Adani turns down Inter job

By Football Italia staff

Daniele Adani confirms he was asked to become Roberto Mancini’s Inter assistant manager, but turned the job down.

The former Brescia player has been working as a pundit on Sky Sport Italia and released a statement on his Twitter account.

“I feel the need to explain how things went over the past few days, above all because I really want to thank Roberto Mancini – who is world class on the field, on the bench and in life – for considering me good enough to be part of his Inter staff.

“The attention Roberto showed to me is one of the greatest shows of respect I received in my career.

“However, my career has taken a different path recently, one that I am enthusiastic about and never expected to become so important for me.

“I am fortunate and privileged enough to explain football to people with all the love and passion I have for this sport and I want to continue doing that as a professional, dedicating all my time to it.

“I gave me word to Sky, have a good rapport here and there are projects to bring forward day by day. I have much more to do here with my ‘teammates’ at Sky.

“Roberto Mancini’s Inter will certainly go far too. He is a special person who I wish all the best for the future.”

Mancini had also confirmed David Platt was asked to join the Inter staff, but opted to remain in England.

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