Inter CEO Beppe Marotta feels that there is reason to be confident regarding the ongoing contract extension negotiations at the Nerazzurri.

Speaking outside the launch of the book “Societa Sportiva 20230” by author Massimo Achini, the Nerazzurri executive also spoke about the captaincy at the club, and also criticized the system in Italy for making it so difficult and time-consuming to build new stadiums.

Inter are currently engaged in a number of important contract extension negotiations, even after they failed to agree a new deal with defender Milan Skriniar.

Wingback Matteo Darmian has already committed his future, but the likes of Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni, and Halkan Calhanoglu are among the players who the Nerazzurri have been reported to be trying to agree new deals with.

Asked about whether he is optimistic regarding the course of these negotiations, Marotta replied “Yes, always.”

Regarding the slow process that Inter and Milan are facing trying to build a new stadium, the CEO said that “Here is an area where we have to criticize the Italian system.”

“Abroad it’s much simpler, instead here there’s a very long and slow period of debate that you have to go through.”

“To date, we have not made the process more streamlined,” he noted.

“Italy needs large stadiums, but also small ones,” Marotta added.

Marotta gave his thoughts on the captain’s armband, following Skriniar being stripped of it at Inter, noting that “Inherent in the captain’s armband are values ​​that the player wearing it has to understand.”

“Anyone who is unable to show the sense of belonging and love for the club cannot aspire to to wear it,” he added.