Leonardo has left Inter - CEO Ernesto PaolilloIt now appears a matter of time before the Brazilian coach takes up a position at his former club PSG, which means Inter are looking for their third coach since Jose Mourinho
Inter CEO Ernesto Paolillo has confirmed today that Brazilian coach Leonardo has left the club after just six months in charge. Leonardo has been linked this week with a move to his former club Paris Saint-Germain, where he is expected to take up a general manager role.
"Leonardo is going to Paris and the club are now looking for a new coach. We want to find another coach," Paolillo was quoted as saying by Bloomberg. The decision of the former Milan coach now leaves Inter looking for their third boss since Jose Mourinho left having won a historic treble in 2009-10.
Despite winning the Club World Cup, Rafael Benitez was sacked last December as Inter faltered in Serie A. Leonardo was a surprise choice to replace the Spaniard as coach and although he revived the team domestically, they were dumped out of the Champions League by Schalke in the quarter-finals.
He now looks set for the new general manager post with PSG and is rumoured to want to take Carlo Ancelotti with him to the French capital, although the exact scope of his role is yet to be determined.
A number of candidates have been mooted to replace the likeable Brazilian in the Pinetina hotseat, including current Fiorentina coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, and out of work duo Gian Piero Gasperini and Claudio Ranieri.
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