Inter’s sporting director took stock of the celebrations for the Scudetto and the strategies for the future
Piero Ausilio, Inter sporting director, spoke to the microphones of Sky Sports directly from Piazza Duomo: “I’ve been at Inter for many years, I’ve never seen something like this. This is crazy! I think this team has amply demonstrated value not only on the pitch, but also moral, ethical, sense of belonging: we don’t want to cause damage, when you have something that works you also have to be careful not to change things too much. We have a project that started 3 years ago with Simone, we made 2 European finals, we won a beautiful championship, we have always been protagonists, both in the championship and in the Champions League. I think the managers’ responsibility is not to touch the balance of a team that works very well.
We have included two players who we believe are functional, of quality, who will further raise the level of the team. For the rest, it is preferable to take a moment to reflect and make the right considerations, which does not mean going and buying players just for the sake of buying. Transfers? But who do you give up on a team like this? I wouldn’t give anyone up. Today is time to celebrate, then in a few days we will make different considerations. If it were up to me, I wouldn’t change anything, then we’ll see if we can carry this idea forward. The idea is not to change this team too much.
We make decisions with the good of the team in mind, made in complete agreement with the coach, with Marotta and the owners. We changed 12 players, it wasn’t easy, we thought about doing things as best we could. Frattesi? A fantastic player, even with playing time that probably wasn’t excessive for the boy’s expectations. What matters is quality, if you are at Inter you have to show that you have it, he has it, Carlos Augusto has it, Bisseck has it. I’m sure that next year they will be as useful as and more than what they have already demonstrated. Bento? We have a great goalkeeper who is Sommer, we have another boy who is on loan and for whom we have an option, which is Audero. We’ll do what needs to be done in a few days. I don’t rule out the possibility of keeping Audero, he is a boy who has done very well, when he played he proved he was up to it. He will be evaluated as well as perhaps other opportunities around Europe or even in South America.
Young people? Through the work of our scouts and Baccin we are monitoring all the kids we have around Italy and Europe. There is Carboni, I can add Oristanio, we have the possibility of bringing Fabbian back home and he is doing very well in Bologna. They are all guys who are doing well and we have certainly not forgotten them. It would be great satisfaction to think of bringing one of these back and having him establish himself at Inter as Dimarco did, after many years of loan around Italy. Thuram? We did a good team job, we moved early. He is a very intelligent boy, as is his father. He gave importance to the technical project that we had expressed to him a few years before and he remembered when the time came to sign for us“.
