Inter: Davide Frattesi Is Back on Track—A Veiled Dig at His Former Team

Welcome back, Davide Frattesi. After a long stretch of struggles and lackluster play, the midfielder has been completely reborn. His start to the season is worthy of applause. With Lazio, his new team, he has already scored three goals—all of them decisive—in these first few league matches.

He’s also doing well with the national team. He got on the score sheet against Turkey—a goal he hadn’t scored for the Azzurri in about two years. In short, Davide Frattesi is back to being the great midfielder everyone admired for quite some time, before his “hiatus” with Inter.

I’m really eager. If I’m making a difference here, it’s because I did at the club. I wanted to play consistently; that was my goal this year. I didn’t think I’d get off to such a good start, but I was really motivated after last year (at Inter, ed.). “I have that fire inside me; I’ve been carrying it for a while now,” he told RAI after the match against Turkey.

In short, at Inter he couldn’t be himself for the simple reason that he wasn’t playing regularly. Sure, the competition was fierce, but Davide Frattesi, with a string of great performances and crucial goals, is trying to make the Nerazzurri regret letting him go. Who knows what Inter fans think—and, why not, even Cristian Chivu.