Several inquiries
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After the debacle in the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain, Simone Inzaghi left his future open again as an Inter Milan coach. Even whether he looks after the Italians at the upcoming club World Cup. “I can’t answer this question at the moment,” said the coach of the Italian runner -up. “I am extremely bitter after this defeat.”
The 49-year-old, who had lost 0: 5 against PSG with Inter in the final in Munich, is said to have a mega offer from Saudi Arabia. Al-Hilal Inzaghi allegedly offers a two-year contract with a salary of 50 million euros per season. The Italian has a contract until 2026 at Inter, and he is “very good”.
Even before he was asked about the club World Cup in the United States, which started in two weeks, Inzaghi said questions about staying with Inter. “I’m too bitter to think about my future,” he said. “I find it senseless to talk about the future of Inzaghi today.”
Even before the royal class finale, Inzaghi had caused a sensation with statements. “There are inquiries from Italy, abroad, from Arabia,” he said at the press conference. “At that moment it would be crazy to think about it.” But he also added: “The day after the game or a day later we will sit down and talk, as we have always done in these years, always with the well -being of Inter as a goal.” One will continue to work harmoniously “if all components and all the requirements are met”.
Inter is optimistic that trainer Inzaghi remains
The statements of the club side after the final debacle were also unable to clear the doubts. “Inzaghi has another year,” said President Giuseppe Marotta. “If he wants to go on, we would be very happy.” This devastating 0: 5 has “no” negative influence on the evaluation of Inzaghi’s work at the Nerazzurri for four years. The talks with Inzaghi should follow at the beginning of the week.
Those responsible for the US investor Oaktree have been optimistic for days that Inzaghi will go to his fifth year of coaching. He led Inter to the Champions League final for the second time in three years and became champion in 2024. This season was missing in first place and Master SSC Naples in Serie A only one point. “We know that we have a strong club that supports us,” said Inzaghi in the painful Munich night. “Two transfers were made, more will be necessary.”
First of all, the Milanese have to digest the final shock. “We did not have this energy and power that we are used to the whole Champions League season today,” said the pitiful former Bayern goalkeeper Yann Sommer. You have to accept the 0: 5 now and look ahead again, according to the Swiss. The club World Cup starts in two weeks. Whether with Inzaghi at Inter on the sidelines, this is open.
Al-Hilal tries in addition to Inzaghi also at Zidane
Al-Hilal also participates in the Mega tournament with 32 teams, which was held for the first time in the new format. While the efforts to run around Inzaghi, the Saudi runner -up in the search for a successor for Jorge Jesus released at the beginning of May has focused on another prominent name: Zinédine Zidane.
As the “L’équipe“Reports, Al-Hilal offered the Frenchman even 100 million euros for one year. Afterwards, the 52-year-old free rail would have taken over the French national team at the Didier Deschamps after the 2026 World Cup.“ Of course it is a dream ”, Zidane recently said at an event of Adidas about the opportunity to be on the sides on Les Bleus.
However, Zidane rejected the offer from Saudi Arabia, thanks the interest and declared that they have other projects in mind. Since the end of his second term at Real Madrid in the summer of 2021, the former world coach of the year has been without a task. “I put my career on hold for a while, but I feel completely as a coach,” he emphasized.