Luciano Spalletti said new striker Lautaro Martinez “knows where the goal is” and Radja Nainggolan “has characteristics we were missing.”

The Nerazzurri had their first pre-season outing, a 3-0 victory over Lugano with Martinez on target before Yann Karamoh’s brace.

“Lugano are a tough side to face and they put in real tackles, so that made it an important and realistic test,” the Coach told reporters.

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Luciano Spalletti claims Ivan Perisic ‘is the only player’ who can rival Cristiano Ronaldo’s physicality, while Lautaro Martinez can play with Mauro Icardi.

Perisic has been a virtual ever-present in Croatia’s run to the World Cup Final, during the same summer that Juventus have signed Ronaldo, while much has been said about Martinez’s compatibility with Icardi, given both Argentines are pure centre-forwards.

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Luciano Spalletti has likened Inter new boy Radja Nainggolan to Italian antihero Diabolik, suggesting Roma tried to manage the midfielder too much.

Nainggolan has reunited with Spalletti after arriving from Roma in a €24m deal, and the Inter boss believes he has what it takes to get the best out of the Belgian. 

“The club are working well, we have a better squad than a year ago and we’ll have 20 good players who will let us win games,” he said at a Press conference.

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Luciano Spalletti has assured that ‘there’s no problem’ between him and Inter, despite the Coach only having a year left on his contract.

Spalletti was expected to sign a new deal after he guided Inter back into the Champions League in May but still has not put pen to paper, yet the former Roma boss made it clear both parties were no less committed.

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Luciano Spalletti believes Cristiano Ronaldo ‘gives strength and exposure to Serie A’ but warns ‘no-one can make Inter feel inferior without our consent’.

Ronaldo’s €105m transfer to Juve has been greeted with huge enthusiasm, with a player regularly touted as the world’s best heading to Serie A, but some have also suggested that it could broaden the gap between the Bianconeri and their rivals, including Spalletti’s Inter.

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Former Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini calls President James Pallotta “an insecure man”.

The famed transfer guru is now technical director at Sampdoria, but he still retains a love for the Giallorossi thanks to his time in the capital.

“I’m trying to heal from the Roma disease, I can’t carry it with me all my life,” Sabatini told Corriere dello Sport.

“Roma is not a team, it’s a state of being in your soul. I can’t carry that with me for all my life.

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Stefan de Vrij was “sorry for how the last game went” with Lazio, but denies a conflict of interest given he’d already signed for Inter.

The defender played for the Biancocelesti in the final Serie A game of the season, a match which saw the Milanese side win and pip Simone Inzaghi’s men to Champions League qualification.

“I was very sorry for how the last game went, but everyone who knows me has no doubts about my personality and attitude,” De Vrij said in his Nerazzurri presentation.

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Radja Nainggolan “didn’t want to leave Roma, but at Inter and with Luciano Spalletti, he can play where he wants,” said his sister Rania.

The twins both play professional football and grew up together playing straight after school, she told La Gazzetta dello Sport magazine Fuorigioco.

“I watched almost all the World Cup games, but seeing Belgium without Radja was painful. He deserved to be there for what he did at Roma. I was sure he would be in the squad, so it was very disappointing.”

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Inter’s CEO insists there have been “no offers” for Mauro Iuardi and “there’s a willingness on both sides to discuss a renewal”.

The Argentinian striker has a €110m release clause in his contract, but it’s only valid for two weeks this month, and not for Italian clubs.

“Icardi is the captain of Inter and there’s a contract in place,” Alessandro Antonello pointed out on Gr Parlamento.

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