Inter owners Suning reportedly cut Italian directors out of meetings with potential Coaches Marcelino and Stefano Pioli, listening to agent Kia Joorabchian.
The club fired Frank de Boer this week, just four days after President Erick Thohir and CEO Michael Bolingbroke publicly backed the tactician.
This would explain why they are not involved in the decision on who to hire next, especially amid reports Bolingbroke is on vacation and therefore not attending the meetings.
Inter owners Suning reportedly cut Italian directors out of meetings with potential Coaches Marcelino and Stefano Pioli, listening to agent Kia Joorabchian.
The club fired Frank de Boer this week, just four days after President Erick Thohir and CEO Michael Bolingbroke publicly backed the tactician.
This would explain why they are not involved in the decision on who to hire next, especially amid reports Bolingbroke is on vacation and therefore not attending the meetings.
It is well known that within the club director of sport Piero Ausilio and director general Giovanni Gardini support Pioli as the choice for Coach.
However, multiple reports claim they were both cut out of Friday’s ‘casting call’ meetings with Marcelino and Pioli.
Vice-President Javier Zanetti also seemingly did not take part in these encounters.
Representatives from Chinese owners Suning Group, Stevan Zhang, Ren Jun and Yang Yang, flew in on Friday and met Pioli first, then had a lengthy dinner with Marcelino.
The split is so massive that Ausilio's sources leaked to the media that Pioli was the favourite for the job, little realising that Suning were already discussing details with Marcelino.
The Corriere della Sera claims that Suning are listening above all to agent Joorabchian, who does not actually have a contract with Inter, but is on board as an unofficial advisor and does get paid for consultation fees.
Other sources suggest that it’s now a two-horse race for the Inter bench between Marcelino and Pioli.
Meetings with Francesco Guidolin and Vitor Pereira could be cancelled, while Guus Hiddink refused to take part in the casting call process.
He insisted only on talks via telephone and wants to let his CV speak for itself.
Inter host Crotone at San Siro on Sunday evening under the guidance of caretaker manager Stefano Vecchi, who already oversaw the 2-1 Europa League defeat to Southampton on Thursday.
Ultras are planning a protest, this time aiming their ire at everyone from the club hierarchy to the players.