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Inter president Giuseppe Marotta suggested that the front office would have a precise MO on the transfer market in the summer and once again vehemently confirmed Simone Inzaghi for the future speaking to Sky and Amazon Prime Video (via SOSFanta).
“Rather than an overhaul, I’d say it’ll be an evolution. We have gone through big economic difficulties in the past years. We made do and performed at a high level despite them. The credit goes to the coach first. We have increased our revenue. It’s an aspect that makes us proud, but it’s not decisive. Winning is, and we wish to do that.”
“We want to invest in players who can be assets in the present and the future in our progression, and not chase after free agents with rich wages. Moreover, confirming a group with so much quality is a starting point.”
Marotta waxed poetic about Simone Inzaghi.
“You can’t just look at some weeks, but rather all his years. The last few ones have been extraordinary for Inter. How can you renounce somebody like him? He had the biggest role in our success. You burn everything with extreme speed nowadays. We have a very strong and solid backbone. He has a meaningful presence in our model. It was born out of necessity and from the work of great contributors, like all the members of the technical area and the coaching staff, starting with the boss. We built an important journey altogether.”
The qualification is wide open heading into the return leg, but Inter most likely won’t have Lautaro Martinez due to a left flexor injury after he bowed out at halftime on Wednesday, Sky reports.
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