Aleksandar Stankovic and Mikel Arteta (Photo by Stuart Franklin, Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
Transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano has provided a major update on the future of Aleksandar Stankovic amid links with Arsenal and Manchester United.
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The highly-rated Club Brugge defensive midfielder has recently been linked with the Gunners and the Red Devils in a report by TEAMtalk.
It remains to be seen, however, if these clubs have a realistic chance of signing Stankovic as Romano says Inter Milan are already working on bringing him back to the San Siro.
The Serie A giants have a buy-back clause they can activate this summer, and it looks like they’re planning to use that option to re-sign him for €23m…
???? Inter have already started planning for Aleksandar Stankovi? buy back clause ahead of June.
€23m buy back available this summer, €25m for June 2027 but club already making plans for upcoming June.
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— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 13, 2026
Posting on his official account on X, Romano said: “Inter have already started planning for Aleksandar Stankovic buy back clause ahead of June. €23m buy back available this summer, €25m for June 2027 but club already making plans for upcoming June.”
Aleksandar Stankovic looks set for Inter return in blow for Arsenal & Man Utd
Inter clearly hold all the cards here, so this update from Romano looks like bad news for interested clubs like Arsenal and Man Utd.
Aleksandar Stankovic celebrates a goal for Club Brugge (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)
Stankovic looks like a huge prospect and one imagines there will continue to be interest from top Premier League clubs and elsewhere in the years to come.
The 20-year-old has been compared to a young Declan Rice by that TEAMtalk report linking him with Arsenal, so it makes…
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