Ausilio insists Inter eager to avoid transformation

Inter director of sport Piero Ausilio confirms the arrival of Piotr Zielinski and Medhi Taremi, but ‘the plan is not to change this team too much.’

The Nerazzurri have been travelling through the packed city streets for over six hours now on an open-top bus, meaning the supporters waiting in Piazza Duomo have still not even glimpsed their heroes yet.

The directors were not on the buses and decided to wait for them at the iconic meeting point, but there are already fireworks and someone has even painted a cow blue and black.

All eyes are now on the future and Ausilio has already been hard at work with CEO Beppe Marotta, securing Piotr Zielinski from Napoli and Porto striker Medhi Taremi as free agents.

“I think this team showed its quality not just on the pitch, but also in its sense of belonging to the club,” Ausilio told Sky Sport Italia.

“We don’t want to damage this great unit, as when something works, you don’t want to risk making too many changes. We started this wonderful project three years ago with Simone Inzaghi, winning numerous trophies, being protagonists in the Champions League.

“We have brought in two players who are functional to the project and will raise the quality level of the team. Now we will take a moment to pause and reflect, to make sure we take the right decisions, don’t just buy players for the sake of it.”

Is it true that Inter can still balance the books even without selling any of the big names?

“As director of sport, I don’t want to change anything about this team. That is the plan, to not change too much.”

Inter did change last year

They did make changes last summer, bringing in 12 new players including Davide Frattesi, Yann Sommer, Benjamin Pavard and Marcus Thuram.

“Even those who did not play as much still showed their quality and that they had the characteristics we needed. I hope that next season they can be even bigger protagonists.

“With Thuram, he chose the project that we had already presented to him two years ago and that he remembered when signing for us.”

There are reports that Inter have already agreed terms with Brazil international goalkeeper Bento.

“We have Sommer and Emil Audero, so we’ll see what happens, but I would not rule out keeping Audero. We will evaluate all the opportunities in Europe and South America.”

There are also Inter-owned players who have impressed around Serie A so far this term and could return to base free of charge.

“I know you are thinking of Valentin Carboni, but I would add Gaetano Oristanio and Giovanni Fabbian,” concluded Ausilio.