Simone Inzaghi Becomes An Alternative For Chelsea, Manchester United, And Barcelona

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi. (X/@Inter)

JAKARTA - Inter Milan coach, Simone Inzaghi, is looking for elite European clubs who want to make changes to managers. Chelsea has already targeted Inzaghi. In addition, Manchester United and Barcelona are ready to make Inzaghi an alternative if Plan A fails.

Many of the top clubs were left by managers at the end of this season. In addition, there is a club dismissing the manager for failing to lift the team's performance.

Chelsea are ready to release Mauricio Pochettino if they get a capable replacement for handling the Blues' expensive squad. One of the things being hunted is Inzaghi who succeeded in coaching Inter.

Inzaghi is being hunted because his contract will expire in 2025. The club also plans to dismiss the coach despite successfully appointing a team. If dismissed, Inzaghi will not be unemployed for long.

In fact, he is likely to follow in the footsteps of Italian coaches, such as Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto De Zerbi, who coached Premier League clubs.

Italian managers are on average successful in the Premier League, such as Roberto Di Matteo, Gianuca Vialli, to Roberto Mancini who led Manchester City to win the Premier League and FA Cup.

However, MU is also interested in signing Inzaghi. Despite making Zinedine Zidane the number one target, MU is preparing an alternative if he fails to win the former Real Madrid coach.

Inzaghi is the target of outside Serie A clubs because he is predicted to be able to adapt to football characters in other leagues, such as the Premier League and La Liga. Inzaghi is no different from Ancelotti, who has been successful in Spain, Germany and England.

"He has a European style of play. So, I think he will achieve success when he handles Premier League clubs. English football fits perfectly with his aggressive and dynamic style," said Fernando Orsi, former assistant coach of Roberto Mancini at Lazio.

Orsi also handled Inzaghi who was still a player in Biancocelesti. Orsi understands Inzaghi's character very well.

He believes his former students will still be successful if they coach an Italian club. According to Tuttosport, this is what makes Inzaghi the target of Europe's top club.

"I think he is ready to coach one of the three or four top European clubs. What he does in the Champions League makes his players more confident. I am sure that after bringing Inter to the Scudetto, he will win the Champions League," he said.

According to him, Inzaghi has advantages over other Italian coaches. Inzaghi managed to change the character of the 3-5-2 scheme which was considered to survive into an attacking scheme.

"People think the 3-5-2 scheme tends to be defensive. However, Inzaghi is able to turn it into an attacking formation. Inter can also play in different and very effective ways," said Orsi again.

The character of attacking Inter, which was promoted by Inzaghi, made him interested in Barca. Initially, this La Liga giant did not take into account Inzaghi.

However, Barca finally saw how the game attacked Inter was no different from the Blaugrana. It was also seen when Inter beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the first leg of the last 16 of the 2023/2024 Champions League.

Inzaghi also became a Barca coach candidate besides Hansi Flick, Thomas Tuchel, and De Zerbi. Barca are also considering Jurgen Klopp who will leave Liverpool at the end of this season.