Inter wingback Robin Gosens feels that it is only his own fault that he has struggled for playing time since joining the Nerazzurri, and he doesn’t blame coach Simone Inzaghi.

Speaking to German news outlet SZ, the 28-year-old noted that it is because of injuries and his own inconsistent form that he has been behind the likes of Ivan Perisic and Federico Dimarco in the pecking order down the Nerazzurri’s left flank.

Whilst Gosens has shown one or two flashes of his real talent since joining Inter, including goals against the likes of AC Milan and Barcelona, the sense has been that overall he has not lived up to expectations based on the player he had been for Atalanta.

The German has also found himself out in the cold from his national team, as he was left out of Die Mannschaft’s World Cup squad amid restricted playing time at club level.

“Not being called up to Qatar was a huge disappointment, the lowest point of my career so far,” Gosens admitted.

“At the time, I wasn’t playing enough and I understood that.”

“I myself was very disappointed with myself because I had joined Inter with the aim of becoming a starter,” the German noted.

“If you’re signed for €30 million as a left-back, that’s a lot of money,” he added.

As for his lack of playing time behind Perisic and Dimarco, Gosens said that “I blamed myself.”

“I was hoping that my chances for playing time with the national team would increase due to my move to Inter, but in reality it was the opposite,” he added.

Asked why he feels that he has struggled to establish himself as a starter for Inter, Gosens replied “Because I haven’t gotten into the right physical condition to play as a starter.”

“I was not the player who Inter had hoped they were getting,” the 28-year-old admitted.

“Part of the reason for that was that I was still dealing with aftermath of an injury, which I completely underestimated.”

“I’m a player who thrives in the physical side of the game,” Gosens noted. “And for a long time out I couldn’t regain my fitness.”

“This meant that I wasn’t the player I wanted to be on the pitch,” he added. “I was always a second late.”

“I was getting to the penalty area when the ball was already gone.”

“In the defensive phase, I was either chasing the opponent back or I couldn’t catch up to them at all,” Gosens said.

“And so I couldn’t play to my strengths,” he went on, “I can run up and down the pitch for ninety minutes and on my best days win most of my duels.”

“And I have a good sense in front of goal.”