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Sunday 12th May 2002
Internazionale forward Christian Vieri urged president Massimo Moratti to follow Real Madrid's example with his summer spending before rubbishing reports that he wanted a move to the Bernabeu. "Inter must imitate Real… but I want to stay at Inter," he said.
Vieri, who was speaking before joining his Italy team-mates at a get-together in Coverciano, had not forgotten the manner in which Inter let the Scudetto slip from their grasp on the final day of the season.
Despite leading for much of the campaign, Inter lost 4-2 to Lazio to allow Juventus, who beat Udinese 2-0, to pip them to the Serie A crown.
And Vieri was keen for Moratti to ensure that the same heartache does not happen again: "I'm still angry about the end of the season. That's obvious considering how things went on that last day.
"Anyway, we had a positive season because we managed to be more consistent than in the previous years and we did all we could to win the Scudetto.
"We must continue on that path and the club must sign only great players. Inter must imitate Real, they buy only great stars like Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane. Of course, choosing the players for the new season is not my job.
"But I agree with president Moratti, who thinks we do not have to make too many changes but only add a few reinforcements. That means that the players we take must be very, very strong."
Vieri went on to deny reports that he was hankering after a move to Real. "I only said during an interview that I would have been happy to play with a star like Zidane and the newspapers wrote that I wished to leave Inter. That's not true at all, I don't want to leave," he said.
Internazionale forward Christian Vieri urged president Massimo Moratti to follow Real Madrid's example with his summer spending before rubbishing reports that he wanted a move to the Bernabeu. "Inter must imitate Real… but I want to stay at Inter," he said.
Vieri, who was speaking before joining his Italy team-mates at a get-together in Coverciano, had not forgotten the manner in which Inter let the Scudetto slip from their grasp on the final day of the season.
Despite leading for much of the campaign, Inter lost 4-2 to Lazio to allow Juventus, who beat Udinese 2-0, to pip them to the Serie A crown.
And Vieri was keen for Moratti to ensure that the same heartache does not happen again: "I'm still angry about the end of the season. That's obvious considering how things went on that last day.
"Anyway, we had a positive season because we managed to be more consistent than in the previous years and we did all we could to win the Scudetto.
"We must continue on that path and the club must sign only great players. Inter must imitate Real, they buy only great stars like Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane. Of course, choosing the players for the new season is not my job.
"But I agree with president Moratti, who thinks we do not have to make too many changes but only add a few reinforcements. That means that the players we take must be very, very strong."
Vieri went on to deny reports that he was hankering after a move to Real. "I only said during an interview that I would have been happy to play with a star like Zidane and the newspapers wrote that I wished to leave Inter. That's not true at all, I don't want to leave," he said.
