In an interview with FourFourTwo the former Inter and Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp about, among other things, his time at Inter and began to comment on the end and what Massimo Moratti supposedly said to the Arsenal manager at that time, Bruce Rioch, when the dutchman’s move to Arsenal was finalized (“If you’re lucky he’ll score 10 goals.”):
“Strange. I got along well with the president. President Moratti loves football, he assured me that there would be changes and asked me to stay, when I left, he was sorry. Before I went to Inter Cruijff did not want me to move to Milan, he wanted me to accompany him to Barcelona, but Serie A was in the top at the time. AC Milan were excluded from the choices because I did not want to go and play there Gullit, Rijkaard and Van Basten had already played and therefore only Juventus and Inter were left. Inter’s leader gave me many promises, among other things, that we would play a more attacking football. We did, yes, but only the first month.”
The Dutchman then remembered back to his teammates at Inter at the time: “I got along with everyone, from Bergomi to Ferri and Battistini, as well as with Berti. I was only disappointed with Rubén Sosa because we could have been able to do so much more on the pich, but perhaps I bothered him a little. But I repeat, off the pitch, we had no problems. The relationship with the press? They expected that I would talk every day, I did not want to do that and it annoyed them. In England, I received criticism because I didn’t score a goal in the first 7-8 games and I didn’t care if I fit in with the football. But in Italy they invented the most ridiculous stories. When I cut my hair they said I couldn’t handle the pressure…”
Source: fcinternews.it
