“Just practice,” the 34-year-old said of his power in a video released by the Nerazzurri. “Yes, I’ve got a powerful shot, but it needs a lot of work on the training ground. I always work hard in training, and I'll be working on this too.”
Being a fine striker of dead balls are not the Serbian's only attribute, however, with his positional versatility having seen him deployed at centre-back, left-back and even on the wing across his his career – a trait that will no doubt have been of interest to new boss Antonio Conte.
“Recently I’ve been very happy in the left centre-back role, and in my final months at Roma I was playing there,” Kolarov said. “But I also played in that role at Manchester City as part of a back four, so I’m comfortable there, and since Inter are a side that almost always have possession of the ball, I could fit into that role really well here.”
On working with Conte, he added: “Of course that was a big factor: when he came to England [with Chelsea] he won the title straight away, and after arriving here last year, he has completely changed the face of this club.
“I’ve been close to joining Inter on a few occasions but now I’ve finally arrived. It was an easy decision for me: when I received the call from the club I didn’t think twice about joining, and I gladly accepted the offer.
“I already know a lot of the players here, we’ve played against one another numerous times, and I got a really good impression, I can’t wait to meet them all.”
Inter get their 2020-21 Serie A campaign underway on September 26 as they host Fiorentina at the Giuseppe Meazza.
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