Giorgio Chiellini spoke to Corriere della Sera in an interview in which he said that he was so close to joining Inter in the past, here are his words:

“I was summoned in January when I was 18-years-old and was put in front of a contract and told to sign for Inter, at that time I was young and knows nothing, but fortunately I didn’t sign, then in June I’m a Juventus player.”

Source: CorrieredellaSera.it