In today’s paper edition of Gazzetta dello Sport, the Milano based newspaper highlight the vital importance of former Fiorentina player Borja Valero to the Nerazzurri’s tactical design explaining that “Inter played their most ugly game of the season, in their first match without Borja Valero. The counter-attacks are severely lacking and maybe it’s just a coincidence that without the man from Madrid, Luciano Spalletti’s men struggled to dispose of Pordenone, who were well drilled by Leonardo Colucci but never the less remain 5th in Serie C.”

The newspaper then go on to explain that, “even in terms of value for money, he is the bargain of last summer. Five million to bring an architect”.

Valero runs the whole system, wherever you position him and the stats from Opta confirm there is no other like Borja Valero who is decisive in attack, despite not registering an assist and having only scored one goal. It remains to be seen whether he will be used further in attack or deeper in defence against Udinese, but we can be almost certain he will play and bring Inter back to standard.