Paolo Di Canio gives full approval to Inter‘s transfer market. The former striker, speaking in the Sky Sport studios, praised the Nerazzurri’s strategy, focusing in particular on the reinforcements arriving from the Premier League.

“They have pulled off very smart deals, opportunities they’ve been studying for years,” Di Canio began. The analysis starts from Chivu‘s words after the defeat to Arsenal in the last Champions League, when the coach highlighted the different pace of English football. “So you go and get Stones who two years ago made 11 appearances, not always as a starter, last year 9 appearances, often injured but a club man and of Guardiola, so he stayed there. But Inter doesn’t care: he’s a free agent, it’s an opportunity and he comes here.”

The English defender brings physicality and quality. “He has physicality, he wants to play in the attacking half even more than Akanji,” Di Canio explained. “Sometimes he falls asleep, but over the course of a season, 95 minutes per match, he has the pedigree.”

There was also plenty of space for Curtis Jones. “He is one of those who was missing because he doesn’t excel at doing what Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan or Zielinski do, but he can do everything at a 6.5 level, not a 5 and not a 9,” observed the former player. “He doesn’t have many goals in his legs, he won’t be as devastating as McTominay, but with Inter’s style of play he could score more than usual. Plus, he’s fresh, young and comes for a project. He’s not just an opportunity.”

On Spence, however, Di Canio highlighted the potential but also the aspects to be improved. “He needs to be coached, because with a somewhat troubled Tottenham he felt strong even in his own penalty area, with sole plays and backheels. This needs to be refined,” he said. “They need to give him the freedom to burst forward from his own third to the opponent’s box and he would become lethal.”

Finally, a reflection on the club’s ability to attract. “In terms of appeal, Inter is the only team that manages to attract certain players, aside from the Modric case with Milan,” Di Canio concluded. “Stones could have gone to any Premier League club. Even though the club can’t make 100 million signings, it has the status, the prestige, San Siro.”

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