MILAN. There is Tottenham behind the possible divorce between Antonio Conte and Inter. The English club has proposed a contract with a pharaonic engagement to the Salento coach: an annual salary well above the 13 million currently received by the Nerazzurri club. The figure would be over 15 million, closer to 20. The London team finished in 7th place in the last Premier League, so they will not play the Champions League, a situation in which Conte gives his all.
The prospects offered by Inter to Conte, on the other hand, are opposite at this moment. The team will have to face the next season as Italian Champion with the hope of finally passing the Champions League group after three consecutive failures, but without the guarantee of being able to keep all the strongest players, despite the closure of the loan with Oaktree Capital. Tottenham, for the offer of recruitment and the possibility of improving the latest results (with the stimulus in more than a comparison with Mourinho, sacked by the Londoners during the last season), represents the most attractive offer for Conte, also approached to Real Madrid. But the almost 20 million salaries put on the plate by the British are a very convincing argument (to give an idea of the economic availability, the Spurs will collect 162 million in TV rights of the season just ended).
Inter, if the divorce with Conte is consummated, should call Simone Inzaghi at the helm. The Lazio coach was the second choice after Massimiliano Allegri, who had been contacted by the Nerazzurri club in anticipation of a separation with the Salento coach. Inzaghi guarantees a continuity of form by playing with 3-5-2 as a Count. This is why he is preferred to the other papable: Sinisa Mihajlovic. It remains to be seen which interpreters Inzaghi would have at his disposal at the end of the next transfer market which promises to be difficult for Inter. Faced with this scenario, Suning’s decision not to sell the club to the London-based BC Partners fund for 800 million between February and March becomes increasingly incomprehensible.