The coach leaves the club from the league title, but downsized in investments, with a payout of 7.5 million
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The tables change, but chef Antonio Conte always goes back to the same recipe: “You can’t eat for 10 euros in a 100 euro restaurant,” he said in 2014, starting his separation from Juventus after three championships. From Turin to Inter Milan, the dynamics are the same. Conte leaves Inter 72 hours from the delivery of the trophy for the success in the league. The differences on future plans between Conte and the Chinese property are too strong.
Yesterday an agreement was reached for the consensual termination with a severance pay of 7.5 million. Conte still had a one-year contract at 13 million net, about 25 gross for the Nerazzurre coffers. Almost the same sum (8 million) proposed to Conte during the Villa Bellini summit at the end of August 2020, when the divorce seemed already close. Too little for Conte who remained flying towards the Scudetto. «The whole club would like to thank Antonio for the extraordinary work he has done, which culminated in winning the 19th Scudetto. Conte will remain forever in the history of our club », reads the greeting message. The gratitude towards those who have broken a decade of fasting is strong. Inter, in fact, would have liked to go on with their coach. And to avoid finding him on another Serie A bench, in particular that of Juventus, he agreed on a clause that prevents Conte from coaching in Italy next season.
Conte wins and leaves. Like at Juventus. He hadn’t won, but he had convinced with the national team. However, he left her after the 2016 European Championships to go to Chelsea where he waged a long legal battle following the exoneration. Conte is very skilled at creating a base to support his breakups, only to marry quickly. This could also happen on this occasion: Tottenham would have offered over 15 million to the Italian coach. The track leading to Real Madrid is more nuanced. Conte is not lacking in reasons. He did not digest Suning’s lack of explanations for the downsizing policy, despite the agreement with Oaktree Capital for the $ 275 million loan. President Steven Zhang has not yet provided a public clarification. Suning’s decision not to sell the club for 800 million to BC Partners in March is incomprehensible. The situation of Inter is worrying, but Zhang does not feel the need to “put his face”, as the Nerazzurri ultras asked yesterday under the Nerazzurri headquarters.
Inter do not let go of Massimiliano Allegri: a new contact is expected today. But the competition from Juventus is strong. For this reason the strongest candidate is Simone Inzaghi. Then it will be necessary to understand which players the new coach will have at his disposal. De Vrij or Bastoni, Lautaro or Lukaku: no one is not transferable. What will Romelu do, who dedicated a moving message (“I owe you a lot”) to his mentor Conte? It is one of the many questions left by the farewell of the coach who sits down at the table, wins and then leaves the restaurant always with that age-old difference of opinion on the amount of the bill. –