Inter Have Great Ambitions in Europe / Akanji: I Won My Trophies on the Pitch and I'm Not Worried About City

At a Champions League press conference, Inter's Manuel Akanji faced multiple questions about the situation at Manchester City and answered them.

According to Sport Se, Manuel Akanji, Inter's Swiss defender, on the eve of the meeting with Club Brugge, disregarded the fringes of his former club Manchester City and emphasized that he earned all his honors with pure merit.

Today, Akanji faced controversial questions about the recent rulings of his former club at the press conference before Inter's Tuesday night match against Club Brugge in the second round of the European Champions League. Akanji spent four glorious seasons at Manchester City between 2022 and 2026, but now that a major event such as the independent commission's verdict finding City guilty of 114 financial violations between 2009 and 2018 has shaken the football world like an earthquake, reporters are expected to seek his position on this hot case.

Interestingly, Akanji was not present at City at all during the period under review and he believes that all his achievements were the result of fighting on grass and Halal ground.

The 32-year-old Nerazzurri defender rejected the claim that he was worried about the sentences issued against his former team, saying: "I'm not really worried about what happened to Manchester City and I'm all focused on Inter." "I won my trophies on the field and I know how we tried on the field and what we did."

Akanji went on to talk about Inter's status in the European Champions League and the tough fight with Club Brugge and said: "We have to go game by game." Now the important thing is the match tomorrow night and after that we will think about other games. We lost the first match but now we want to take a step forward. Our main goal is to be among the top eight teams in the table and after that we will see what happens. There are a lot of differences in the team compared to last year, but first of all we have to put on a brilliant performance tomorrow and get the three points. Everyone has seen that we have a great squad and there are many options available on the bench. "Even when the line-up changes, we have the pieces to put on a quality performance and I have full faith in what the team has achieved this season."

Tomorrow night's battle with Club Brugge is an emotional one for Akanji, as former Inter defender and Swiss team-mate Jan Zommer is currently standing in goal for Belgium. The defender of Inter said about the confrontation with his countryman: "Two days ago I spoke with Jan and we are close friends. We want to advance to the final stages of the Champions League. I have a great feeling here in Milan, we want to repeat the achievements of last season in Italy and see what happens in Europe. Even if we lose points in tomorrow's game, there are still six matches left. "However, we only play to win and everyone at Inter sees the chance to win."