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Massimo Moratti‘s long interview with Il Giorno has now been released in full after some snippets were released yesterday:

Did you think Inter could get so close to Juventus so quick?

“I did not think we had the time to be so close. I thought us getting because Pioli is good, it is good that Steven Zhang is close to the team. I did not expect to catch up with this speed and continuity.”

For almost twenty years of Juve-Inter remembers him Iuliano-Ronaldo clash. Can you think of another challenge?
“From the period with my father to remember presidency two goals by Bettini. We won at home against Juventus, who have always been strong, even though we were doing well ourselves.”

Inter have taken several Juventus players down the years, including Ibrahimovic and Vieira. There was also talk of Buffon, did Inter try for him?
“No, although we have always had a very friendly relationship when we met. Ibrahimovic and Vieira have not been taken away even if someone spoke of theft and this pleased me. They were treated and I was thanked by the Juventus executives to have bought them, putting them in a position to cash in at a difficult time.”

Today, who would you sign from Juventus?
“Dybala. I would try to get him at all costs, when he was close to Inter I was leaving. But I would sign more than one from Juventus, Higuain is also fantastic.”

Juventus-Inter is less poisoned than in years of Calciopoli?
“I would say yes. Even if families Agnelli and Moratti tried to mend, football was poisoned. Today, fortunately football has changed. Everything  is normal now, I think Tavecchio has done very well.”

Did Suning ask you to stay close to the club?
“Who makes a club must stay close to the group. Regardless of whether the property is foreign or Italian.”

Thohir didn’t achieve what he wanted?
“Thohr partly achieved his goal, and partly not. He wanted to do more but within certain rules. In contrast, Suning want to invest and the situation is quite different.”

Will you continue as a fan?
“I’m used to it, even though at first it was not easy.”

From the Special One in Mourinho to the Normal One in Pioli?

“Yes, Pioli is the Normal One but he doesn’t let it go, he’s added discipline into the group. He has personality but he keeps himself far from spotlights.”

Could the Mancini and De Boer situations have been handled better?
“The right thing would’ve been to perhaps end it with Mancini in June or keep him all the year. The error was dragging something that predictably would lead to technical change a few days before the start of the championship. I think Thohir wanted to take De Boer already from the previous year. To give a judgement is difficult. It was a mess, one that was very well resolved with the arrival of Pioli.”

Who is better Conte or Mourinho? 

“Well there is great appreciation for Mourinho. We still feel for him and he is very affectionate to me and Inter. He has a great memory, I think the most beautiful thing happened to him in his career. He lived with passion and that is something that remains.”

Is there a player who fascinates you in the same way Recoba did?
“I have great admiration for Icardi, he has a way of playing old-fashioned but he’s very powerful. I also really like Joao Mario, he has a very beautiful and elegant style.”

Are Inter ready to welcome someone like Messi?
“I can not know the intentions and the opportunities that can arise from the market, but certainly our new owners are not ones to hold back. They are working on the core, trying to make sure that the team is strong enough to drag all the rest. That as well as working on the likes of Messi and other players of his calibre. ”

If Inter were to get a win at the Juventus Stadium, could one even think about the scudetto?
“Today, I think that to finish second or third place especially with what happened early in the season[would be good]. There’s a real opportunity. I would not target a place so high only because it can derail the march of the team. Even a draw would be a good result, but if Inter does get the win we would be forced to think about first place.”

We imagine that will see the game from home …
“Well once I followed the away team in Turin. I stopped after the ’98 game of the famous penalty Iuliano on Ronaldo …”

Source: FCInterNews.it