Prior to his official presentation as an Inter player following his summer arrival from Monaco, Keita Balde spoke to Inter TV and shared his excitement about returning to Italy.
“I was motivated to come here because of the club’s history, I really like it, even since when I was a kid, from my days at Barcelona.
“I did not have a chance to think about it twice, Spalletti is counting a lot on me and we knew each other a bit from before and I think he’s a top coach who I can learn a lot of things from.
“I’m excited to be back in Italy, here I took my first professional steps and doing it with this shirt is a unique emotion:
The Senegalese attacker proceeded to speak on where he prefers to play and what he gets up to in his spare time.
“My favourite role? Lately I’ve been moving around positions in attack. I started as a winger but have also played behind the striker.
“What do I do in my free time? I spend it with friends, watching films and recovering.”