Il Giorno journalist Giulio Mola has examined Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio, charting some of the successes he has had.

“When Marco Branca was at the club he very often remained in the shadows but he was always involved in negotiations like the negotiations that led Phillippe Coutinho and Mauro Icardi to joining the Nerazzurri.

“His masterpieces remain the signings of Ivan Perisic, Marcelo Brozovic and Milan Skriniar, who cost less than €50 million combined and are now worth over €150 million between them. People see him as involved in the purchase of Gabigol but forget that the entire thing passed over his head just like Roberto Mancini’s exit and the appointment of Frank De Boer thereafter. Ausilio gets on with things, with imagination and intuition. Despite having an empty wallet, he has managed to reinforce Inter in January without having to force the owners to spend. Now he wants the Champions League and to be able to finally build a winning Inter.”