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| Inter trainer Simone Inzaghi with the cup during the Coppa Italia final Juventus vs Inter at the Stadio Olimpico. Rome. |
Simone Inzaghi has signed an extension to his
contract with Inter Milan which will keep him at the San Siro until 2024, the
Serie A club announced on Tuesday.
In a video released by Inter on social media,
chairman Steven Zhang said that Inzaghi would stay for "two more years"
after extending his current deal with the club by a year.
Italian media report that the 46-year-old has also
received a one million euro salary increase to five million euros.
Inter are showing faith in Inzaghi despite the
former Lazio and Italy forward failing to retain their Serie A crown, won by
local rivals AC Milan after a thrilling title race which went down to the final
day of the season.
He joined Inter last summer from Lazio when Antonio
Conte jumped ship shortly after winning the Milan giants' first league title
since 2010.
Inter were about to go into full-blown crisis mode
and with Inzaghi just weeks into his new job the club sold Romelu Lukaku and
Achraf Hakimi, key figures in that Scudetto triumph, as well as Christian
Eriksen.
No one expected Inter to hold on to the title but
Inzaghi did so well folding in cheap replacements for departing stars that they
were favourites for long stretches of the campaign.
He created a new style of play which got the best
out of the whole team rather than just a few key players and won the Italian
Cup and Super Cup, both in dramatic style against arch rivals Juventus.
He also secured Inter qualification for the knockout
stages of the Champions League for the first time since 2011/12, narrowly
losing in the last 16 to eventual finalists Liverpool.
Inter are hotly tipped to sign back Lukaku on loan
from Chelsea and free agent Paulo Dybala, significantly bolstering an attack
which topped the Serie A scoring charts last season.
