Giuseppe Marotta reacted to the faux-pas against Bologna: “It is part of the game. We lost a battle, but not the war, and so we are angry, not depressed. We will see what happens now, as there are four games to go. Nothing is predictable nowadays, differently from the ‘70s when teams backed down when they did not have anything to play for. Serie A is more balanced because many sides raised their level. It has been one of the most interesting seasons in years.”
The Inter CEO attended an event thrown by Il Foglio in San Siro: “Spending a lot does not necessarily mean winning. The departure of Antonio Conte and two key players and the Christian Eriksen situation sent shockwaves through the club. Romelu Lukaku and Achraf Hakimi told us they wanted to move to other leagues. We have an important ownership backing us. We built a competitive squad with a winning mentality.”
Marotta praised Simone Inzaghi: “We have an up-and-coming coach that fits our needs. We won the Supercoppa and reached the Coppa Italia final. We hope to put the cherry on top in Serie A too, but we are very happy with him. The club culture and the solidity of our structures helped him.”
“The costs of doing football were already unsustainable before the COVID-19 pandemic, which generated a further contraption. The optimum would be to spend little and receive a lot. We had to partly sacrifice our competitiveness in order to be sustainable. It is a delicate balance.”