How successful summer acquisition Andy Diouf adjusts could determine Davide Frattesi's future and position at Inter Milan via FCInter1908, as reported by Italian journalist Pasquale Guarro. According to him, Diouf's transition to a holding midfield position may be crucial to allowing Frattesi to play in a front three. Coach Cristian Chivu allegedly wants to reintegrate Davide Frattesi, a midfielder for Inter, into the team's preparations.

Simone Inzaghi did not consistently start the 25-year-old. Frattesi never truly fit the former Lazio coach's 3-5-2 formation, therefore this was the outcome of a tactical mismatch. Pasquale Guarro claims that Inter's decision to move to a 3-4-2-1 configuration is somewhat hampered by the fact that they failed to buy Manu Kone or Ademola Lookman this summer. Chivu believed those players would make the change to a new shape easier.