Francesco Pio Esposito insists he can’t thank Cristian Chivu sufficient for serving to him launch his profession at Inter Milan.
Chatting with InterTV through , the 20-year-old thanked the Inter boss for serving to him develop each on and off the pitch.
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Extra importantly, has acknowledged his expertise and urged Inter to not take into account gives for him in the summertime.
Regardless of receiving a considerable €40 million bid from Napoli, the San Siro giants listened to their supervisor.
Certainly, Inter turned down Napoli’s method, granting Chivu a chance to work with Esposito once more.
The Romanian coached the prodigious striker within the youth ranks.
Nonetheless, that is their likelihood to reunite on the senior degree, with Esposito eager to repay Chivu’s belief.
Following a scintillating season at Spezia, the Italian center-forward is able to shine in Serie A.
Inter Milan Starlet Francesco Pio Esposito Grateful to Cristian Chivu
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JUNE 25: Francesco Esposito #94 of FC Internazionale Milano celebrates scoring his workforce’s first aim with Lautaro Martinez #10 throughout the FIFA Membership World Cup 2025 group E match between FC Internazionale Milano and CA River Plate at Lumen Subject on June 25, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Picture by Buda Mendes/Getty Pictures)
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Esposito nonetheless remembers the day he joined Inter from Brescia as a child.
“I joined Inter on the age of 9,” he reminisced. “Certainly, I bear in mind very nicely the aim I scored in opposition to Torino in a semifinal at Comacchio.
“I had a coach, Davide Aggio, who handed on to me the ideas and values of Inter.
“He made positive to inform us that ‘when you find yourself at Inter, you might be within the elite.’
“This sentence caught with me. He handed on to us the profitable mentality that you want to have at this membership.”
Then, he met Chivu on the U19 degree.
“After six months during which we weren’t doing very nicely, some issues modified,” Esposito continued.
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“The coach gave me the accountability of the captain’s armband. It occurred in Cagliari in a match the place the captain was lacking.
“In that match, I scored a hat-trick, and from there I wore it till the top of the season.
“It’s a accountability that helped me develop loads; I’ll by no means cease thanking the coach who gave me a lot.”
Very good Season in Serie B & Return to San Siro
LA SPEZIA, ITALY – JUNE 1: Francesco Pio Esposito of Spezia Calcio in motion in opposition to Tommaso Barbieri of US Cremonese throughout the Serie B match between Spezia Calcio and US Cremonese Serie B Play-off Remaining at Stadio Alberto Picco on June 1, 2025 in La Spezia, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
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Esposito was the second-best scorer in Serie B final time period, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient for Spezia to safe promotion.
“It was my first private recognition,” he added. “It was a vital emotion.
“The 2 years at La Spezia had been unforgettable, elementary for my progress.
“There have been many first instances, so I wish to thank coach D’Angelo, who was crucial to me, in addition to all my teammates and all of the folks on the membership.
“They allowed me to take off and fulfill the dream of sporting the Inter shirt once more.”
Subsequently, he returned to instantly on the finish of the 2024/25 season.
Furthermore, he scored in opposition to on the 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup, displaying Chivu was proper to belief him.
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“I scored my first aim with the primary workforce,” Esposito said. “And I nonetheless discover it exhausting to comprehend it.
“Generally I believe again to that second; it was a really robust emotion. If you happen to discover, after the aim there’s a second during which I’m disoriented.
“This reveals how robust the emotion was. Sporting this shirt once more is a dream come true.”
In the meantime, he defined his trademark celebration.
“It was born with a teammate at Spezia, Petko Hristov,” Esposito claimed.
“From Inter Primavera to Spezia, I had a vital bodily transformation.
“He was the teammate I stayed with within the gymnasium after coaching.
“It began as a joke; the primary time I did it was in Spezia-Venezia, after which I saved it as my celebration as a result of I appreciated it.”
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Quantity Selection & Nationwide Crew
BOLZEN, ITALY – OCTOBER 17: Francesco Pio Esposito of Italy throughout the UEFA U21 EURO Qualifier match between Italy and Norway at Stadio Druso on October 17, 2023 in Bolzen, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
Esposito selected the quantity 94 when he returned from his mortgage spell.
Requested why that quantity particularly, he replied: “My neighborhood is known as ‘Ciceron 94.’
“I needed to dedicate it to my neighborhood and the pitch the place my brothers and I grew up.
It’s the place the place the whole lot began.”
He additionally outlined his dream of sporting the Italy jersey.
“It’s the dream of each little one who begins taking part in with a ball to put on the shirt of their favourite workforce and the nationwide workforce.
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“It’s a dream I wish to notice and contact with my very own palms.”
Within the meantime, he reminisced about his previous.
“Castellammare di Stabia is a metropolis to which I’m very hooked up; I’ll always remember my origins,” Esposito admitted.
“I lived there till I used to be six, then I moved to Brescia with my entire household to chase the soccer dream along with my brothers.
“And I’m going again there as quickly as I can throughout the holidays.”
Lastly, he defined his and his brothers’ ardour for the sport.
“We had simply arrived, we needed to reside this dream with the fervour that unites us and that our father handed on to us.
“Our solely thought since we had been kids has all the time been the ball; now we’re fortunate and privileged to have reached the purpose of taking part in this dream.
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“I’ve an exquisite relationship with each my brothers.
“With Salvatore, I performed two years at La Spezia, so naturally, there have been some extra arguments.
“With Seba, I all the time discuss how the soccer season goes. We push one another to enhance.”