- The club wants to recoup at least 100mm EUR from transfers, and to reduce payroll by at least 20%
- Conte is not ok with that and is ready to leave.
Rough translation from Gazzeta:
The roads are therefore separating: almost inevitable given the distance between Inter's current plans, and the ambitions of the coach who sees in this scenario an inevitable downsizing of ambitions, especially compared to the project of continuous growth that was envisaged two years ago on his arrival. The club obviously wants to remain at high levels, compete for the Scudetto and do well in Europe, but the economic crisis exacerbated by the pandemic has forced the owners first to ask for a substantial loan that they have just obtained and then to review the accounts and go through disposals, capital gains, savings, cuts, cost containment and reduction of the payroll. It will be up to the ability of the managers, Marotta and Ausilio above all, to succeed in the enterprise of balancing the books without weakening the team too much. This difficult operation, however, will not see Conte at the helm, unless there are almost impossible second thoughts. The coach has been clear for months, he would not accept the idea of seeing undermined the hard work done in these two years, and that led him to win the Scudetto.
. Although the Madrid job could be up grabs.