Switzerland star Xherdan Shaqiri says Roberto Mancini was the reason he decided to swap Bayern Munich for Inter Milan . Shaqiri struggled to secure a regular starting place in his three years at Bayern Munich and made the move to the San Siro in January after speaking with Mancini . The 23-year-old had offers to move to Spain and England but opted for Inter and hopes to repay the faith shown in him by Mancini . Xherdan Shaqiri says he moved to Inter Milan to get more game time . Shaqiri helped Inter get passed Celtic in the Europa League . Speaking in La Gazzetta dello Sport , he said : ‘ Inter had been in contact with my agents and my brother Erdin for some time . 'Then there were two phone calls from Mancini . We had two good chats . I immediately felt like I would be very important for him . 'At my age , what interested me most was the chance to play regularly , which hadn ’ t happened a lot lately . Shaqiri says he turned down offers from England and Spain to join Inter . Shaqiri spoke to Inter manager Roberto Mancini and he swayed him to move to the San Siro . 'Mancini explained to me that I would see a lot of time on the pitch . He spoke about his philosophy and that of the club , and his desire to take Inter back to its glorious recent past. ’ Inter travel to Napoli on Sunday and will look to get back to winning ways after defeat by Fiorentina last week , but Shaqiri knows it will not be an easy game . He added : ‘ It is not easy to win at Napoli , but getting three points there would be very important psychologically . We must play well and try to grow . We have everything it takes to do that . '
Xherdan Shaqiri joined Inter Milan in January from Bayern Munich . Shaqiri hopes to get more games at Inter after struggling at Bayern . TL;DR