Hakan Calhanoglu believes Inter are a stronger team than Milan despite the latter s Scudetto success, while he questioned the behaviour of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Calhanoglu watched on as Inter lifted the Serie A title in the 2020-21 season, when he was playing for fierce rivals Milan.
The Turkey international switched city allegiances by joining Inter for the following campaign, which finished with Milan winning the Scudetto and ending a 1,976-day wait for a trophy.
That also marked the first time that Inter and Milan finished in Serie A s top two in consecutive seasons, but Calhanoglu says Simone Inzaghi s side are far stronger than their neighbours.
Inter are a much stronger team than Milan. We lost a derby that suddenly changed in the 75th minute after [Ivan] Perisic and I were substituted, the midfielder told Tivibu Spor.
We were leading 1-0, then we lost 2-1. The coach [Inzaghi] also contributed to that defeat, I told him. In the cup, however, we beat them 3-0. The team is very ambitious.
26 97 AC Milan are the youngest team to win the Scudetto in Serie A in the three points for a win era (26 years and 97 days on average considering the players used in 2021/22 campaign). Freshness.
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Ibrahimovic could be seen smoking a cigar at Milan s title celebrations, where he took the microphone and told supporters: Hey, send a message to Hakan.
Calhanoglu insists he would not have behaved like Ibrahimovic, questioning his actions at 40 years old.
He s a 40-year-old man, I wouldn t do a thing like that if I was that age. He s not 18. He likes to be the centre of attention, he added.
This year he didn t contribute to the Scudetto, he hardly ever played. But he does everything to attract the attention of the fans.
I don t care at all. It s not right because he s someone who always calls me when I m in Milan, who wants to go out for dinner and ride a motorcycle with me.
I respected him. He also wrote about me in his book, he had to write these things or his book would be empty. I won t answer him, it s better not to answer.
