Max Allegri suggests Inter found a new role for Christian Eriksen the same way he did with Paulo Dybala at Juventus. ‘He can put the ball wherever he wants.’
The former Juve and Milan coach was a guest on Sky Sport Italia and broke his silence after almost two years.
“Inter, from what I can see outside, especially once they had the chance to work all week following their Champions League exit, they are now capable of challenging for a Champions League quarter-final,” Allegri told Sky Sport Italia.
Max Allegri suggests Inter found a new role for Christian Eriksen the same way he did with Paulo Dybala at Juventus. ‘He can put the ball wherever he wants.’
The former Juve and Milan coach was a guest on Sky Sport Italia and broke his silence after almost two years.
“Inter, from what I can see outside, especially once they had the chance to work all week following their Champions League exit, they are now capable of challenging for a Champions League quarter-final,” Allegri told Sky Sport Italia.
“Sometimes people say oh you just changed two players, but that’s 20 per cent of the starting XI. They need to be able to find themselves and know the movements. Inter are more consolidated and you can see the difference.”
Antonio Conte used that time to transform Eriksen’s role in the Inter squad, as previously he had been on the verge of an exit as a flop.
“I think with Eriksen, Inter had to do something similar to what I did with Dybala. When he first arrived from Palermo, I told him, you cannot play as a centre-forward at Juventus.
“At Palermo, you were a centre-forward, but you started 50 metres from the goal. You need to go into a deeper role, because otherwise the whole balance of the team will be off.
“Eriksen arrived from the Premier League, where there aren’t as many tactics, they don’t close you down so quickly, you have more space to move in. He can be a trequartista there.
“In Italy, if you move him 10 metres further back, he can put the ball wherever he wants.”