Inter captain Javier Zanetti's dream at the outset of his long and illustrious football career was to follow in the footsteps of other Argentine greats who enjoyed success in the Italian Serie A.

"Yes... my dream was to establish myself here (in Italy)," Zanetti said in an exclusive interview to be published in tomorrow's The Sunday Times.

"I believe that for us (Argentinians), Italian football is the most important football in the world and to have this possibility, this challenge at 21 years of age, it was very important for me."

In the interview, the 38-year-old Zanetti, Inter's most-capped player, talks about his childhood, his loyalty to Inter, the high and low points of his career and his charity work for the PUPI Foundation.

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