Spalletti explodes amid Inter struggle: Even my mother knows we need a centre-back Italy - Serie A Latest disappointment against Fiorentina

Having gone the start of the season unbeaten, a run of two draws and two losses has seen Inter drop back to third in Serie A with coach Luciano Spalletti furious with the state of his squad.

The Italian has stated time and time again that no money is around for January reinforcements and Friday's 1-1 draw at home to Fiorentina left him indignant.

"I can't take it anymore, I don't know what else to say," claimed an exasperated Spalletti on Mediaset Premium. "Why don't you go to the dressing room and tell them, if they aren't good enough? I do my work, there are difficulties, it's obvious to everybody that we are missing a centre-back.

"Do you want a reward for being able to count the number of players in the squad? Even my 80-year-old mother at home knows we are missing a centre-back.

"You've asked me the same thing since the start of the season, I've told you the same answer 750 times, but you keep asking. We have to work and win, not lose credibility and cry at the lack of a player.

"We have to make do with what we have and in my view we put in a good performance at times. I won't use this as an excuse, because I have to do my work and win pushing through these situations.

"We struggled to keep the ball and we didn't keep the right distances. We ended up bunched together."