Dietrofront of the Lazio coach: thus found the replacement for Conte
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/ MILANO
A deal that would make the 48 hairpin bends of the Stelvio Pass look like a straight line. The archives of the transfer market are full of twists, but nothing in front of the plot that led Simone Inzaghi to be the new coach of Inter after the separation with Antonio Conte. Since Wednesday morning, the Emilian coach was the chosen one of Beppe Marotta, skeptical of the possibility of winning the Juventus competition on Massimiliano Allegri, but yesterday morning the CEO of Inter seemed to have lost both. Allegri had said yes to the bianconeri, a few hours after Inzaghi’s verbal promise of contract renewal to the Lazio president, Claudio Lotito.
Except that Marotta did not give up: despite the rumors about Sarri and Mihajlovic, his strong candidate remained Inzaghi. So yesterday afternoon a sensational counterattack started: Inter were back to the assault for the Lazio coach, given that the agreement with Lotito had not been formalized and above all signed. The Nerazzurri used the most convincing argument: an economic doubling and so the salary of 2.2 million in Rome becomes a compensation of 4.5 million (including bonuses) in Milan. Simone falters and accepts: today he will sign a two-year agreement. Lotito goes into a rage feeling betrayed by the word given by a biancoceleste flag: Inzaghi, between pitch and bench, has spent 20 of the last 22 years in Formello. Now it could be Mihajlovic to replace him, while Luciano Spalletti goes to Napoli.
Marotta held out, because otherwise he would have lost two coaches in a few hours, nullifying the economic sacrifice of the 7.5 million severance pay to Conte to hunt for a successor without ties to the previous coach. Inzaghi, 45, guarantees tactical continuity, being a loyal 3-5-2 as a Count.
But you have to figure out which men you can fill out this form with. Above all, the possibility of a departure of Romelu Lukaku, the totem of the Italian Champions, is alarming. He could follow Conte if the Salento coach lands at Tottenham. And Chelsea like it. Inter would not want to sell Lukaku, because it would not be a source of high capital gain having been paid 75 million two years ago. But in the face of the will of the center forward, accompanied by an offer above 100 million, he could give up. And Mino Raiola has already started contacts with Premier League clubs for De Vrij.
Once the coach has been found, it is necessary to defend the columns of the team, very close to Conte who yesterday greeted with a message in which he claims to have broken “the logic of mediocrity with which we are often surrounded”. The risk of Inter is rushing us again immediately after an expected eleven-year scudetto. –
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