Inter Milan stay mum on Antonio Conte claims
Reports say struggling Serie A giants are prepared to offer Chelsea boss a huge sum to move back to Italy after sacking Pioli
Milan: Inter Milan have refused to comment on reports they are planning to offer Chelsea boss Antonio Conte a deal to replace the sacked Stefano Pioli.
Reports in Italy say the Chinese-backed Serie A club are prepared to offer Conte £250,000 (Dh1.1 million) a week if he leaves Chelsea after one season.
Pioli was sacked on Tuesday after six months as head coach with youth team coach Stefano Vecchi taking charge of the first team “immediately and for the remaining three games of the season”, Inter said.
Pioli took over from Dutchman Frank De Boer two months into the campaign but the club risk falling short of their objective of a place in Europe.
A 1-0 defeat to Genoa at the weekend, in which Pioli substituted club captain and striker Mauro Icardi, left Inter in seventh place — three points behind sixth-placed city rivals AC Milan and a Europa League spot.
Former Italy boss Conte, 47, also managed Inter’s rivals Juventus from 2011 to 2014.
