New Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho may not have the power to make wholesale changes after president Massimo Moratti revealed he hoped to leave the squad largely untouched.

Former Chelsea boss Mourinho today became the 13th coach in the Moratti era at Inter, signing a three-year contract with the Serie A champions to replace Roberto Mancini, who was sacked last week.

Mourinho's predecessor was the most successful Inter coach in the 14 years Moratti has been president of the Nerazzurri, winning no fewer than seven trophies in four years, including three consecutive Scudetti.

But he was unable to provide the one trophy Moratti craves more than anything — the Champions League — and that will be the number one priority for Mourinho, who has already triumphed in the competition with FC Porto.

The rumour mill has already thrown up a number of names to help him clinch that prize for the second time after the unlikely success in 2004.

Unsurprisingly, many of Mourinho's closest allies at Chelsea, including Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard, have been placed at the top of the list, but Moratti admits the team which starts the defence of their title next season may look familiar.

"I have read lots of names but I have yet to speak with him (Mourinho) about the transfer market," revealed Moratti. "I would like to change very little of this squad which has won so much."

General manager Ernesto Paolillo added that there would be "few, but good players" arriving this summer as Mourinho adds his own hallmark to the already richly-assembled squad.

And that may mean there is no room for Argentinian striker Hernan Crespo, who played very little under Mourinho during his Chelsea days.

Nevertheless, Crespo is not apprehensive about meeting Mourinho again.

"I have no problems with him and will be available to play like a professional should always be," he said. "I do not fear a competition for places and, in a big club, there will always be lots of big players, but that is part of the game.

"There was room for everybody at Chelsea. Mourinho acts correctly and explains the situation to you always and I respect him."

Mourinho will set out his plans tomorrow when he is presented to the media at Inter's training facilities, filling the shoes of a man who provided so much joy to the success-starved Nerazzurri followers recently.

Whether the gamble pays off this time will be revealed by May 27th next year, when Mourinho's Inter aim to leave the field triumphant at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, having cracked the Champions League code at the 13th time of asking.

It is an expensive gamble with the 45-year-old reportedly earning nine million euros a year, not to mention the huge payout for his predecessor, who was contracted to the club until 2012.