Inter’s Sporting Director Piero Ausilio was a guest on Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia speaking on a wide variety of issues starting with past transfers, both in and out.

Ausilio began by revealing that Inter were very close to signing Gabriel Jesus: “We were negotiating with Gabriel Jesus for a month. Our offer was also better than Manchester City’s. Palmeiras preferred to sell him to us but the lad, through his agents, let us know that he preferred to play for Guardiola.”

Then Ausilio spoke about the sale of Mateo Kovacic to Real Madrid: “Unlike Coutinho, Kovacic was sacrificed for financial reasons as we were in a difficult situation at the time, but we sold him for a good price. Slightly less than €40 million. There were a series of bonuses that Inter then collected, given Real Madrid won everything in his first season there. During the 2016 Champions League Final in Milan, we were all rooting for Real. We were Blancos fans for a night.”

In conclusion Ausilio revealed that he was close to resigning stating that: “The year between Thohir’s exit and Suning’s arrival there was a concrete possibility to leave. I felt a bit tired, a little bit because the weight of these past years due to the financial situation and not the technical had lowered not my enthusiasm but my energy. I was considering the idea of leaving.”

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