INTER
The Nerazzurri CEO across the board: “Juventus are the favorites for the Scudetto, I believe in another Champions League final”
19 ott 2023
“I say no to excess prudence and humility. If you areInter, you have to be ambitious, the bar has to be high. We have to believe it. It’s different to say “we are the best”: that would be arrogance.” The Nerazzurri CEO Beppe Marotta gave a long interview to La Gazzetta dello Sport in which he touched on various topics starting from the championship race, which for Inter would be that of second star: “I won my first scudetto in Turin with Antonio Conte without European commitments. Experience tells me that being able to plan the season only with the championship and the Italian Cup is an advantage. That’s why I say that Juventus is the favorite for the Scudetto.”
“It was the year of the greatest change in the squad, 12 new players arrived. Despite this, I consider our start to be very positive – continued Marotta, who certainly isn’t withdrawing from the race – Because we feel strong and we have a great consideration of ourselves, the result of the results in Europe last season. And we know how much the fans care about this championship, which coincides with the second star.”
Problems in attack? “If we look at the numbers, the department worked great: there wasn’t even a match in which we were empty. Rather, we conceded avoidable goals. And the championship is won with the best defence.”
Lukaku, regret or disappointment? “It’s the past, Lukaku is the past. There isn’t a corporate component that still thinks about him. Nobody, I mean nobody. Then, as a football man, these are dynamics that you have to take into account,
It’s not the first time it’s happened to me…”. The reference is evidently to
Milan Skriniar: “I felt a strong feeling of disappointment. Because when a player doesn’t renew, it doesn’t go against the management class or against the president, but it actually goes against the history and value of the club. He did an injustice to Inter, not to the people He could have renewed, we proposed many similar solutions, including that of setting a termination clause that would protect both him and Inter’s needs. But he always said no.”
Will Lautaro renew? “It is right that the club pays attention to the situations of its players: on the one hand the asset is protected, on the other the sense of belonging is strengthened.
Lautaro is not like Skriniar: if he shows a desire to extend, which also corresponds to ours, it means that we are on the right path and the marriage can continue for a long time. Having loyal players is an added value: if the sense of belonging is missing, a player doesn’t even understand what it means to play or win a derby. The best thing for a club is to have a player who gives up going to more important teams in order to remain tied to his club. Baggio is right, there is no one like him in Serie A.”
For January we are talking about Taremi. “I don’t think so. But we are Inter and we are always attentive to every situation. And I want to say one thing: before the players were reluctant to accept Inter, now many want to come, last summer we had to say no a lot Thuram, Sommer and Pavard chose us, it means that Inter are considered credible.”
The algorithm market? “Innovation forces you to open your mind, the idea of artificial intelligence is making its way everywhere. But the human factor will always be the basis of everything. Science cannot replace man.”
Another Champions League final? “Yes, I believe it. Because unlike the Scudetto, where the strongest always wins, the Champions League is a bit like Milan-Sanremo in cycling: favorable circumstances also count.”
On the betting case – “I am very sorry about what is happening. But the management class, the clubs and the institutions do too little to acculturate our young people, who are the footballers of tomorrow. It is not acceptable that today we still have to live with a phenomenon of type”.
2023-10-19 06:26:11
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