5 clubs renowned for fielding foreign players

#2 Inter Milan

Inter Milan have traditionally fielded a lot of foreign talent - including the likes of Ronaldo

More than any other club in Italy, Inter Milan – AKA Internazionale – are renowned for fielding foreign players. Their very existence, in fact, is down to this – founded back in 1908, Inter Milan were formed after members broke away from the club that would eventually become AC Milan due to a wish to accept foreign members as well as native Italians.

Throughout the years Inter always had a strong foreign element to their successful sides – from Luis Suarez and Jair Da Costa of Spain and Brazil respectively in the 1960’s, through to Germany’s Andreas Brehme and Lothar Matthaus in the 1980’s.

When Massimo Moratti bought the club in the 1990’s, even more foreign talent began to flood in, usually for huge transfer fees – the likes of Ronaldo, Alvaro Recoba and Laurent Blanc joined the club to varying degrees of success.

By 2007/08, Inter became the first Italian side to field a side without a single Italian player, instead featuring four Brazilians, three Argentines, a Colombian, a Swede, a Romanian and a Serb. A decade later, not a lot has changed – just 11 of Inter’s 25-man squad for the 2017/18 season were Italian.