The agent of Yann M'Vila says a move to Inter Milan was always on.
The former Rubin Kazan midfielder completed his switch this week.
"There were a few difficulties, especially in terms of the make-up of the deal," Fabrizio Ferrari admitted to Sky Sport.
"In the end, the director Ausilio managed to convince the Ruben Kazan President to do the deal with the terms that were initially proposed.
"He [M'Vila] was calm, the only danger of the deal not being done was when Ruben asked to chance the terms, but we were always optimistic about the deal."
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