Alessandro Diamanti has revealed he came close to joining Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan.

Diamanti is currently playing in Australia for Western United.

He revealed in a social media Q&A: “I was close to joining Inter. I knew that Moratti was sick of me because I reminded him of Recoba.

“Mourinho came along and said 'who?' as he wanted Deco. My agent called me to tell me this and I understood. When Deco went to Chelsea, I called my agent and thought a move could have been done and he then told me Inter wanted Sneijder and again I said I understood.

“Eventually I went to West Ham and Inter done well given they went on to win the treble that season."