The mercato specialist reveals how Cristi Chivu became the first option at Inter

At a time when Cristi Chivu is not doing very well at Inter, after the failure in the derby with Milan (0-1), Gianluca Di Marzio Di Marzio confirmed that the Romanian technician was not the first option for the club's bosses, in the summer, when the question of Simone Inzaghi's succession was raised.

Gianluca Di Marzio: “Now we understand better why Fabregas turned down Inter”

It was also reported at the time that president Beppe Marotta initially wanted Spaniard Cesc Fabregas, and Di Marzio has revealed more recently why he was turned down. “Como promised Fabregas 150 million euros for transfers and he was not far from this figure.

Now we all understand, better, why the Spaniard said “no” first to Roma and then to Inter, even if the story was different”, revealed Di Marzio on the show “Sky Calcio l'Originale”.

Cesc Fabregas, the central pawn of a successful project in Como / Photo: GettyImages

The refusal of the former Barcelona player was Chivu's chance, which came after only 13 stages in Serie A, during which he had saved Parma from relegation. It was also important that the Romanian knew the club very well, as a former top player of the Nerazzurri and then a coach at “Primavera”.

Cristi Chivu is going clockwork in the Champions League, but he has problems with the Italian giants in Serie A

On the bench of the Nerazzurri, Chivu has an immaculate record in the Champions League, 4 wins out of 4 possible, but in Serie A things are not so good. In the first 12 rounds, he recorded 8 wins and 4 defeats, the last on Sunday, in front of the great rival AC Milan (0-1).

by the way his big problem is the matches with the greats of Italy. It's true, he won in Rome, 1-0, but he lost three other strong matches: 3-4 with Juventus, 1-3 with Napoli, both away, and this 0-1 with the Rossoneri at the weekend. A team that even the predecessor Simone Inzaghi had not managed to beat in the previous 5 meetings (3 failures, 2 draws).