Inter Milan director general Marco Fassone has denied that the club is in crisis following their poor start to the season.

The Nerazzurri slipped down to ninth place in the Serie A table on Saturday with a 2-0 defeat at Parma.

Inter have lost three of their 10 games this term under manager Walter Mazzarri, but Fassone is confident that the team will turn things around.

"Serie A is very even," he told Domenica Sportiva. "Now we have three games, including two against AC Milan and Roma, where we could see the table revolutionised.

"But as for calling it an emergency for the coach... our form is suffering is because in the last few years Inter have finished sixth, ninth and fifth so there's an increasing expectation that we'll return to the positions which befit us. This may well be the case, but we have ample opportunities for growth, and we see no emergency situation."

Inter are next in action on Thursday evening when they travel to France to face Saint-Etienne in the Europa League.