AC Milan & Juventus Legend Looks Back On Brief Stint At Inter Milan | OneFootball

Legendary former AC Milan, Juventus, and Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo feels that it just didn’t happen for him when he was at Inter Milan.

Speaking to Radio TV Serie A, via FCInterNews, the 44-year-old also admitted that he was a supporter of the Nerazzurri growing up even though he starred for their greatest rivals.

Pirlo is by general consensus one of the outstanding midfielders of the past couple decades. Certainly in Serie A, and in all of European football as well.

So it is a matter of some regret that the 2006 World Cup winner was never able to really reach his potential at Inter.

It’s not as though there wasn’t a chance for it to happen. Pirlo was contracted to the Nerazzurri in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

But Pirlo never quite made a starting spot at Inter his own.

So in the summer of 2001, Pirlo left for city rivals AC Milan.

There, the former midfielder won numerous trophies, including the Champions League twice. And Pirlo’s reputation grew to being one of the top players in his position in the world.

In 2011, Pirlo headed to Juventus on a free transfer from the Rossoneri.

And with the Bianconeri the Italian won four further Serie A titles. He proved to be a key player in midfield for Antonio Conte’s team.

Naturally, this will have only deepened the sense of regret regarding Pirlo as the “one who got away.”

Andrea Pirlo On Brief Stint At Inter

Pirlo admitted that as a child, “I was a huge fan of Inter. My dad took me to Viareggio on holiday, and every now and then the team was there on their retreat.”

“I went to ask Matthaus and the German players for autographs,” Pirlo noted.

“Then put them in my room as posters.”

“Then there was the record-breaking Scudetto win [in the 1988-89 season] under Trappatoni. I celebrated it by waving my flag around the city.”

But Pirlo admitted that “When you start playing as a professional you no longer support the team you supported as a child. You just focus on doing your job.”

“I was very happy when I signed for Inter,” he noted. “But then throughout my career I supported the teams I was playing for.”

Pirlo noted that his last season at Inter was one of chaos – with four coaching changes in the 2000-01 campaign.

“Things didn’t go very well,” the former midfielder and current coach said.

“I was hoping to follow a different path.” he said.

“But that’s life. I’ve had other reasons to be happy. I don’t have any regrets about it.”