Inter Milan Gets New Manager

 

Frank de Boer is set to be unveiled as Inter Milan's new manager on Tuesday. Former Holland defender De Boer, who left his role as Ajax head coach in May, arrived in Milan later in the day and, though details of his contract must be finalised before his appointment can be made official, he left reporters in little doubt.

De Boer, 46, was linked with Premier League clubs Everton and Southampton before those vacancies were filled by Ronald Koeman and Claude Puel respectively. Former Sampdoria and Leicester striker Roberto Mancini, who claimed the Scudetto three times during his first tenure as Inter boss, returned to the Serie A club following a successful spell with Manchester City and a brief stint with Turkish giants Galatasaray.

However, the Nerazzurri finished a distant eighth in 2014-15 and an improvement to fourth the next year was considered a disappointment as Inter had led the standings from Napoli and eventual champions Juventus heading into the winter break.

When Chinese company Suning Holdings bought a majority stake at San Siro in June, Mancini was promised a large transfer budget but only managed to secure one major signing, bringing in Italy midfielder Antonio Candreva from Lazio for 22m euros.