Before kick off in Inter v Udinese, club technical director Pierpaolo Marino had this to say in an interview with DAZN: “Putting the first few games of the season aside, when we had a lot of issues with players not being available, I'd say that in the second half of the campaign we were always closer to the top half of the table than the bottom. On Luca Gotti, our assessment is positive but of course we'll have to meet and talk about everything that needs discussing with the coach – we'll meet in the next few days. Rodrigo De Paul? Obviously he's a player everyone’s talking about. We have the desire and the strength to keep him, but if he’s offered an opportunity he simply cannot turn down, we couldn't force him to stay.”