No Inter debut today against Genoa for Xherdan Shaqiri. Inter’s new signing spoke to Sonntagsblick, unveiling his impressions on his early days in Milan, starting from the warm welcome of his new fans: “It was a crazy thing, I was really impressed by all these fans. I had never seen so many come to an airport, I even had to make sure that I did not fall. It was a very delicate situation for the security guards, but it was all very nice.”
Returning to the decision to give his yes immediately to the influential Mancini the Swiss explains: “I had many options and very attractive offers. I spoke on the phone with the coaches that explained their ideas to me. But I felt that Inter had done more for me. I felt inside that Inter would be the right choice because not only the club but many other people wanted me to come.”
A comment also about the friendship born at Inter with Podolski and possible rivalry on the pitch: “It is important to motivate me. It’s nice to know that the team has a certain weight, gives you confidence and to improve performance you also need good players that put you under a bit of pressure.”
Few days in Italy, but Shaqiri looks ahead and already aims for the title: “The long-term goal – I have a contract until 2019 – is to regain the title. I have read that when Lothar Matthäus arrived in 1988 Inter had not won in a long time, and in 1989 he succeeded. I take that as a good omen.”
Source: fcinternews.it
Woaaah did he read my mind or what ~
Shaqir, our next Matthäus. 😛
Glad he gave credit for those “others’ that wanted to see him play for Inter… clearly that includes you amazing Inter fans .. Forza Inter
Next week Kovacic, Podolski, Icardi, Shaqiri and Guarin *-*
Lets keep our feet on the ground shall we lol? I’m worried that we are putting so much pressure behind all of them performing (don’t forget Hernanes)…they we are going to end up playing a long ball game D: we will have to see!
The only thing that will ruin this is rano
I think Rano will perform better now that the competition is more stiff. Remember the whole team under walter mazzari was not good. Look at Vidic. Rano was picked for the national team over a lot of other good defenders, so this has to mean something
He was picked for the national team just because he plays for Inter. If he was playing for Palermo or Verona I dont think that he could be in the national team!