Inter, Marotta arrives as CEO of sporting area: the official announcement

Giuseppe Marotta is officially the CEO of the sporting area for Inter, as the club released the news through a tweet on their profile. Together with the news, they also released a video of Marotta's first words as an Inter director: "I am now a part of the great Inter. I'm very proud."

Here is the club's official announcement:

"FC Internazionale Milano today announce the appointment of Giuseppe Marotta as Chief Executive Officer Sport. The highly experienced executive begins his role immediately and will be responsible for the entire sports area of the club.

FC Internazionale Milano will adopt a co-CEO model, in which Marotta will work alongside Alessandro Antonello who becomes Chief Executive Officer Corporate in charge of all corporate activities."

Both CEOs will report to Inter President, Steven Zhang, who said: "This is an important change for the club in line with our objective of becoming a winning football club and a successful company. As Inter, we want to win, entertain, inspire and connect people through football. Beppe is one of the best executives in the football industry and will help us to achieve our goals. Outside of the pitch Alessandro will ensure the enhancement of our off-pitch performance, the successful completion of the Club’s strategic projects, and the promotion of our values inside the organisation."

"I am happy and proud to be beginning a new professional challenge at a prestigious club such as Inter”, said Marotta. “President Steven Zhang has an ambitious project and I am looking forward to becoming an active part of that. I want to thank Chairman Zhang and the Suning Group for their trust in me and I am sure that together we will make Inter successful again."