Massimo Moratti - Role at Internazionale

Role At Internazionale

Moratti took over as president of Inter from Ernesto Pellegrini in 1995, during a period where many considered Inter to be underachievers. However, under his leadership Inter has since clinched 5 Serie A titles (2005–2006, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10), 4 Coppa Italia titles (2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11), 4 Supercoppa Italiana titles (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010),1 UEFA Cup (Europa League)(1998) 1 UEFA Champions League title (2010) and 1 FIFA Club World Cup title (2010).

It has long been Massimo's ambition to restore Inter to the heights they once knew under his father. Not being able to do that in the first decade of his chairmanship, he finally obtained his goal in late 2000s. He has won one UEFA Cup (1998), five Scudetti/Serie A in a row (equalling the all-time record), four Coppa Italia (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011), four Supercoppa Italiana (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010), one UEFA Champions League (2010) and one FIFA Club World Cup (2010).

Moratti is said to have spent around €600 million in the transfer market since he took over as president. In July 1999, Moratti sanctioned a then world-record €48 million purchase of striker Christian Vieri and has since purchased numerous superstars, including Ronaldo, Maicon, Adriano, Hernán Crespo, Roberto Baggio, Iván Zamorano, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Luís Figo, Patrick Vieira, Samuel Eto'o, and Wesley Sneijder.

Under the leadership of Moratti, Inter won the Scudetto, the Coppa Italia and the prestigious Champions League in a single season, to become the first ever team to achieve the feat in Italy.

However, criticism also towards Inter fired coaches frequently. Except keeping Giuseppe Baresi and Daniele Bernazzani as backroom staff in the first team or in the youth system, as well as Marco Branca as one of the director, the team had changed from Rafael Benítez, Leonardo, Gasperini and most recently Ranieri in just 2 seasons. Roberto Mancini and José Mourinho were the only two trophy winning and longest serving coach in recent years. Before Mancini, Massimo employed more than 10 short-lived coaches, including Roy Hodgson, Marcello Lippi, Marco Tardelli, Héctor Cúper and Alberto Zaccheroni.

The day after Ranieri was dismissed, chief scout of the first team Giovanni Battista Lanfranchi was fired and replaced by the former technical commission of Udinese, Valentino Angeloni. Lanfranchi had served for Inter for 13 years in different positions.