Simone Inzaghi is the new Inter coach. The news arrived in the late afternoon of a hectic day, which began with the dream of snatching Allegri away from Juventus and ended, instead, with the agreement with the now former Lazio coach, literally snatched from the hands of Lotito.
In fact, on Wednesday evening the renewal with the biancocelesti seemed almost done, in the sense that only the signatures were missing: far from a detail, given that Marotta, once he understood that he could not get to Allegri, probed Tullio Tinti, attorney of the technician from Piacenza, being told that there was room for negotiation, and how if there was. And then Inter sank the blow, proposing a two-year contract worth 4 million plus bonuses per season, 1,5 more than what was offered by Lotito. which, of course, he didn't take it well: the phone call between the two, with Inzaghi asking for more time to reflect before accepting his offer, ended badly. “I was disappointed on a personal level, he changed his mind overnight – the Biancoceleste president later declared -.
The contract was ready, I had signed it and he had to reach the secretary Calveri to sign it in turn, but he never showed up. He told me that he slept on it and he developed this conviction: to think that we even shook hands… ”. Now Lazio, which has no veto power over Inzaghi (the current contract expires on June 30), will have to look for a new coach: the favorite becomes Mihajlovic, although it must be taken into account as well Mazzarri, but it is clear that the scenario is worrying, especially as Gattuso, kept warm until Tuesday, has already moved to Fiorentina. However, it must be said that Inzaghi had been waiting for the renewal for more than a year and that now, reached by such an attractive offer as that of Inter, he could not say no, both for economic and technical reasons.
Of course, the nerazzurri will have to sell at least two top players (we are talking above all about Hakimi, in the sights of PSG and Bayern Munich), but they will still have a competitive squad for the upper areas of the standings. In the meantime, further details emerge on Conte's farewell, less agreed than one thinks: Antonio, in fact, expected that even Marotta, once he became aware of the plans, abandoned the ship, instead the Nerazzurri director decided to stay on board, creating a rift between the parties. Now it remains to be seen what will be in his future: from Spain there is more and more insistence on Real Madrid and the fact that, in addition to him, the entire staff has been freed should not be underestimated. Andrea Agnelli and Massimiliano Allegri, who got married again after their divorce two years ago, do not have these problems.
The agreement, not yet official only for bureaucratic reasons (yesterday the general states of Exor were involved in the assembly), was found on the basis of a four-year contract (therefore until 2025) worth 9 million a year, as well as on a role at Ferguson that teases him a lot. Max, compared to his first black and white experience, will have much more power on the market, as can be seen from the departure of Paratici (the one who had sent him away) and by the non-arrival of a new weight manager. It's still too early to say anything about the names of the new Juve, but it's likely that it won't Cristiano Ronaldo: Allegri has not vetoed his sale and the club would gladly save the maxi signing of 31 million net.
A portion will be diverted to Donnarumma, who yesterday, coincidentally, liked a post that reported the news of Max at Juve. In the meantime, Milan has formalized the signing of Mike Maignan ("I'm really happy to be here, it's one of the biggest clubs in the world" his first words as a Rossoneri), definitively closing the door on his former goalkeeper, who is in turn ready to marry in Turin. Finally, today should also be Luciano Spalletti's day at Napoli: the agreement was reached some time ago, now all we have to do is announce it and close the coaching tornado, waiting for the (far more voluminous) players' tornado to begin.
