After the reassurances received in recent weeks from president Beppe Marotta and the recent confirmations coming from the market, it is clear that the future of Piero Ausilio will continue for several more years at Inter. The sporting director had in fact received a very lucrative offer from Al-Hilal of Simone Inzaghi, a club that would have done anything to ‘snatch’ him from the Nerazzurri.

Due to his strong bond with Inter’s colors and his commitment to the club’s project, Ausilio however refused the advances of the Arabs, thus swearing loyalty to his beloved Inter. Speaking of executives, today Matteo Moretto revealed a behind-the-scenes story on Fabrizio Romano’s Youtube channel. According to the journalist, in fact, the Nerazzurri club had considered in recent months the name of Mateu Alemany as a possible sporting director. The former Barcelona executive, also highly sought after in Italy, has today joined Atletico Madrid.

This is Moretto’s scoop: “He worked at Valencia, he was sporting director at Barcelona. After that experience, he was close to many teams, in particular Atletico Madrid. Then it didn’t materialize because there was already a sporting executive like Andrea Berta, now at Arsenal. Now he returns to football and returns to Spain at Atletico Madrid, it’s official, he signs a one-and-a-half-year contract. But I want to tell you an anecdote, because Alemany was in the running for two Italian teams that sought and wanted him, they made inquiries and held talks with him. The first was Roma and the second was Juventus, which then decided to go for Comolli. He was one of Inter’s favorites, especially for Oaktree and the Spanish side of Oaktree. Italy considered him, but today he is a new executive at Atletico Madrid.”