Mancini: I need to buy a defender before the deadline
Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini admitted he wants to sign a defender before the end of the January transfer window. The former Manchester City and Galatasaray manager have already brought in Xherdan Shaqiri, Lukas Podolski and Marcelo Brozovic on loan deals this month, but says that he is struggling to find a quality target.
Inter have only one fit defender according to Mancini as Jonathan, Juan Jesus, and Marco Andreolli are currently on the sidelines. He stated,
"At the moment we're working on other areas but it's not easy to find players capable of changing things for you in January," he said. "Do we need a striker? We need other things. You build a team from the back.
"At the moment we only have one fit centre-back. We certainly need someone in defence and probably in midfield too. "We're going to be playing three games a week soon and we need as well-rounded a squad as possible."
Talking about last week result against Torino, he added, "It was a bad result against Torino but we must aim to keep improving every day and hope to get a bit more luck while playing well." the former Italy forward said. "My lads are putting everything into it, both on the training pitch and in matches. Regardless of the result we've made progress on an individual level and as a team.
"Of course my hope is that we continue to improve. We need to score goals and to do that we have to show a bit more flair in the final third and be more clinical in front of goal." The Italian manager currently have a 33.33% win rate since taking charge of the club last November.
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Inter have only one fit defender according to Mancini as Jonathan, Juan Jesus, and Marco Andreolli are currently on the sidelines. He stated,
"At the moment we're working on other areas but it's not easy to find players capable of changing things for you in January," he said. "Do we need a striker? We need other things. You build a team from the back.
"At the moment we only have one fit centre-back. We certainly need someone in defence and probably in midfield too. "We're going to be playing three games a week soon and we need as well-rounded a squad as possible."
Talking about last week result against Torino, he added, "It was a bad result against Torino but we must aim to keep improving every day and hope to get a bit more luck while playing well." the former Italy forward said. "My lads are putting everything into it, both on the training pitch and in matches. Regardless of the result we've made progress on an individual level and as a team.
"Of course my hope is that we continue to improve. We need to score goals and to do that we have to show a bit more flair in the final third and be more clinical in front of goal." The Italian manager currently have a 33.33% win rate since taking charge of the club last November.
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