Inter President Erick Thohir calls Jose Mourinho “a great Coach” but Roberto Mancini can “revive the team”.
Mourinho will attend tomorrow’s game with Sampdoria at San Siro, sparking rumours he could replace Mancini, just as he did in 2008.
“I met Mourinho in Jakarta a few years ago before I was Inter President,” Thohir revealed in an interview with Sky.
Inter President Erick Thohir calls Jose Mourinho “a great Coach” but Roberto Mancini can “revive the team”.
Mourinho will attend tomorrow’s game with Sampdoria at San Siro, sparking rumours he could replace Mancini, just as he did in 2008.
“I met Mourinho in Jakarta a few years ago before I was Inter President,” Thohir revealed in an interview with Sky.
“He’s a great Coach, he made history with Inter, but we have Mancini now who also wrote history with this club, achieving excellent results. I firmly believe he can revive the team.
“Look what’s already changed compared to Inter last year, though of course we need more time. That said, that shouldn’t be an excuse.
“Mancini knows very well what our objective is, we want to qualify for the Champions League.
“The Champions League is our objective, but of course sometimes the results aren’t what you expect. What’s really important for us now is the Sampdoria game.
“It’ll be nice to see the fans in the stadium and meet some of our legends.”
The Nerazzurri have been in ritiro after recent poor results, and the patron says the decision was down to Mancini.
“The ritiro was a decision made by Mancini, together with our directors. I think it’s a good thing, though it’s not very common in other countries.
“It’s good for the players to have the opportunity to stay together for three or four days, calmly to foster team spirit.
“We have to win tomorrow, we have a good team and our Coach is the best for us. I think we have a competitive squad and we also strengthened in the January transfer window.
“We still have 13 games to play, the team must stay calm and fight for our goals.”