New Inter coach Claudio Ranieri has vowed to get the team back to playing their best again following their disastrous start under Gian Piero Gasperini.

Inter have lost four and drawn one of their five official matches this season and sit in the bottom three in Serie A, just 16 months after winning the Champions League.

Gasperini paid for that start when he was unceremoniously dismissed on Wednesday less than three months into the job.

But Ranieri believes he can turn their fortunes around.

“Gasperini wanted to bring his own ideas (namely a back three), he tried to make it work at all costs and he didn’t succeed,” Ranieri , who was confirmed as Inter’s new coach yesterday, said.

“I will try to get this team back to playing with all their force, as they used to know how.

“Gasperini didn’t mess up, he has his footballing ideas. You have to congratulate him because he tried everything with his ideas.”

First and foremost, Ranieri intends to talk with the players to try and find out what when wrong.

“Inter are a great team, they’ve had a false start. I need to speak with the whole squad to understand why,” he added.

“But I have to bring enthusiasm and change course because this team has everything necessary to turn it around.

“I don’t like promising that we will win this or that but I believe the lads still have a lot to give and they must prove that.”

Ranieri is no stranger to this situation having taken over the reins at Roma two years ago in a similar position.

Roma had lost their opening two games of the season, after which Luciano Spalletti walked out and Ranieri took over, just a few months after he was fired by Juventus.

Although Roma initially struggled under him, he managed to take them on a 23-match unbeaten run which sent them top with four matches remaining.

However, a home defeat by Sampdoria let Jose Mourinho’s Inter reclaim top spot and Ranieri’s Roma had to settle for second place.

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