Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte says he supported Matteo Politano's departure for Roma.

A swap with Roma's Leonardo Spinazzola for Politano fell through last week over medical issues.

Conte said, “I made a technical decision for the Spinazzola-Politano transfer. That's all I can say. After that, other things happened that are not under my purview, so you'd have to ask someone else. I was asked for my opinion, I gave it, that can be listened to or not.

“Matteo already had his heart set on Roma and he wanted to stay there."