New Delhi: Inter coach Jose Mourinho has never hidden his desire to strengthen his squad in order to compete with Europe's elite.
The Nerazzurri have already brought in Samuel Eto'o, Diego Milito, Thiago Motta and Lucio this summer, but the Scudetto winning tactician claims he needs one more piece to complete the puzzle.
"I want a playmaker, a player who creates and that can build the play. We need it," he said at a press conference, according to the Corriere dello Sport.
"(Dejan) Stankovic did it last year, but that is not his role."
When asked about the possibility of his former pupil, Deco, arriving, the 46-year-old dismissed the possibility.
"It's difficult for a player from Chelsea to come here," he shrugged. "Why? Every time I am interested in a player it is always difficult. In the summer, Deco was free to leave, but when Inter approached, his fee increased from nothing to €5 million."
The ex-Blues tactician also commented on new signing Marko Arnautovic, who is still recovering from a stress fracture to his right foot.
"Arnautovic? He is not training with the the squad. At this moment he cannot give anything to the team. I don't think of him as a player of mine, but of the medical staff," Mourinho stated.
Inter face Lazio in the Supercoppa Italiana on Sunday.
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