Inter Coach Antonio Conte is tasked with guiding the team through a difficult month as the ownership situation remains unclear.

Owners Suning Group are in talks to sell amid a difficult financial situation, with British investment firm BC Partners ready to take up a majority stake.

In addition the squad are still due their deferred wages from July and August, which must be paid by mid-February to avoid potential penalties.

While CEO Giuseppe Marotta is the man tasked with making ends meet in a difficult financial climate, Corriere della Sera explains that Conte is the rock to which the squad must cling.

In the coming weeks Suning are expected to sell all or part of their stake, with the Zhang family departing after close to five years.

The future will become clear by the end of February but before then Conte must steer his team through a difficult month which includes fixtures against Juventus, Lazio and Milan as well as a trip to Fiorentina.