According to Tuttosport, Chivu has clear ideas about what Inter needs to compete at a high level in the Champions League: since his arrival at the Nerazzurri, the coach has indicated to the club specific profiles on the market, capable of creating individual superiority and igniting the offensive phase.
The Turin newspaper reconstructs the reasoning starting from the team’s European difficulties. In Italy, Inter has come back twice from a two-goal deficit — against Napoli, Udinese, and Roma — almost winning even at the Olimpico. In the Champions League, however, after defeats to Real and Brugge, there was no reaction. According to Tuttosport, this gap reflects the higher average quality of European opponents and, consequently, the still insufficiently challenging level of Italian football.
Chivu would be the first to acknowledge it. The path chosen to reduce the gap with Europe’s top clubs involves seeking individual quality: as soon as he arrived, he reportedly asked for Lookman, a forward capable of consistently beating his man. The following summer, the same logic would have guided the request for Jones, who is not a forward but who — again according to Tuttosport — Chivu considers the right profile to unlock a team that, since the days of Conte, has mainly attacked as a system.
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