Simone Inzaghi has parted firm with Champions League runners-up Inter, forward of an anticipated transfer to Saudi Professional League aspect Al-Hilal.
Inter had been crushed 5-0 by Paris Saint-Germain within the largest recreation in European membership soccer final Saturday – essentially the most complete scoreline in any European Cup or Champions Cup closing in historical past.
That end result capped a demoralising finish to the season for the Nerazzurri, who had at one level seemed to be on for a treble.
They had been eradicated from the Coppa Italia by rivals Milan and misplaced out on the Serie A title on the ultimate day of the marketing campaign, ending a single level behind Napoli.
After the Champions League closing, Inter president Giuseppe Marotta insisted the end result had not known as Inzaghi’s place into query and stated the membership’s hierarchy would meet with their head coach to debate his future.
Nevertheless, studies subsequently steered Inzaghi was eager on a transfer to Saudi Arabia, with Al-Hilal seeking to appeal to a big-name coach forward of the Membership World Cup.
On Tuesday, Inter confirmed Inzaghi had left by mutual consent, with Marotta saying: “On behalf of our principal shareholder Oaktree and your entire membership, I need to thank Simone Inzaghi for his exhausting work, ardour, and in addition sincerity in right now’s assembly, which has yielded the mutual determination to half methods.
“Solely when you will have fought collectively daily to realize success can you will have an open and sincere dialogue, akin to we’ve had right now.”
Simone Inzaghi’s message#FCIM
— Inter (@Inter_en) June 3, 2025
Inzaghi leaves Inter having delivered one Serie A title, two Coppa Italia triumphs and three Supercoppa Italiana wins. He led the Nerazzurri to 2 Champions League showpieces however they had been overwhelmed on each events, additionally taking place to Manchester Metropolis within the 2023 closing.
In a message posted to the membership’s web site, Inzaghi stated: “The time has come for me to say goodbye to this membership after a four-year-long journey, all through which I gave my all.
“Day by day, my first and final thought was all the time about Inter. It was then reciprocated with professionalism and fervour by the gamers, leaders, and each single one of many membership’s staff.
“The six trophies we gained, together with the second-star (twentieth) Scudetto, along with our Champions League journeys in 2023 and only a few days in the past, reside proof of how a lot my work was supported by a shared understanding with my workers and each a part of the membership.
“On each tough day, similar to right now, I feel it’s proper to reiterate this sense of gratitude, even for the assembly that we had not way back. We had been honest and collectively we determined to conclude this magnificent journey.
“I need to dedicate one final phrase to the thousands and thousands of Nerazzurri followers who cheered me on, those that cried and suffered throughout the lows, after which laughed and celebrated on the six triumphs that we skilled collectively. I’ll always remember you.”
Inzaghi leaves Inter with one of the best win ratio of any coach of their historical past (all competitions, since Serie A was based in 1929-30).
He gained 65% of his matches accountable for the Nerazzurri, placing him forward of Aldo Olivieri (63.2%), Antonio Conte (62.7%), Jose Mourinho (62%) and Luigi Simoni (61.6%).
Inter will now look to nominate a brand new coach forward of their very own Membership World Cup marketing campaign, which begins in opposition to Monterrey on the Rose Bowl on June 17.
Inzaghi’s first match accountable for Al-Hilal might be in opposition to Actual Madrid, of their opening Group H recreation on the Exhausting Rock Stadium on June 18.
