Journalist Tancredi Palmeri has claimed that Tottenham Hotspur have already held conversations with a highly decorated Italian manager over replacing Ange Postecoglou, but they are not the only ones after him.
As Daniel Levy contemplates whether to sack Ange Postecoglou, a number of high-profile replacements have allegedly been explored by the Lilywhites, including a man who has won a whole host of trophies in Italy.
It first emerged a few months ago that Fabio Paratici had urged Daniel Levy to appoint Inzaghi as the next Spurs head coach.
It was subsequently claimed that Simone Inzaghi’s name is ‘getting hotter’ in the race for the Tottenham job, but it has now emerged that the Lilywhites are not the only ones eyeing a move for the 49-year-old.
Simone Inzaghi has held talks with two other clubs apart from Tottenham
On Saturday night, the experienced Italian coach suffered a heartbreak as his Inter side were thrashed 5-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Champions League.
It means that the Nerazzurri ended the season without silverware despite competing admirably both domestically and in Europe all season.
Journalist Tancredi Palmeri has now revealed that the Italian coach has been offered a huge contract by Al Hilal, and has also held advanced talks with both Spurs and Newcastle.
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However, he suggested that the Inter boss’s priority is to remain at the San Siro next season, even though he finds the Premier League to be tempting.
Palmeri told talkSPORT about Inzaghi’s future: “The situation is that Al Hilal offered him £25m per season for two seasons. I can tell you that he had advanced contacts with both Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur but at the same time, the priority for him is to stay at Inter.
“Obviously if we talk on a financial level nobody can compete with the salary that Al Hilal are offering. But the Premier League is always a great temptation and at the same time I must tell you that Inzaghi already rejected Liverpool last summer and Manchester United in October.”
What Inzaghi said about his future after Inter’s defeat to PSG
As one would expect, the Nerazzurri head coach was not in the mood to discuss his future after his side had been humiliated at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.
He admitted that he was hurting after the 5-0 loss and insisted that now is not the time to address the speculation regarding his role.
When asked if he would be in charge of Inter for the Club World Cup, the Tottenham managerial target responded: “As I was saying before to your colleague, I cannot answer this question now. I came here out of respect for you, for politeness because I am hurting from a sporting point of view.
“It’s not the right time to talk about the future. We are extremely disappointed and since July of last year we’ve played 58 or 59 games, we got to this final match, so it’s awkward to talk about my future now.
“Again, we are extremely disappointed. We will be talking about the fact we won no silverware this year but these players deserve great credit because they gave it their very best shot and we suffered a lot of injuries. I wouldn’t change these players for anyone else.”