Italian journalist Paolo Condò analyzed Inter coach Antonio Conte’s outburst in the press yesterday, after the Nerazzurri’s 2-0 win over Atalanta, in an interview with Italian broadcaster Sky Sports Italia earlier today.
“It’s not the first time that the Inter coach has freaked out. I wonder where he’s going with this. I think he’s denouncing facts that are known.
“It’s as if there were two teams at Inter, one headed by Marotta and the other not. The draft team. Conte is pointing out how things about Brozovic in Milan would never have been revealed in Turin. He doesn’t say it openly, but he makes it clear.”
He also detailed how the Nerazzurri coach wants change so he can fully implement his strategy to win.
“He blames part of the management for the fact that they’re used to behaving like this. The complaint is aimed at an executive at the club. He has played a kind of all-in and said the way he wants things to be publicly.
“Experience shows that if a team does what Conte asks, you win. Here he chose this strategy. Mourinho has never spoken out in press conferences against executives at a club, but behind the scenes he has made interventions against policies of the management.”
Condò touched on how the 51-year-old Italian coach was unhappy with the purchase of Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen in January. The 28-year-old cost €20 million.
“None of my ideas come out, there he was referring to Eriksen, it was a message to the team not to make a move like the one that was made. That is, to buy a great player that he doesn’t know what to do with.
“He got him half way through the season, a humiliation, it seems to me a clear message sent.”
Finally, Condò alluded to rumours about the Nerazzurri coach and how the media are not to blame for the issues he complained about.
“20 days ago, I heard rumours about the Inter coach that I didn’t believe, I don’t believe them, it would be to move forward with lies.
“It’s just that those rumours, which I also discussed, have come out of the Inter world, it’s not the journalists’ fault.”
Inter will attempt to heal the rift between coach and club over the next few days, ahead of the Nerazzurri’s Europa League clash against Getafe on Wednesday. The game will be played in a neutral venue in Germany, and the Milanese club will be hoping to restart the competition with a strong win.
