New Inter President Steven Zhang insists they’ve “never closed an agreement” with Giuseppe Marotta but “if we can improve the team of the club we’re ready”.
The 27-year-old is the son of owner Jindong Zhang, and has been appointed as the Nerazzurri’s new President to replace Erick Thohir.
Juventus have also reshuffled their board, with long-time general manager and CEO Marotta leaving, and it’s been widely reported that he could move to San Siro.
New Inter President Steven Zhang insists they’ve “never closed an agreement” with Giuseppe Marotta but “if we can improve the team of the club we’re ready”.
The 27-year-old is the son of owner Jindong Zhang, and has been appointed as the Nerazzurri’s new President to replace Erick Thohir.
Juventus have also reshuffled their board, with long-time general manager and CEO Marotta leaving, and it’s been widely reported that he could move to San Siro.
“It’s true that I’m a young President, but I’ve been managing the team for the last two years,” Zhang said at the Press conference which followed today’s shareholders’ meeting.
“I’ve worked with the directors and we’ve made great improvements. It’s a difficult job and that’s what I waited two years before taking on this responsibility.
“If you look at the great figures of humanity, from Elon Musk to the founder of Facebook [Mark Zuckerberg] to my father, who has a group that generates billions in turnover, I don’t think my age will be a problem. I’m sure I’ll do well.
“As for Marotta, Inter have always been associated with great players and directors. People think it’s nice to work with us, and we understand the power of the club and that people would like to come to us.
“The truth is that I’ve never closed an agreement with this person, and if you ask me whether a player or director will come I can’t promise anything.
“I want all the best, but at the moment there’s nothing in it. If we can seize opportunities to improve the team or the club we’re always ready to do it, regardless of individual names.”
There has been much speculation in recent weeks that Suning will buy out Erick Thohir, who retains a 30 per cent stake after selling to the Chinese conglomerate.
“The future is the future and I can’t predict it, but at the moment the minority shareholder remains, we talked about it at the meeting.
“In the meantime, these shares are under his control and I can’t speak on his behalf. We can reiterate that our investment and support for Inter is long term.
“Suning believes in confirming our commitment, but I can’t promise anything about the 30 per because it is not under my control.”