This month, Esposito is the large revelation of Inter's Club World Cup campaign.
Stramaccioni told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “Absolutely yes (I would keep it). What is sometimes underestimated is that life in certain environments, training with certain teammates and undergoing similar pressure you grow and mature. If you are strong, you have to be in Inter. And Pio is.
“The Nerazzurri today has no player with its characteristics, physically strong and able to play with his back to the goal.
“Thuram-Lautaro-Bonny-Pio Esposito Nice Quartet? Lautaro is in uitstekende staat en wil het allemaal terugnemen. Thuram is onbetwistbaar, Bonny is een speler van geweldige kwaliteit, kracht en perspectief. Esposito kan de poker op een grote manier voltooien, ik zie hem absoluut absoluut complementair aan de andere drie in de andere drie in de andere drie in de andere drie in de andere drie in de andere drie.
“Who does he remind me of? The first Luca Toni, who from Palermo with Guidolin. Because the way he positions his body, for the way he makes the first control and for the Feint that he likes so much what he scored against river plate. And then let me say what a character.
“In the first five minutes (against river plate) he took a kick from Diaz, the best scorer in the Argentinian championship and another by Martinez Quarta. A kind of 'welcome' in the game. He didn't suffer at all. He started to touch them and won every duel in the long term.”