Updated at 4.49pm
FORMER MANCHESTER CITY coach Roberto Mancini has been appointed Internazionale manager for the second time following the sacking of Walter Mazzarri from the club on
Inter announced the sacking of Mazzarri this morning and it has now been confirmed that Mancini, who led Inter to a club record of three consecutive league titles during a four-year spell in 2004-2008, has been confirmed as the new boss.
The Premier League winning manager has been out of work since leaving Galatasaray last season.
Mazzarri, who led Napoli to the Serie A runner-up spot in 2013, joined Inter in time for the start of last season but has consistently seen his side underperform.
Inter, Italy’s last Champions League winners, in 2010, failed to qualify for the competition this season and currently sit ninth in the league, 12 points behind leaders Juventus.
Recent reports claimed that Inter president Erick Thohir, the Indonesian businessman who bought a 70 percent stake in the club a year ago, had given Mazzarri until the end of the Milan derby next week before deciding the 53-year-old Mazzarri’s future.
Originally published Friday 11.30am