Inter most expensive sales - How Nerazzurri made over €1.3 billion in outgoing transfers

Clarence Seedorf moved to Inter from Real Madrid on January 1, 2000 for €24 million after winning the Champions League, the Supercopa de Espana and La Liga in Spain.

The Netherlands midfielder could not win any major silverware at Inter, but did come up with a memorable performance against Juventus in March 2002 when he scored two sublime long-range goals in a 2-2 draw.

Later that summer, Seedorf moved to Inter's city rivals for €22.50m (£20.25m) and went on to attain legendary status with the Rossoneri.

He won two Serie A titles, two Champions Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups, a FIFA Club World Cup and an Italian Super Cup with Milan.

Fun fact: Inter also parted ways with Ronaldo that very same season, with the Brazil icon joining Real Madrid for a fee of €45m (£40.50m).

One of the greatest strikers of his generation, Hernan Crespo joined Inter from Lazio for €40m in 2002 before being shipped to Chelsea the following year for €26m.

Crespo went on to feature for the Blues for just two full seasons and won the Premier League title in 2005-06.

In between, he joined Milan on loan in 2004 and then returned to Inter for another two season loan starting in 2006 before joining them for free at the end of that spell.

The Argentine forward won three consecutive league titles with Inter between 2006 and 2009.

After winning the Champions League, Club World Cup, the Coppa Italia on two occasions, the Supercoppa Italiana and a Serie A title with Inter, Samuel Eto'o joined Anzhi Makhachkala in the summer of 2011.

The Russian club paid €27m for his signature.

After two seasons in Russia, Eto'o joined Chelsea for free in 2013 before moving to Everton, Sampdoria, Antalyaspor, Konyaspor and Qatar SC.

The Cameroon legend retired in 2019.

After impressing at Inter's academy, Mario Balotelli was promoted to their senior team in 2007.

The Italian forward, who was always in the news for all the wrong reasons, performed extremely well for Inter, winning three league titles, one Coppa Italia, one Supercoppa Italiana and a Champions League in his time there.

In 2010, Balotelli joined Manchester City for €29.5m, where he won the Premier League and FA Cup.

After joining Inter in January 2013 from Dinamo Zagreb, Mateo Kovacic was an immediate first-team regular at San Siro and went on to play 97 games in all competitions.

His performances caught the eye of Real Madrid, who were looking for their next midfield stars at the time.

Los Blancos offered Inter a fee of €38m in the summer of 2015.

However, Kovacic could not compete with Real Madrid's star midfielders Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro, eventually moving to Chelsea on loan in 2018 and later permanently in 2019 for €45m.

Part of a trio of superstar sales made by Inter in 2002 alongside Clarence Seedorf and Adriano, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for €45m to become part of the famous Galactico team at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or while at Inter and scored multiple goals against Milan in the famous derbies he was part of.

The Brazilian maestro formed an incredible rivalry with Fiorentina legend Gabriel Batistuta in Serie A during the 90s.

Astonishingly, Ronaldo didn't win a single Serie A title during his career with Inter or Milan.

Mauro Icardi joined Inter from Sampdoria in the summer of 2013 for €13m.

The Argentine striker established himself as a club legend, making 219 appearances and scoring 124 goals.

In the summer of 2019, Paris Saint-Germain came calling and signed him in an initial loan deal before making the deal permanent for €50m in the summer of 2020.

Icardi didn't win a single Serie A title, but was top scorer in the 2014-15 and 2017-18 league campaigns.

Despite decent performances at PSG, Icardi could not survive at the club beyond two years due to immense competition and decided to move to Galatasaray on loan in the summer of 2022.

Inter signed Achraf Hakimi from Real Madrid for €43m in the summer of 2020. The Moroccan defender won the Scudetto in his first and only season at Inter.

After scintillating performances in Italy, PSG came calling, signing him for a premium fee of €66.5m in the summer of 2021.

Since then, Hakimi has gone on to win Ligue 1 and the Trophee des Champions with PSG.

Hakimi was not Inter's most expensive sale that season, with the Italian giants also parting ways with Romelu Lukaku for a record fee in the same window.

Inter made Zlatan Ibrahimovic their most expensive transfer sale in history when they sold him for €69.5m to Barcelona in 2009.

Ibrahimovic won three Serie A titles and the Supercoppa Italiana twice at Inter and could have won the one trophy that has eluded him throughout his career, the Champions League, if he stayed on for another season as Inter lifted the crown in 2009-10.

Zlatan would go on to spend just one season at Barcelona before being loaned to Inter's arch-rivals AC Milan and then permanently signing for them in 2011.

The Swedish legend would later move to PSG, Manchester United and Los Angeles Galaxy before returning to AC Milan in January 2020.

A transfer all Chelsea fans would want to erase from memory, the Blues decided to go big for their former striker Romelu Lukaku in the summer of 2021 when they paid €113m to bring him back to Stamford Bridge, nine years after he left the club.

Inter agreed to sell their best striker at such a premium profit just two seasons after they signed him from Manchester United at a cost of €74m.

However, Lukaku's return to Chelsea didn't go as planned and after one season, he was loaned back to Inter for the 2022-23 campaign.