Inter President Beppe Marotta leaves the door open for Davide Frattesi to exit, and laughs off Antonio Conte’s suggestion. ‘Napoli are clear favourites for the Scudetto.’
They go to Atalanta this night, it kicks off on the New Steadiness Area in Bergamo at 19.45 GMT (20.45 CET).
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The Nerazzurri finish 2025 with out a single piece of silverware, as they faltered within the Supercoppa Italiana semi-final, shedding the penalty shoot-out to Bologna following a 1-1 draw.
Nonetheless, they’re prime of the Serie A desk and want to consolidate that place this night, so has this been a constructive 2025?
Marotta sees sturdy Inter, however calls out Conte
REGGIO NELL’EMILIA, ITALY – MAY 04: Giuseppe Marotta, Sports activities CEO of FC Internazionale, seems on previous to the Serie A TIM match between US Sassuolo and FC Internazionale at Mapei Stadium – Citta’ del Tricolore on Might 04, 2024 in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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“I’m glad if followers see this as a constructive yr, it’s a present of religion within the onerous work of everybody on the membership,”
Conte stated after Napoli’s 2-0 win away to Cremonese this night that Inter, AC Milan and Juventus remained the one contenders for the Serie A title, as .
“I don’t need to get into controversy. I’ll simply say that Conte is an efficient communicator, he is superb at distracting consideration and refocusing it elsewhere,” smiled Marotta.
“I can comfortably say Napoli are the clear favourites for the Scudetto, as a result of they’re the reigning champions of Italy, they strengthened their squad over the summer time with essential funding, and are the one aspect in these 4 who maintained the identical coach, giving them a way of consistency.
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“We modified our mannequin, invested in some younger gamers, I feel it is going to be a problem to the very finish, however Napoli absolutely should be the prime candidates to win the title once more.”
Hakan Calhanoglu returns to the midfield after his muscular twinge in opposition to Liverpool, however the absentee listing stays intensive with Ange-Yoan Bonny, Francesco Acerbi, Denzel Dumfries, Matteo Darmian, Tomas Palacios and Raffaele Di Gennaro.
MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 30: Davide Frattesi of FC Internazionale celebrates scoring his group’s first purpose with teammate Marcus Thuram in the course of the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Udinese at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on March 30, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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Regardless of that, Frattesi nonetheless can’t get any taking part in time and
“I’ve to make clear that Frattesi’s self-discipline has been impeccable over time. Clearly, a participant who doesn’t get constant time on the sector has each proper to consider options. We don’t need to maintain anybody again.
“Frattesi has not but expressed any need to maneuver on, it’s nonetheless early days, and we can have a chance to take a seat down and talk about the scenario with him.”
TURIN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 29: Francisco Fernandes da Conceicao of Juventus FC competes with Marco Palestra of Cagliari Calcio in the course of the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Cagliari Calcio at Allianz Stadium on November 29, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
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Dumfries goes to be out for a few months following surgical procedure, so Inter have been linked with a swoop for Atalanta-owned Marco Palestra, at the moment on mortgage at Cagliari.
“It’s reductive to assume {that a} single participant can have an effect on the course of a marketing campaign. On the similar time, we’ll take nothing without any consideration, so we’ll consider what the switch market can provide,” Marotta added when requested if Inter will signal a substitute for Dumfries.
“I can exclude the story that Palestra is a goal, as a result of he’s not our participant, he belongs to another person, and there’s no path to him. We’ll take a look at the market, however know there aren’t many alternatives accessible in January.”