Antonio Cassano believes Cristian Chivu and his work at Inter already points to a future beyond the Nerazzurri, with the former striker convinced the coach is destined for a bigger club.
Speaking live on Viva El Futbol, via FCInter1908, Cassano explained that Chivu’s leadership has never been in doubt, regardless of his relative inexperience on the bench.
“I know him: you can coach for 13 matches, but if you’re a leader, you’re a leader,” Cassano said.
Indeed, recalling how Chivu captained Ajax at just 20 years old and always had a clear footballing identity.
Cassano also pointed to Chivu’s football education during his playing days.
Cassano: Inter Coach Chivu Would Talk With Guardiola ‘All The Time’
At Roma, he recalled, Chivu would spend hours discussing the game with Pep Guardiola.
“They talked about football all the time,” Cassano said, stressing how that mentality shaped the coach Inter see today.
The former Italy international was blunt when assessing the context Chivu inherited. Coaching Inter, he argued, is a completely different challenge.
Cassano claimed the club had squandered multiple opportunities in recent years, including league titles and Champions League finals, before Chivu’s arrival.
While the system has remained similar, Cassano believes the ideas have changed. “He kept the same shape, but the idea is different,” he said. “He plays forward and presses.”
What stands out most, in Cassano’s view, is Chivu’s attitude. “He doesn’t complain, he doesn’t make excuses, and he wants to play football,” he said.
“You could listen to him for hours.”
Cassano’s conclusion was clear. While praising Chivu’s impact at Inter, he admitted it may only be temporary.
“Sadly for Inter,” he said, “I think he’s destined for an even bigger team, either in the Premier League or in Spain.”
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If you think about it among the top teams in Italy only Inter seem to have a long term coach. Allegri won’t last in Milan as he plays outdated football, Conte is Conte he was begged to stay at Napoli and he will Conte his way out as usual by blaming everyone else other than himself, Spalleti at Juve is more on Juve than Spalleti thry won’t be patient for him to rebuild. Chivu plays a modern brand of football compared to all of them and his he’s more pragmatic than Fabregas who seem to only have one way of playing even if it means the team suffering an obvious defeat. Inter had to gamble on Chivu but it paid off because sometimes it’s just about having the squad that respects a coach something that Cassano can only dream if he were to become a coach
cassano who?
Chivu’s heart rests with the club, if he’s successful with Inter he will stay and only after a long time will he think about moving on. He’s young and has time to mould a more youthful Inter team that he can truly put his stamp on.
Cassano talks too much, Inter might no longer have the kind of money premiership teams or la liga team have but that doesn’t mean they are many bigger clubs out there than inter, even with inters low budget they made it to final of Uefa twice in 3yrs. Once new stadium is completed and revenue increases inter will be back on top of European football again.
there are many clubs, even those in Italy. that own stadiums but that does do mean all of them on top of European football…
Inter is among the top 10 teams in the world. Always have been. Left a mark in the development of organized football too. Read a bit. And dont give me the catenaccio. That started in Austria in the 30s. The italian version was developed by Nereo in the 50s. Herrera had a different idea about it and tweaked quite a few things.
Now the question is: do you know which two things part of modern football inter pioneered. One of them kinda indirectly.
Chivu IS at a big club. Cassano can go deep.
I’ll be waiting for your answers to my little question. We’re fans. Lets talk about Inter. Very interested to see what you have to say about the “immortal inter” period too.
I hope Chivu becomes our Ferguson