 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna June 1997, West akaendeswa kuchikwata cheItaly Internazionale, pachibvumirano chemakore mana. Akaita makwikwi ake ekutanga kukirabhu mukukunda 10 Coppa Italia kukunda Foggia musi wa3 Gunyana 1997. Zvadaro, West akawana chinangwa chake chokutanga cheInternazionale mu 2 × 1 Serie A kukunda Atalanta musi wa 9 November 1997. Akapindawo chinangwa chekukunda nguva yekuwedzera vachipesana neSchalke 04 mumakwikwi e1997-98 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Pakupedzisira, Internazionale yakakunda makwikwi akatungamirwa naRonaldo naIván Zamorano, West achidzingwa mumutambo wekupedzisiravachirwa neLazio. Mumwaka unotevera, West akaita makwikwi makumi maviri nerimwe, sezvo kirabhu yakatadza kuwana nzvimbo mumakwikwi eUEFA. Akakundikana kuita chero kuoneka mumwaka wa1999 2000, achiva katatu asina kushandiswa. 