One of the pillars of Simone Inzaghi's Inter is certainly Alessandro Bastoni, increasingly the leader of the Serie A leader and an important player also for the National team. The '99 class player gave an interview to the 'Frog talks' podcast conducted by former nerazzurro Andrea Ranocchia, revealing that he was close to leaving Inter in the past.
The statements of Alessandro Bastoni
"At the beginning I wanted to leave Inter. I had a season in Parma and then I was lucky to find Antonio Conte here. I fought to leave that year, I thought I wouldn't play. They had just taken Godin, there were Skriniar, De Vrij. I had played 25 games in Parma, a good championship. Then the coach insisted and convinced me".
"From that moment our cycle began, we were fine. Simone Inzaghi is very good, he found a perfect group of boys, mentally trained to the maximum and who do not complain, even those who play less. Having spent years behind you (Ranocchia), Handanovic helped me a lot to grow. Characteristics? I did youth sector at Atalanta where you only develop technique and so I carry this ability to set up and manage the ball even under pressure. Sometimes I go to do the fifth, the half wing".
"I'm fine here, now I'm one of the 'older'. It's good here, the Inter world is beautiful, playing at San Siro in front of 75,000 people. The other night with Juve was incredible, in general since I've been at Inter I've almost never seen a stadium below 70,000. At the moment I don't see myself far from here, I really feel at home. When we go to the stadium I see people of 85-90 years old waiting for the bus. The passion that people put in it makes you say: "But who makes me go away when I can give a moment of joy?". On my will I have no doubts. We are a nice group, with many young boys as backbone, me, Barella, Dimarco, Lautaro".
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