Cristian Chivu is staying with Inter Milan.

The defender is recovering from foot surgery.

"Chivu won't retire," agent Victor Becali told calciomercato.it. "He will continue to play his football in the shirt of Inter.<> "We'll see how he is after he returns [from America] following surgery on his foot. His focus is to recover well from injury."

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