Hernanes: I will stay at Inter until I win something

The 29-year-old is desperate to be a success at San Siro and thanks coach Roberto Mancini for keeping faith in him throughout his injury problems.Hernanes says he won’t be leaving Inter until before the club’s walls are plastered with photos of him holding trophies aloft.The Brazil international joined the club from Lazio in a €20 million move in January 2014 but has endured trying times at San Siro, with the Nerazzurri currently trying desperately to salvage European qualification following yet another disappointing season.
Inter have two games to make up the two points that separate them from Sampdoria in the final Europa League slot, and Hernanes is hoping to help get the club back on track after regaining his form following a tricky start to life in Milan.I have no intention of leaving until I have a picture of me hanging here at [the training ground] while I lift a trophy,” the 29-year-old told La Gazzetta dello Sport.I was annoyed [at my form when I first joined]. I have never failed in my life. I wanted to be a football player ever since I left my hometown of Recife. And I have never accepted the idea of failure.His initial struggles to replicate the sort of form he had shown at Lazio were in no small part down to persistent injury problems, which he says his new club have helped put behind him.And the former Sao Paulo man went on to thank coach Roberto Mancini for keeping faith in his ability to lead the club back from a disastrous start.When I was injured and not fit, maybe I disappointed [Manicni], but I was pleased that his idea has always remained that of quality football, he said.For me, it was a victory to win back his approval. I was always talking to him even when I was not playing.My [resurgence] is thanks to the mental coach Sandro Corapi. I now understand that you have to think less and act more on instinct. At first I focused heavily on technique and did not recognize myself in my body. It seemed that I was an object to take forward, like a trolley... I have found the right balance in knowing myself.Inter travel to Genoa on Saturday hoping to get back to winning ways following last week's home defeat to champions Juventus.