Piero Ausilio spoke in length to PremiumSport ahead of Inter’s Coppa Italia game tomorrow: “The Coppa Italia is the goal for the season. After a few games there is a chance to bring home a trophy that could be the first of the new era. We will play our best to qualify and move on.”
He then spoke on Stefano Pioli’s appointment: “Pioli my choice? I am pleased with Pioli as coach, but it was a joint decision. There is never fatherhood in the choice of a coach, which is the most important figure of the club with the president, and it was done in harmony with Suning.”
The mercato was the next topic he addressed: “This is the what we wanted, we still have some sales to do, especially some young players. This is the team that we had in mind, we are pleased to have it and Banega and Kondogbia are a very important part of that. We knew that they just need to find form and trust, especially Kondogbia who today is demonstrating everything that we expected, but we knew even before that he would. Palacio, Eder and Gabigol? We have been very clear: there will be nothing more on the incoming front, while there will be some things done on the output side of things with young people. Those mentioned are all important and they demonstrate it with their performances. Behind the Inter victories there is not only the starting eleven, but especially those players that come off the bench and make a difference, such as Eder and Palacio against Chievo: I’m sure this will happen shortly also for Gabigol.”
Ausilio then spoke on recently departed Stevan Jovetic: “If I’ve complimented him? I’ve done so indirectly through his agent, we are happy for him. Stevan is an outstanding boy, a great professional and a great player, I’m happy and convinced that will do very well in Seville, then we will see the situation in June. He is our player, an investment that we have made and these results are proving us right.”
He was then asked if there were any regrets over Frank de Boer’s appointment: “No regrets, we must look at the present and the future: This is Pioli’s time, the past can serve as a reminder to be more careful. De Boer is a very good coach, at that time we had difficulties related to other situations. He is not the only one responsible for two or three months that were not the best for Inter. But with Pioli we started well and we want to continue to do so, this is the only thing that matters.”
He concluded the interview addressing the Ranocchia rumours: “There are opportunities. Ranocchia has a lot of interest from abroad, we will talk with him if he wants to find more playing time or if he wants wait for an opportunity at Inter: We would be happy to keep him, otherwise we’ll find a solution together with him and who is following him.”
Source: FCInterNews.it
