Inter have no intention of sacking Simone Inzaghi as coach due to the fact that he still has the backing of the squad even amid the team’s woeful run of form in the league.
This according to today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, via FCInterNews, who report that the 47-year-old will stay on although drastic measures could be taken if the team get dumped out of the Champions League by Benfica this week.
The pressure has perhaps never been higher on Inzaghi’s position as Inter coach than it now is following a fourth defeat in five Serie A matches against Monza over the weekend.
The coach is in real danger of failing to meet what has long been considered to be the primary and minimum objective of the season for Inter, namely to qualify for next season’s edition of the Champions League.
Accordingly, there has been no shortage of speculation regarding the possibility of a change of coach not just at the end of the season, but even before then.
However, the club’s decision will be based on whether or not they feel that there could be a positive effect of sacking Inzaghi to jolt the team back into form in the run-in.
The crucial fact remains that the squad, and particularly the most experienced locker room leaders, still fully support the former Lazio coach.
Accordingly, the club presently have no intention of parting ways with Inzaghi in the coming days, as this would only serve to make the situation behind the scenes more toxic.
In the meantime, it is also no secret that the Nerazzurri are looking at Brighton and Hove Albion’s Roberto De Zerbi as a possible replacement for Inzaghi next season.
The 43-year-old former Sassuolo and Shakhtar Donetsk coach has been on Inter’s radar since 2020 when he was weighed up as a possible replacement had Antonio Conte left, alongside Max Allegri.
It is true that De Zerbi is considered by the Nerazzurri, La Repubblica notes, but also that the club want to avoid the situation of his spectre looming too large and preventing Inzaghi from having the right authority over the squad.
This is already what had happened at the end of the 2018-19, when the open secret of Conte’s impending arrival seemed to undermine the authority of Luciano Spalletti as coach, causing the team to slump to a disappointing end to the campaign.
