Suning vice president, Weimin Sun spoke to Inter Channel after Monday’s press conference confirming the Suning takeover of Inter: “We’re a family. For Suning it is a great honour to have bought Inter, a European team with talented players and more than 100 years of history. I want to show my gratitude towards Inter’s president Erick Thohir and Massimo Moratti for their faith. As we said, this is a big responsibility for us. How can we take this 100 years plus club to another level and maintain its greatness? It is a big challenge and we believe we can do it, with the ongoing investements by Suning, the Chinese supporters and Inter’s superb managerial abilities. We’re hopeful that we can bring Inter to a higher level.”
Sun showed confidence in the SCG purchase of 68.5% of Inter saying: “Suning is one of the biggest stakes in China and to become a global company is very important to us, to explore other territories outside China. We believe that our work with Inter can help us work on our strategies. At the same time we believe that our customers want to spend for a healthy life style and think about their shape and live in as one world, so we believe that investing in sport and in football can reinforce our idea. So yes, it is a big step towards our future strategy. After this press conference, we believe to have opened a new door onto the world, declaring that Suning is looking at every collaboration, every partnership, brands or products towards China or from China towards the world.”
Source: Inter Channel