{"id":638884,"date":"2024-04-23T06:09:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T10:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=638884"},"modified":"2024-04-23T06:09:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T10:09:55","slug":"liverpool-simone-inzaghi-inter-milan-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/23\/liverpool-simone-inzaghi-inter-milan-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Snubbed by Serie A Manager Who \u2018Outplayed Guardiola\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Inzaghi is set to stay at Inter Milan beyond this summer despite reported interest from Liverpool. The Reds will have to write off another in-demand manager from their list of candidates to replace Jurgen Klopp.<\/p>\n<h2>Liverpool-Linked Manager Makes Final Decision on Summer Switch<\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1781980710351290570<\/p>\n<h3>Reclaiming Serie A in Style<\/h3>\n<p>Following Antonio Conte\u2019s departure in 2021, Inter quickly finalized the signing of Inzaghi, who joined the club after spending more than a decade at Lazio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/16\/liverpool-poor-recent-form-jurgen-klopp\/\" target=\"_self\">Poor Liverpool Form Does Not Make Their Season A Failure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having worked as Lazio\u2019s head coach for four years, Inzaghi was ready to build on his reputation as one of Serie A\u2019s top tacticians. In his first two campaigns in charge of the Nerezzurri, Inzaghi won two Coppa Italia titles and reached the Champions League final. This season, Inter are set to reclaim the Scudetto, sitting 14 points above AC Milan with six matchdays to go.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2024\/03\/15\/liverpool-can-triple-47-year-old-managers-wages\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emerged<\/a> as one of Inzaghi\u2019s main suitors as they look to find a replacement for Jurgen Klopp. However, it seems that Inter are not willing to let the 48-year-old leave the club ahead of the next season.<\/p>\n<h3>Inter President Offers Update on Liverpool-Inzaghi Links<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports, club president Steven Zhang said of the manager\u2019s potential move away from San Siro (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1781980710351290570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>): \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt at all, we will continue together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an excellent coach. Inzaghi will stay as a key part of our project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/05\/liverpool-and-jurgen-klopps-incredible-journey-to-premier-league-glory\/\" target=\"_self\">Reds And Jurgen Klopp\u2019s Incredible Journey To Premier League Glory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zhang\u2019s words echoed Inzaghi\u2019s recent comments on his future. When asked about a possible move to the Premier League in early March, the Inter manager said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2024\/03\/05\/inter-milan-simone-inzaghi-no-doubts-about-future-im-happy-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sempre Inter<\/a>): \u201cI\u2019m happy here. I\u2019m very happy with everyone here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inzaghi, who \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2024\/04\/18\/pippo-inzaghi-inter-milan-coach-simone-best-outplayed-guardiola\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outplayed Pep Guardiola<\/a>\u201d in last year\u2019s Champions League final, appears to have the full support of the club\u2019s hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cEven if the club President [Steven Zhang] is not here at the moment, I can always feel him behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch<\/strong>: Who Wins The Premier League?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THREE WAY WAR - Who Wins The Premier League?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XQStPx9Lw0?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Liverpool\u2019s Manager Short-List<\/h3>\n<p>Xabi Alonso was the first manager to be heavily linked with a move to Anfield ahead of Klopp\u2019s exit. However, the Bayer Leverkusen boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/story\/_\/id\/39831344\/alonso-confirms-leverkusen-stay-amid-liverpool-bayern-interest\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> his decision to stay at his current club last month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/08\/liverpool-manager-candidates-ruben-amorim\/\" target=\"_self\">Reds Handed \u00a38.5m Boost In Bid For Jurgen Klopp Successor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since then, Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim has emerged as the front-runner to secure the vacant managerial role at Liverpool. The Portuguese manager is reportedly available for around <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1776951093932548372\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a38.5 million<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have also been linked with a move for Brighton\u2019s Roberto De Zerbi. However, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5411011\/2024\/04\/13\/roberto-de-zerbi-future-brighton\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Athletic<\/a>, the Seagulls are \u201cincreasingly\u201d optimistic that the Italian manager will stay at the club for at least another season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Inzaghi is set to stay at Inter Milan beyond this summer despite reported interest from Liverpool. The Reds will have to write off another in-demand manager from their list of candidates to replace Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool-Linked Manager Makes Final Decision on Summer Switch https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1781980710351290570 Reclaiming Serie A in Style Following Antonio Conte\u2019s departure in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":632193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8438,3,7188],"tags":[95,1062],"class_list":["post-638884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-inter-milan","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-liverpool","tag-simone-inzaghi"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}