MORATTI: "A FEW, BUT GOOD MOVES"
Monday, 06 June 2005 23:19:31
MILAN - No negotiations for Adriano, an interest in Argentine midfielder Solari, the worries about those players absent and those on international duty ahead of the Italian Cup final against Roma, and the positive opinion on the Italian government's new plans for safer and more secure stadiums. These were some of the topics Massimo Moratti touched on during an interview with journalists at Monday evening's presentation of the new Inter Club 'Casa della Carità'.
"From a certain point of view this has been a constructive season," said Moratti about the Nerazzurri's season. "There's great confidence in the coach and what he has done. It is a concrete step in the construction of what will come. Spend less money? Well, this would certainly be wise..."
On Adriano, the Inter patron said: "I have also read that there are apparently offers. Yes, the evaluation could be what has been written, but no one has ever moved to talk about it. We're counting on the player so we can do well with him. There's no super offer. Adriano's recent declarations? They apparently seem a bit out of tune, but in these cases you never know if he really said these things or whether they were translated badly. And the day before he said some nice things and put pressure on the (Brazil) coach so he could play the Coppa Italia, which is a great demonstration of his love for Inter."
Moratti added: "In general we are assessing the needs of the team at the moment, and where we need to intervene. I don't know if Samuel is having a crisis with Real Madrid, but even those players having problems with their clubs are valued at a high price. Cassano? Gilardino? I see that all the players on the transfer market have been linked to Inter, but we're not doing anything. Solari? It could be a different matter for him. We have been following him for a long time and he could be a player to bet on. I don't think the fans are dreaming of a great coup, but want to carry forward this project, with a few, but good moves on the transfer market."
On the difficulties of preparing for the Coppa Italia final with so many players on international duty, Moratti said: "It won't be easy against Roma because of these situations. We have given a lot to some national teams in the past, for example in Argentina. One year we lost Javier Zanetti for three months, and this year we had to do without Kily González for six months after the Olympics, but I can see that they create problems about letting us have a player for just one match. These are not polemics, but I think that with common sense, and there's still room for common sense, a solution can always be found."