Coach Inzaghi to leave Inter Milan: club
ROME: Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi is leaving after four years by 'mutual agreement,' the club announced on Tuesday, as Italian media reported he was moving to Saudi Arabia.
'The club and Simone Inzaghi are parting ways. This is the decision taken by mutual agreement,' Inter said in a statement.
Both Inter and Inzaghi said the decision had been made at a meeting involving the coach and club President Giuseppe Marotta on Tuesday afternoon.
The parting came just days after Saturday's 5-0 thumping by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final.
According to renowned Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, Inzaghi's next job could be with Saudi club Al-Hilal, as he suggested a deal was in place for the next three years.
Simone Inzaghi will earn €26m net per season as salary in Saudi Pro League as new Al Hilal head coach.
The contract will be initially valid until June 2027. pic.twitter.com/rpxJwUBImI
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 3, 2025
Meanwhile AFP report added that talks had already been swirling about his exit, and last month Inzaghi played down rumors about a two-year deal with Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal worth 50 million euros.
Italian media said Tuesday this reported had been confirmed.
According to Romano, Inzaghi could earn up to €26 million ($29.5 million) per season in the Saudi Pro League as new Al-Hilal head coach, adding in a post on X that any contract would be 'initially valid until June 2027.'
Inzaghi took over Inter in 2021 and had a contract until 2026.
The 49-year-old guided the club to one Serie A title — Inter's 20th — and two Italian Cups. He led
the team to two Champions League finals in the past three seasons but lost both.
On track to repeat the treble heroics of 2010 just a few weeks ago, Inter ended the season trophyless after falling away in each competition.
In its statement, the club said Inzaghi's management was 'characterised by great passion, accompanied by professionalism and dedication.'
His trophies had 'brought the club back to the top of Italian and European football,' it said.
Marotta thanked him 'for the work done, for the passion shown and also for the sincerity in today's discussion, which led to the common decision to separate our paths.'
'Only when we have fought together to achieve success day by day, can we have a frank dialogue like the one that happened today,' he said.
In a separate statement, Inzaghi thanked the players, managers and staff, but most of all the fans, adding: 'I will never forget you.'
* With AFP
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