Bergkamp: De Boer's Inter played 'football without any sense'

Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp indicated that ex-Inter Milan boss Frank de Boer may have lost his job due to tactical naivety.

De Boer was sacked earlier this month after a disappointing spell in charge saw his team pick up only 14 points to start the 2016-17 campaign.

"At times, it seems like he would play a positional game just because he liked positioning, as if the whole aim was to obtain the highest possible percentage of possession," Bergkamp told Santos magazine, as reported by ESPN's Ben Gladwell.

"I don't care much for that kind of football, it's football without any sense."

This sentiment is reflected through the fact that Inter enjoyed 56.8 percent of possession under De Boer, the third highest in Serie A behind Napoli and Fiorentina, who both shared 57 percent of possession during the same period.

"You need to seek adventure," Bergkamp said. "You need to have the courage to play football, the courage to take risks, and not refuge yourself in a waiting kind of football."

Though De Boer was given less than three months to try and establish his method at the Italian side, Bergkamp thinks his ex-boss was too one-dimensional in his preparation.

"I want Ajax and Dutch football to be original," he said. "Originality is something that has been associated with us over the centuries, all the way back to medieval times. Our artist masters were original, they never copied."

Bergkamp was no stranger to originality during his career. The fleet-footed goal he scored against Newcastle United was a momentary glimpse into the mind of a football genius. That incredible goal may never be replicated again.

Stefano Pioli stepped in to De Boer's job and his first test comes in the form of the Derby della Madonnina against fierce rival AC Milan this Sunday.