Italian manager Simone Inzaghi will leave Inter after four years in charge. The Nerazzurri and the coach have decided to part ways after a meeting that took place three days after the UEFA Champions League final 5-0 defeat against PSG, on May 31 at the Allianz Arena. Inzaghi, who was appointed in the summer 2021 to replace former manager Antonio Conte, has now decided to leave the Nerazzurri after two Champions League final losses, first to Manchester City in 2023 and most recently one against PSG. Despite falling short in Europe Inzaghi leaves a well decorated manager with won one Serie A title (the 20th in the history of the club), two Coppa Italia and three Supercoppa Italiana trophies. Inzaghi is reportedly set to join Saudi club Al-Hilal, with multiple sources indicating a $50 million, three-year contract offer and will lead the team at the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup taking place in the United States. The Italian coach departs Inter with six trophies, just one less of Helenio Herrera and Roberto Mancini, the club’s most decorated managers in history.
The Nerazzurri will now look for a new coach, and Como manager Cesc Fabregas and OM coach Roberto De Zerbi are considered as the most likely options at this early stage. Inter are ready to start a new chapter after the departure of Inzaghi, who will leave the Nerazzurri after a disappointing season that ended up with no trophies, as Inter not only lost the Champions League final, but also ended up second in the Serie A standings, one point behind Antonio Conte’s Napoli.
Simone Inzaghi at Inter
Since his arrival at the club in 2021, Inzaghi had to deal with the post-Covid financial issues that affected the Italian side, as Inter were forced to sell Achraf Hakimi to PSG and Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea in the same summer. Despite the outgoings, Inzaghi was able to turn things around and only lost to AC Milan in the final matchday of the season the Italian Serie A title, while the team won both Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana, and were knocked out by Champions League finalists Liverpool in the round of 16. In their second year, despite a disappointing Serie A campaign, Inter ended up winning the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana again while also reaching the Champions League final, which they lost 1-0 to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. In Inzaghi’s third year, the Nerazzurri won both the Serie A title and the Supercoppa Italiana but were booted from the Champions League by Atletico Madrid after penalties in the Champions League round of 16. In his final season at the club, Inter lost the Serie A title on the last matchday, lost the Supercoppa Italiana final to AC Milan, lost the Coppa Italia semifinals to the same Rossoneri and most notably lost 5-0 the Champions League final against PSG on May 31.
