Stevan Jovetic stood in centre in a long interview with Mediaset Premium and here’s what he had to say about his move to Inter:
“The truth is that Juve wanted me and talked to my agent many times but Inter was more interested. I want to make one thing clear, when I was in Fiorentina they wrote ‘By Firenze, I’m going to Juve’. I wanted to deny all of this, I passed five splendid years at Firenze but I could never say such a thing. I got a phonecall by Ausilio and then by Mancini who presented their project. Inter is an important team that has won a lot and I knew that it could be the perfect match for me after the two years at City where I haven’t got a lot of playing time.”
‘Jojo’ went on to talk about the relation with the coach and the president:
“Mancini wanted me at Manchester as well but then the transfer didn’t go through. Destiny made us get together here at Inter, we are good and have a good relation. His work hasn’t been easy because there were many new players but we are doing well. He asks the strikers to help out a lot in defense. Thohir? His gentle words are always great to hear. The president is always leaving us messages which makes us feel that he cares and is close. We need to try to thank him by winning games.”
Jovetic continues with talking about the scudetto:
“We are in the top and want to keep on doing well. We will do our best to keep on being protagonists and for myself I hope to make many assists and score many goals. I have no fear in pronouncing the word Scudetti. I believe in it and if I didn’t I would stay at home. I didn’t expect Inter to be at top before Christmas, but it’s good like this, it’s thanks to the work we’ve done. We’re a great group, we’re five teams that will fight until the end. Juve is the favorite because they’re gaining momentum, then there’s Roma, Napoli and Fiorentina.”
About his experience in Fiorentina, Jovetic has the following things to say:
“At Firenze I felt great. Together with the town I was born in, Podgorica, Firenze is the town that has taken my heart. They welcomed me greatly, now I have to play against them but I’m a professional. With Fiorentina I scored my best goal in Italy, against Inter, a goal that Handanovic will remember. And also the most important goal, against Sporting to go to the Champions League.”
Jovetic commented the much talked about “problems” with Icardi:
“People talk, but we have a great relation. We will score many goals and we will improve a lot, also because we’ve only played six or seven games together.”
Jovetic concluded by talking about the “Inter-IC” and Ljajic in particular:
“After Fiorentina I hoped to play together with him again, we have been friends for many years. When I was playing with the seniors at Partizan and he was a youngster, I could see straight away that he was great. When I joined Inter and they asked me about him, I just said what I thought. We hope to score a lot and to win together. The others? We’re al friends outside the field but this goes for all of the team, without the team you don’t get results even though you have the best players. Brozovic? He doesn’t even talk a lot with us, but he is a great guy. A true character.”