The Rejuvenation Of Inter Milan

It’s been a long, hard road since inter won the treble (Triplete) with Jose Mourinho back in 2010, and after that fateful night in Madrid, they have never really reached the heights since then, due to having to rebuild the squad with a number of ageing key players departing the club, and with FIFA introducing FFP (Financial Fair Play) Samuel Eto, Maicon, Lucio, Sneijder, Thiago Motta, Materazzi and more are the players which have left large gaps in the Italian side.

But 5 years on, there is something new and rejuvenated about this Inter side. With Juventus dominating over the last 4 seasons, and not really having anyone to challenge them as A.S Roma have always fallen short and Napoli nowhere close. The new Inter president, Erick Thohir, has shown his signal of intent in trying to dethrone the 4 time back to back champions, by making a host of quality signings with the likes of Miranda from Athletico Madrid for €15 million, Geoffrey Kondogbia for a fee of €35 million, who virtually agreed a move to fierce local rivals A.C Milan, but preferred a move to Inter after a personal phone call from Mancini himself. In addition, the out of favour Right Back Martin Montoya moved to the inter ranks on loan from FC Barcelona to boost Inter’s defence, along with the signing of €7 million Centre Back, Jeison Murillo from Granada, after his impressive performances in the 2014 Copa America along with being named in the Team of the Tournament and picking up Best Young Player in the process. However as inter have managed to keep hold of the clinical Maurito Icardi along with the ever present Samir Handanovic, who were key players during the 2014/15 season, partnered with their new additions in the ongoing transfer window, will allow Inter to be in a good position for the 2015/16 season.

But with a new season on the horizon, Mancini has already shown that he means business, as well as A.C Milan, through announcing the signing of former Sevilla hit man Carlos Bacca, Luiz Adriano and Andrea Bertolacci from Shaktar and A.S Roma respectively , A.C Milan will be hoping to make an impact in the 2015/16 season. In addition, with Juventus losing key players such as Carlos Tevez returning to his boyhood club Boca Juniours, Andrea Pirlo moving to the ever growing MLS and potentially Arturo Vidal to Bayern Munich for €40 million, Champions League qualification will be a minimum target for the Beneamata (Cherished One) and with Roberto Mancini at the helm, we all know he has the experience and knows what it takes to be a champion. 

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