 

, the Cagliari President, 

Tommaso Giulini

 said: 

“Contracts this important are today evidently anachronistic, especially after the financial hit all clubs took this past season. It is a negotiation that goes on, it would have been nice to have Radja at the beginning of the pre-season training retreat, but we still hope he can reach this retreat eventually.”

Inter are eager to offload the Belgian’s substantial wages as the 33-year-old himself is optimistic toward a permanent move to his former club.

He claimed in 

 after signing his second loan deal from the Nerazzurri: 

"I'd like to put my experience at the service of the team. I've read absurd things, I'm intact and can't wait to play. If I will stay permanently? Now I'm being moved left and right, let's see."

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