Guest at the Sforzesco Castle in Milan for the presentation of Beppe Severgnini’s latest book, Beppe Marotta freely spoke about various issues regarding the Inter world, from ambitions on the field, with many more goals to achieve, to market issues.
Here are his words collected by TuttoMercatoWeb:
AMBITIONS – “We still have some cravings: Istanbul teaches us… When I hear executives say ‘We’re fighting to get into the top 4’, I say No! We’re fighting to win, then you might not win, but you have to fight to do it”.
NEW STADIUM – “The mayor is working well, I’m very hopeful, we’re approaching a conclusion quickly”.
BARELLA – “When the refereeing appointment comes out, we also study the referee assigned to us and the kind of relationship to have with him. Barella in the past has failed in his attitude towards the referees, today he has improved a lot because you must not only study the opponent but also the referee”.
SCARONI – “I always try not to be instinctive and to rationalize, that’s why last time I wore a tie with 2 stars. To say: in Milan there is only one team that has a star”.
GROUP – “This team has a very strong sense of belonging. Which often the problem of attachment to the shirt is due to the agents or the companies that manage them”.
OAKTREE – “Football is the only sector where the builder can become an architect the day after. It often happens that ownership changes and since football is discussed everywhere, a new ownership arrives that tells you: ‘We know as much about football as you do’. It’s the only industrial sector where this can happen, in others there must be a particular specificity. I have to thank Zhang and Oaktree who gave me the opportunity to choose collaborators, like Ausilio and Baccin”.
FREE AGENTS – “On the fact that we are accused of taking many free agent players: the free agent player must be absolutely courted when it is possible to do so. So from today. How did we understand what Mkhitaryan had to give? In football there are talents and champions. Talents must assert themselves as champions, then already established champions. You can consider them as such through direct or indirect knowledge. Mkhitaryan for what he showed on the field and then we were able to verify that it was his private life, he was. Private life plays an important role, he is meticulous, also in nutrition, he goes on with broths”.
