Antonio Conte leaves Inter on mutual agreement, whilst Zidane resigns at Real Madrid

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is reportedly leaving the club after more than a week of rumors indicating this would be a possibility. Word first tricked out from Fabrizio Romano, and now reports are chiming in with more details on Zidane’s decision, as well as the likelihood of Max Allegri or Antonio Conte being his replacement.

Antonio Conte has left his role as Inter Milan manager – three weeks after leading the club to a first Serie A title in 11 years.

The 51-year-old Italian spent two years in charge of Inter and had one year remaining on his contract.
In a statement, Inter thanked Conte for his “extraordinary work” at the club.

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There’s an interesting report coming out from COPE’s Manolo Lama on why Zidane is leaving. He tweets that Zidane has not forgiven Florentino Perez for leaking to the media that he would be fired if he did not win the last Champions League group stage match of the 2020-2021 campaign. On top of that, Lama reports that Zidane hasn’t forgiven Perez either for questioning the manager’s decisions in private.

If this report is true, then Zidane has every right to feel this way. It is honestly embarrassing for a president to leak that kind of information and put the manager in a spot like that, when that manager has given more to the club than even the president has. As a player and a manager, Zidane has been the epitome of class for Real Madrid, even winning three straight Champions League titles and then rescuing the team with a LaLiga title in 2019-2020 after the catastrophic 2018-2019 season

Inter added that the decision to terminate the former Chelsea manager’s contract was mutual.
Despite helping Inter end Juventus’ dominance of the Italian top flight, there has been speculation over Conte’s future at the club for months.
Inter’s owner, the Chinese retail group Suning, is reportedly suffering financial pressure which is expected to lead to cost-cutting at the club and player sales this summer.
In February, Jiangsu FC, also owned by Suning, folded just three months after winning their first Chinese Super League title.
Former Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri and current Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi have both been named by the Italian press as potential successors to Conte .