The reinvention of João Mário and how Inter have found a new spirit | Paolo Bandini

In the summer, the Inter midfielder said did not want to play for the club again. Saturday, he was at the heart of their 5-0 win

João Mário sounded so certain. Interviewed by Gazzetta dello Sport at the start of June – just after he had completed a successful six-month loan at West Ham, and shortly before the start of a World Cup in which he would feature in all four matches played by Portugal – the midfielder insisted he would not return to Inter.

“I do not want to try again,” he said of life at his parent club. “I would not have the right motivation. That experience is over now. Zero doubts.”

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