Valero: CL for Inter, never Juve

By Football Italia staff

Borja Valero has expressed his desire to take Inter back into the Champions League and asserts “I’d never join Juventus” out of loyalty to Fiorentina.

Speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport for its Sunday edition, Valero also suggested Milan snatched Champions League qualification from Fiorentina four years ago “in a strange way” and that he began thinking about leaving the Viola last summer.

“I want to conquer the Champions League with Inter,” the midfielder told Gazzetta dello Sport.

“I got very close to doing so in my first year with Fiorentina in 2013, but Milan took third place in a strange way.

“Juve? I’d never join them because I know what it means for a Fiorentina fan.

“I think it’ll be a five-way fight, with Juve, Roma and Napoli, all of whom have proven to be the best [Italian] teams in recent years.

“Why I left Fiorentina? Even at the start of last season, with the change of sporting direction, I sensed some unpleasant signals and that something was breaking.

“Then the certainty came in June, when Inter came forward with such insistence.”

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