Football General Manager
- Chivu plans to change Inter‘s playing style
- Speaks about player’s mentality after UCL disappointment
- Nerazzurri aiming to win Serie A title
The new Nerazzurri boss spoke about adopting a vertical yet balanced playing style, while expressing confidence in his squad’s ability to bounce back from last season’s crushing 5-0 Champions League final loss to Paris Saint-Germain and a disappointing Club World Cup exit. He also spoke about being in consultation with the club regarding decisions about the transfer market.
Inter had been in contention to win a treble of trophies last season, losing out on the Serie A title to Napoli on the final day and then being demolished by PSG in the European decider. That disappointing end to the campaign sparked a period of transition for Inter. Former head coach Simone Inzaghi departed to take charge of Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal, while there has been plenty of transfer talk, with Hakan Calhanoglu being publicly criticised by Lautaro Martinez in the wake of their Club World Cup exit – an early dressing room issue for the new boss to deal with. Nevertheless, Chivu, who won the treble with Inter as a player in 2010, is confident he can keep the team playing at a high level.
Chivu discussed his tactical approach, stating: “Our intention is to be vertical and maintain balance… I never said I’d play with three strikers. I only talked about midfield. Numbers are just numbers. The foundation has always been 3-5-2, but in many matches the build-up was four-man, that’s the reality. Sometimes the 3-5-2 can become a 4-2-4 or 4-4-2. We need to be aggressive and know how to disrupt. And know how to beat a man. These are important things. We need to win duels; whoever wins duels wins matches. We’ll be training multiple formations this time around, and we’ll try to be ready for change.”
Addressing the mentality of his players, he added: “They have shown that they can overcome even the atrocities; only in this way can we move forward. We want to return to being competitive as we have been in recent years. As a coach and former player, I think the players make the difference… We have the obligation to keep this club at the top regardless of the titles won at the end of the season.u0026nbsp;We will do our best and give our all.”
Chivu will hope to get off to a good start next season as standards have been set high by his predecessors. With the core squad retained and no major departures, he has a stable platform on which to build and implement his vision.
