“We miss a deputy de Vrij and we have to cover the hole left by Ranocchia’s farewell,” Simone Inzaghi said at the time. Three years later and with a Champions Less, here is the Swiss
At the time, Manuel Akanji still played in Borussia Dortmund. It was considered the ideal heir of Skriniar already directed towards Paris despite a contract that would have expired the following year, in addition the hole left by the farewell of Ranocchia had to be numerically covered and placed a strong name behind (or even) of De Vrij. Moreover, Simone Inzaghi himself underlined it who claimed reinforcements: “We are missing only a deputy de Vrij and we have to cover the hole left by the farewell of Ranocchia”. The ideal profile was that of Akanji, so the Gialloneri asked about twenty million euros. Inter did not reach much and tried to convince the Germans with alternative proposals – much lower -, then the Manchester City arrived who drew the requests of Dortmund and brought the defender to England. Sliding Doors of life, because a few months later in Istanbul it was the Swiss defender who started the action that led to Rodri’s decisive goal in the Champions League final against the Nerazzurri.
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Disclosed of Akanji, pitched for Bernardo Silva, a deviation of Acerbi who in fact accommodates the ball on the right of Rodri and right on goal. Some Inter players will have tried to remove from his memory the action of the decisive goal that in Istanbul put the Champions League in the hands of the City, most of them will remember it precisely by heart. Curious how everything was born from an initiative of Akanji, which the final one could have played it, but dressed in Nerazzurri. Three years later and with a less Champions Less (even two), the times for the landing of the Swiss in Milan are finally ripe. Who knows if there is another opportunity for redemption in Europe. Certainly, the enemy will no longer be Akanji.