Former Lazio midfielder Marco Parolo has laid into Inter’s players for the attitude and performances that they’ve shown across their dire recent run of results in Serie A.

Speaking to Italian broadcaster DAZN following the Nerazzurri’s 0-1 loss to Monza, via FCInterNews, the 38-year-old former Italy international accused the Nerazzurri squad of “going into business for themselves” and only prioritizing the Champions League.

What is clear is that, based on the quality that undeniably exists in this Inter squad, there should be more points on the board in Serie A.

The team had been having, if not a spectacular campaign, at least an adequate one prior to a few weeks ago.

However, a shocking haul of just a solitary point out of fifteen on offer from the five most recent matches in the league has left Inter’s hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League hanging on by a thread.

The fact that this comes amid the Nerazzurri’s marauding campaign through the latter stages of the knockout stages of this season’s edition of Europe’s top club competition has led to a frantic search for explanations as to how this can be possible.

No shortage of blame has been laid at the feet of coach Simone Inzaghi for his part in the strange debacle that the Nerazzurri’s abject league form has become.

For his part, however, Parolo feels that the players must also be held accountable for their role in the shocking run in the league.

“Right now, the club and the coach seem unable to make the players understand what the objective is in the league, and how important it is,” he argued.

“In the Champions League it’s easy for players to turn it on, it’s a showcase for them,” the former midfielder suggested.

Parolo didn’t hold back in arguing that “The players are going into business for themselves, at the moment the players are only thinking about showing off in the Champions League.”

“If you don’t feel a sense of belonging, then all you’re thinking about is showing off for yourself.”

“That’s just how players are,” Parolo observed.

“The task of the club and the coach is to make you feel the weight of playing for Inter,” he added.

“At the moment that’s what seems to be missing at Inter.”