In fact, it turns out someone else got Inter’s dessert, and the mood in parts of the fanbase suddenly soured. But after enjoying a starter of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Andre Onana followed by the main of Lukaku, Raoul Bellanova and Kristjan Asllani, a sweet never left the pass. Sceptics were asked to show patience and “Let Beppe cook”, a MasterChef allusion to Inter’s Michelin-starred recruitment chief Beppe Marotta. Supporters prepared themselves for his departure and begrudgingly accepted it, so long as the club followed through with plans to replace him with the Serie A defender of the year, Gleison Bremer of Torino.Ĭonfidence in the executive team was high with Inter Twitter re-cutting the coronation of Aragorn from Return Of The King in celebration of the club’s early transfer ‘wins’. The forecast sale of fan favourite Milan Skriniar to Paris Saint-Germain was another live negotiation at the time, justified by Inter’s need to balance the books and with the Slovakia captain also heading into the final year of his contract. What a year that was, when you think Marcello Lippi had the ‘headache’ of picking between Ronaldo, Christian Vieri, Alvaro Recoba, Roberto Baggio, Adrian Mutu and Ivan Zamorano (a team of unlimited possibility that was ultimately limited by injuries, indulgence and ego and ‘good enough’ only for a fourth-place finish). It wouldn’t be the first time, after all, that Inter went into a season ridiculously top-heavy, as anyone capable of recalling the ’99 vintage can attest.
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“Look who I have here,” he said with all the excitement you’d expect from someone who had to sell the league’s MVP less than a year ago and can’t quite believe the same player is back on loan for less than 10 per cent of the fee Chelsea paid to break the Serie A sales record.Įnthusiasm shot up like mercury in a thermometer and as climate-change wrought havoc in Italy, causing sections of the River Po - the country’s longest - to dry up, Inter’s transfer window kept getting hotter and hotter.Īround the time Lukaku flew into town from his holidays in Sardinia, a deal also seemed close with Paulo Dybala.Ĭhief executive Beppe Marotta even appeared to crack a joke about it in a guessing game with comedy trio Gli Autogol while Inter-minded pundits preemptively defended the decision to add Dybala to an attack already featuring Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez, Edin Dzeko, Joaquin Correa and Alexis Sanchez.
“But every season before the season starts, we are aiming for the highest in every single competition we’re participating in.”īack in the real world, Zhang was fresh from announcing Romelu Lukaku’s return to the club from the roof garden of Inter’s offices on Viale Liberazione. “In the end, the league ranking is the league ranking,” virtual Zhang said. A pixillated avatar of Inter Milan’s president appeared in a blue suit and pocket square to discuss the future of the internet and his club at the launch of Corriere della Sera’s new Login platform.
Through an Oculus headset, Steven Zhang could see into the Metaverse.
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