“I am sad, I will miss Inter”- Corriere.it

«After 11 years I don’t know if I can describe everything… I try, because I’m embittered and sad, but at the same time happy to have made a dream come true for so long. I will miss Inter, the San Siro stadium, the fans and that thrill when the stadium pushes you». This is how Samir Handanovic greets Inter and its fans on social media two days after the club became official. A very long post, in which he gets naked. He would certainly have concluded his story with the Nerazzurri in a different way, probably imagining it even longer. He arrived in Appiano in 2012 as a boy with high hopes and great ambitions. He has become a man in the meantime, and in his farewell letter he thanks coaches and managers who have followed one another over the years and also clarifies his always very reserved attitude towards him.

Handanovic writes: «They teach you and leave their mark, they explain what passion and courage are and why every day you have to sacrifice yourself to feel certain emotions. So many battles, challenges won and challenges lost, disappointments and joy. Being yourself matters more to me than anything in our world (football I mean) than hypocrites, I tried to be a man before a footballer”. A quality that the entire Inter world has undoubtedly always recognized in him. «Thank you all – he adds -. The teammates of many years in the Nerazzurri, coaches, staff, doctors, physiotherapists, warehouse workers, all the collaborators, presidents and managers of these years who have been so different, who I have lived in such a profound way and with such a strong sense of belonging that you can’t imagine before. I thank our warehouse corner where lost games were won and those won were celebrated, even if many will never understand».