MILAN, ITALY – AUGUST 25: Internazionale player Ange-Joan Bony celebrates after scoring his team’s fifth goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Torino FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on August 25, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Ruzzani/Getty Images)
Inter striker Ange-Iohan Bony talks about how he started life at San Siro, the areas he feels he can improve on, the help Cristian Chivu has given him and the lessons he has learned from team-mates Lautaro Martínez, Marcus Thuram and Francesco Pio Esposito.
The Frenchman spoke in an in-depth interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport about his move from Parma to Inter and the promising start to the 2025/26 season.
bonnie Joins Inter for a transfer fee of 23 million euros plus bonuses During the summer, he scored four goals in 11 Serie A games at the San Siro, even though he was not guaranteed a starting position. Only Hakan Calhanoglu and Riccardo Orsolini have scored more goals than him in the league so far this season.
Bonnie: “I want Lautaro’s hunger, Thuram can do anything.”
“I realized that it takes time to understand my position and understand how big this club is. Once you understand that, you have to realize that the level of the team is constantly rising,” Bony told La Gazzetta dello Sport about the start of life at his new club.
“Inter is very demanding and always asks a lot from you, but I feel very good and I am learning.”
And what does Bonnie still feel she has to learn?
“When you play with your back to the goal, you sometimes lose the ball which is boring. Your heading improves, but you also have to improve your stamina because you play every three days and you have to work hard. In general, you can always do better at everything.”
Bony is delighted to have strong and helpful team-mates to guide him in his first season at San Siro.
“There are a lot of players, but it’s always easier when you have someone like Mkhitaryan who speaks French. Markus Thuram has helped me a lot, and not just since we became team-mates. His advice has already been useful to me since I was at Parma. Like my Italian teammates, he pushes me even more. They want me to stay in shape and always do my best.”
How did it feel to score your first goal at San Siro?
“My first time was in Parma,” Bonnie answered. “It was a dizzying feeling. The stadium is so big, you can’t see the end. It takes your breath away. It’s different when you play for Inter. I was lucky to score so soon against Turin. After the roar, with all that noise, you can’t hear anything anymore. Everything is muffled, just emotions.”
When did Bonny decide to join Inter from Parma?
“Last year, during the 2-2 draw between Parma and Inter, Bastoni flipped me over and said: ‘Come to me next year’. It seemed like a warning! But I was happy. He, Bisek and Acerbi have a presence in training. They help you move forward.”
Bony feels it would be even more beneficial to have former Parma coach Cristian Chivu at the helm of Inter.
“The coach is the same real person when he comes to Milan as he was at Parma. He works in the same way and communicates in the same way. He always asks me to play for the team first so that I can be available for others.”
What does Bony feel he can learn from his Inter batting teammates?
“I want you to feel Lautaro’s hunger in front of goal,” he answered. “To be the fourth top scorer in Inter’s history at his age is extraordinary. He always wants to score. It doesn’t matter if it’s a good goal or a bad goal. He always wants to score.”
“Marcus, on the other hand, can score, dribble, assist, everything. Maybe there are a few more similarities with him, but we are still different and we can play together. I also want to learn something from Pio (Esposito). There are not many players who can protect the ball like he can.”
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