Even though I haven't seen them play outside of archival footage my father was an Inter fan during the Herrera's Le Grande Inter of the '60s. To omit players from that era would just be criminal. The stories I hear about Mazzola and Facchetti make me wish I was alive in that era to see what a team we had.
True, Davide. But I have only picked the players who have played for Inter since I have been a fan. This is because I can do more justice to this selection, as I have seen these players play for Inter (yeah, I am old like that):
Inter XI (since 1988):
---------------Vieri
Eto'o -------- Djorkaef -------- Figo*
------- Matthaus - Cambiasso
Brehme - Bergomi - Samuel - Zanetti
------------- Pagliuca
Others who could easily justify a place in that team: Cesar, Maicon, Simeone, Stankovic, Sneijder, Ronaldo, Milito, Ibrahimovic
I can pick a team of legends, but this will be a list based on what I have read, rather than what I have seen. Anyways, for what its worth, let me try to pick such a team of all time greats for you:
All Time Inter XI:
------------- Meazza
--------- Corso --- Mazzola
-- Matthaus - Cambiasso - Suarez
Facchetti - Bergomi - Burgnich - Zanetti
--------------- Pagliuca
Subs: Cesar, Baresi, Picchi, Samuel, Maicon, Brehme, Oriali, Altobelli, Boninsegna, Vieri.
(Yeah, Zenga did not enter either of my selections - I am old enough to judge this rationally, and I just rate Pags and Cesar more)
The all time selection for me is dominated by Le Grande Inter I over the trreble winners is mainly because:
1. They won two CLs (European Cups)
2. Most of them played for Inter for a longer period, as opposed to many stars of Le Grande Inter II who only played briefly at Inter. For me, if you haven't played at least 100 Serie A games for Inter, you shouldn't even be considered for selection to an all time Inter list.