Interviewed by Daily fact, the former president of Inter, Massimo Moratti, expressed his opinion on the current difficulties of the club and on the farewell of Antonio Conte, but also made a leap to the past, going back to the times of his and his father, Angelo Moratti .
Are you worried about the current situation of Inter?
“Yes, the worry is necessarily there. These gentlemen came and spent and built a great team. Something serious must have happened in China. They forced them to quit their businesses. Steven Zhang wants to keep up, but for how long? “
What do you think of the initiative launched by Cottarelli?
“I think there are many rich Inter fans, who then put money into it is difficult. And then the amount of money … There are also initiatives like this in Germany and Spain but they have a different political and historical birth. The figures that Inter needs are not easily reached with these organizations. I take it as an act of good will ”.
What do you think about the Superlega?
“If it’s a way out, it’s only for a few teams, that is, for those who participate. It has been talked about for years, it is nothing new. I don’t understand why it started and ended so badly, even if they wanted to present it again, now it would be much more difficult “.
Many say that his family has always created special relationships with footballers
“Maybe more in my dad’s time. Some footballers called me dad and I didn’t like it (laughs, ed). Materazzi and Eto’o did it above all, they were affectionate ”.
Young and very rich, how did he convince them to lead an athlete’s life?
“I find it hard to limit the freedom of others. we tried to make them feel responsible for the fans “.
How do you imagine Saras in 10 years?
“I believe that now there is a world to be built and we are afraid of this, we must have considerable courage on the new. During the pandemic, the crisis leads to being conservative and instead now we have thrown ourselves totally on the new, especially in the field of energy. There will be great transformations “.
Would he have wanted to buy or tear down San Siro?
“I wanted to buy it and make it modern. people go to the stadium for the match, after all they go there with a specific purpose and San Siro is the best for this ”.
Is there a possibility that Covid will resize football?
“I think so, the only way is that if they don’t invent other tournaments. Compensation must be limited “.
What do you think of Conte’s farewell?
“Lack of challenge and attachment, even though he is a serious professional and did very well. But he has a strong lack of attachment “
Why did he love Recoba more than anyone else?
“Recoba was the most amazing, about Ronaldo you knew how fantastic he was. The person who sold me Recoba told me, in the first game he will drop the stadium and against Brescia it went like this. Then he was a bit lazy ”.
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