“All the fault of communism.” Laughs sulphurous Ignazio La Russa, a leading exponent of the Brothers of Italy but above all a passionate Inter fan who has always been. Antonio Conte’s farewell after consensual termination of the contract did not go down with the former Minister of Defense, as with all those who have the Nerazzurri heart fresh from the nineteenth Scudetto of the team.
«Yes, it’s all the fault of Chinese Communism – La Russa jokes but not too much – because the policy of the Beijing government has forced President Steven Zhang, whom I respect and admire, to cut investments in football. He has no faults. He had to close the team he had in China and which was winning the championship again due to a diktat of his government. And there in China you can’t say no. Just see how it turned out to Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba. Now, to make ends meet and save 100 million, he is forced to sell jewels like Hakimi and who knows who else. They will continue to sell, maybe they will sell Lukaku and Eriksen next year. It is clear that Conte said no. Other than the Inter cycle … ».
Therefore, the Chinese “communists” have imposed on Zhang net cuts in the amount of salaries and a market that will have to close with a strong surplus: zero new investments and sale of big companies. Conditions that Marotta and Ausilio then put on the table for Conte. Who did not agree to downsize the team. Inter now have the new coach Inzaghi. La Russa would have preferred a coach with a black and blue heart: Walter Zenga.