Antonio Conte will only stay at Inter if the club have a clear and convincing plan for the future, according to a leading Italian broadcaster today.
Sky Sport Italia said Conte wanted to fight for trophies and needed a competitive squad to do that, whereas he had no desire to start building a team again.
If Inter make backwards steps, by selling important players, and their objectives start being downscaled, Conte is likely to look for alternative options and leave.
The key to persuading Conte to remain as head coach is to show him ambitious plans and make it clear that Inter want to share those with him.
Inter are known to be battling big financial problems at the moment, but Conte’s biggest question mark is over Inter’s project rather than the money itself.
He wants to find out from Suning whether Inter’s horizons can change for the better in the coming months, once the Nerazzurri’s owners have recruited a new partner as a shareholder.
Inter are trying to resolve their economic problems but these movements must be with a view to developing the team and club further, not simply to tread water.
