Simone Inzaghi’s future is all to be written. Inter’s proposal is there, but the answer depends on a detail that can change everything. Here’s what we’ve learned
Inzaghi e il rinnovo con l’Inter: questa è la garanzia che chiederà a Marotta (Foto: Ansa) – serieanews.com
Some swear they heard it whispered even among the tables in the Pinetina bar: Triplete. A word that evokes indelible memories at Inter, but which now seems to be back in fashion. And not out of nostalgia.
This team, this season, has everything to try again. The Scudetto is there, within reach, and winning in Bergamo gave further confidence. The Coppa Italia can become a concrete reality. The Champions League? Well, never say never when you have a group that really believes in it. And then there is the Club World Cup, which alone could be enough to give meaning to the whole year.
Here, the climate is this. The feeling that something big is about to happen, and if it is not this year it will be next year or the next because the project is solid and would like to be long term. But there is also another question hovering in the air, more uncomfortable to ask: what about after?
Because while it is true that today’s Inter is flying, it is equally true that to stay up there requires planning. So there it is, the proposal. Marotta and Ausilio have decided to put on the plate a heavy renewal for Simone Inzaghi: contract extended until 2028, top Serie A salary even more than now plus bonuses that would make him the highest paid coach in our league. A strong signal that clearly says one thing: “We are with you.”
Marotta ha confermato che c’è intenzione di rinnovare il contratto ad Inzaghi (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
President Giuseppe Marotta also spoke about it, using words of great confidence: “About the renewal we will talk when the talks are over: there are all the prerequisites to continue together. With Simone we have all grown, the symbiosis that has been created between him and the club counts. We are going through a cycle that has not come to an end anyway. There is new ownership, new blood, new goals, the stadium project and all the prerequisites to continue together.
But those who know Inzaghi know that he is not one to be taken for a ride. He has never been the type to sign on trust. In fact, these days he took his time. He is back in Rome for a while, taking his time to think things through, away from the spotlight. And he is thinking hard about what to do.
La richiesta di Inzaghi a Marotta: una garanzia sul progetto e mercato da big
The issue is not the contract. It is not even the salary – he already earns well now, and the upward adjustment is almost a formality. What Inzaghi wants is something else. It is a real, concrete guarantee. He wants to understand if next year’s Inter will still be a team capable of looking down on everyone. He wants to know if the market will live up to the ambitions he and his boys are cultivating.
Basically, he is asking for decision-making power over choices and a budget that will allow him to build a strong roster. Not just competitive: strong. The difference is no small one. He is well aware that the summer could impose some sacrifices, with the name of Marcus Thuram occasionally cropping up in market chatter, but for Simone it is crucial that the project not lose momentum. That there is no going back.
La richiesta di Inzaghi a Marotta: una garanzia sul progetto e mercato da big (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
There is also another reality to reckon with. The Premier League continues to watch him with interest. Tottenham is the team that could release him in the summer and make him a concrete offer. And the idea of measuring himself in England, in one of the most fascinating leagues in the world, remains there. It does not haunt him, but neither does it leave him indifferent. Should Inter show signs of slowing down, the temptation to change air could become more concrete.
At Viale della Liberazione, they know this well. Marotta and Ausilio are already doing the math, assessing what sacrifices to accept in order to maintain the team’s framework and relaunch it even higher. In the meantime, however, alternative scenarios are not ruled out. Massimiliano Allegri’s name has already been whispered several times in the past months, and some wonder if it might not become more than a plan B. But today the priority is called Simone Inzaghi and figuring out if the Inter of the future can be built with him.
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