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An article by Michael Yokhin (Israeli - Russian writer that write to the Guardian, ESPN and etc) about Vecino's move to Inter. He wrote it in hebrew so i translated it in google translate and than i tried to improved it. I hope it's good enough:

When Fiorentina last year extended Matthias Vesino's contract to 2011 with a release clause of 24 million euros, it assumed it might be enough.
However, in terms of the current market it was too low. Luciano Spalletti asked explicitly, and Inter put on the table the amount required to win the services of the Uruguayan midfielder. The deal was finally completed yesterday, and it may not have made a very large media noise, but it can certainly be revealed as one of the most important moves of the summer in Italy. The constant improvement of Vesino's game may send him to the status of a real star, and the black-blue Milanese receive a gifted architect in the center of the field.

Even the great Uruguayan maestro gave the blessing of the road. Before the move he consulted and screened with Alvaro Recoba, one of the most beloved and admired foreigners in Inter's history. The young midfielder had a chance to play with El Chino in Nacional at the beginning of the decade, and the big star took him under his wing. Recoba encouraged the initial move to Florence in 2013, and now declared that his good friend was making the right move with the move to San Siro. "I know how important Albrus was for Inter," he said. As a modest man, he does not pretend to approach his level, but promises to do the work for Spalletti who intends to give him the keys in the center of the field. "I will do whatever the coach asks me to," declared the precious procurement.

This is exactly what he did in previous years in Italy, and this contributed greatly to his professional development. When he played in his native country, he was incorporated and filtered mainly as a Plymaker behind the pioneers or as a wing player - just as Recoba, which he tried to emulate. His inspiration was Zinedine Zidane. He took part in his youth group, Central Espanyol, from which he reached the Youth National team. He took part in the U20 South American Championship and scored the winning goal against Argentina which paved the way for the Olympic Games in London for the first time since 1928.

And before the flattering headlines he received then, a great bidding war broke out between the two grand clubs, Nacional and Penarol, over the services of the wonderkid who claimed that Zinedine Zidane was his prodigy. The whites were proud to take him to their ranks, but were forced to sell him to Fiorentina after a year and a half, and in Italy he found coaches who completely changed his life. After failing to acclimatize as a clear offensive player, Vecino sent to Empoli in loan in 2014/15 and met Mauricio Sarri. This was the season in which the former banker experienced sensational exposure on his way to Napoli, and his contribution to improving Empoli's players was enormous. He moved Vecino to the central midfield in the 3-3-4 formation, and received sufficient compensation. It turned out that this job was sewn on Vecino, and so he returned to Florence.

Sarri was anxious to take him to Napoli, as he had done with Hysaj and Valdifiori, but Fiorentina had entirely different plans. Paulo Sousa signed as coach, and the Portuguese - a great star as a central midfielder himself - knew exactly how to use Vecino. He set him up as a slightly more offensive player in the rear pair, and Vecino bloomed. Soon, he became a key player, was in the vast majority of the purple games in the past two years, and not only Naploli was interested in him. At one point, both Tottenham and Liverpool began to watch him closely, and the Reds' case could have been the closing of a wonderful circle, for Matthias's father had played in Liverpool himself.

Well, in practice it was "only" Liverpool Montevideo in Uruguay, but Mario Vecino was a good player, and from him the son inherited the love for the ball. In his hometown of San Jacinto, Mario was one of the most familiar and dominant characters, and a heavy mourning fell upon her when he was killed in a car accident in 2005. The small local stadium has since been named on him. Matthias, who was 14 at the time of the tragedy, took a long time to recover from it, and he still thinks of Dad constantly. He tattooed his signature on his arm, dedicated his goals to him, and imagined how he would react to his professional accomplishments.

One of the most difficult moments in this context was one of the greatest moments of Vasino when he was called to the national team by Coach Oscar Tabarez in March 2016. Until then, they were reports in Italy that he will play for the national team, because he could easily get citizenship because of his roots, but he was not yet on the right level , Antonio Conte did not think in his direction, and in any case the player declared that he dreamed only of the blue shirt of Uruguay. It was a long waiting, but the compensation was appropriate - premiere in the big battle against Brazil in Recife, in the World Cup qualifiers. It was a great game, Uruguay back from a draw to a dramatic 2:2 draw, and the veteran coach warmly praised his new apprentice after the final whistle, while Vecino thought mostly of Dad: "It hurts that he can not see it, because he would have enjoyed it all."

After the impressive performance, it is impossible to get Vecino out of the national team line up and he will play in next summer's World Cup if Uruguay qualifies for Russia. The move to Inter makes it clear that he can get there as a real star, and ambitions are high. "It's hard to tell if I'm like Sergio Busquets and Tony Cross, but these are the players I follow and try to learn from, they're not physically strong, but they get balls by their game intelligence, they know how to be in the right place at the right time" Says Vecino.

Stefano Pioli, who coached Inter last season and now signed in Fiorentina only to see the 26-year-old Uruguay leave for the ex-team, found another analogy: "Vecino is a great buy for the Nerazzurri, he's fantastic player that worth as Matuidi". This is probably also a better comparison. Spalletti's new star is not a classic regista like Busquets and Kroos, but more portable and burns larger areas during games. He has a good kick from a distance, and he also knows how to sneak into the square, as Inter found out when Fiorentina overcame it 4: 5 April in a particularly crazy game.

Now San Siro hopes that the new acquisition will justify the investment for them as well, and then its price may rise further. Recoba cross fingers