Massimo Moratti has declared that Inter will sign five new players following Rafa Benitez's exit.
Moratti to back new boss in transfer market
Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has declared that five new players will be signed following the change of manager at Giuseppe Meazza.
Rafa Benitez paid the price for a disappointing first half to the season when he was dismissed last week and former AC Milan boss Leonardo has been brought in to take the reins.
Moratti has now made it clear that the new man will be backed in the transfer market as Inter strive to salvage some success from the current campaign.
However, Moratti will not do anything that puts the club at risk and he is sure Leonardo will understand how important it is to be careful following his time as a director with Milan.
"Now Benitez has gone we will buy five players," said Moratti as Leonardo was officially presented to the media on Wednesday.
"I am convinced ours is a very strong group, and they have showed that recently.
"Even if some think they failed to show it some days ago in Abu Dhabi (at the Club World Cup which Inter won), they comfortably showed it just a few months ago, not thousands of years ago.
"Whether a signing will be actioned or not remains to be seen, but we will certainly be careful, and with the help of (director) Marco Branca we will make sure that those transfers happen, be it players joining or leaving.
"Undoubtedly Leonardo has had valuable experience, of managing a coach and understanding the club system, the team system, and therefore he has had an idea of the economics at a club, and what is best, objectively, for the club.
"We will do very well from a footballing perspective, but we must try to do very well from the economic perspective as well.
"I do not want to take away any enthusiasm with this, because enthusiasm is what a club thrives on and what I thrive on too."
Affection and efficiency
Inter are currently seventh in Serie A, 13 points behind leaders Milan, but Moratti is excited about what Leonardo will bring to the club.
He said: "Leonardo forced me to be here today - to be honest it is the first time someone has asked me to be here. You can see that I'm very pleased with the choice.
"It is a choice that developed from the sense of respect I have always had for him, and the sense of respect everyone who has ever known him has for his ability to learn quickly, and to transmit affection and efficiency.
"I think he will be able to employ those abilities at our club, which, with the Club World Cup, has shown itself to still be ambitious.
"That doesn't mean we will rush the new coach or put pressure on him; it means we will follow our instincts and the affection we have towards our fans, and that should be useful in working towards some important targets."
