Champions Inter plan talks with Mancini
Monday, 19 May 2008 09:41Serie A champions Inter Milan will hold talks with coach Roberto Mancini amid fresh speculation about his future, club president Massimo Moratti said.
Inter retained their title on Sunday after a 2-0 win at Parma on the final day of the season, though Mancini refused to speak to the media.
The 43-year-old said he would quit at the end of the season after Inter's Champions League defeat by Liverpool in March, but the following day Moratti said his coach would be staying.
Rumours that former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has been lined up to replace Mancini have not gone away, despite denials from the club.
'He and I will talk away from the cameras,' Moratti told reporters after Inter shrugged off a run of bad form to finally wrap up the scudetto.
'I have seen his happiness, together we have suffered for this joy but with great faith in each other.'
Other members of Inter's hierarchy have said Mancini will definitely stay to try to win a fourth successive title next season.
Striker Hernan Crespo, a bit-part player at Inter this term, said he wanted to stay whether Mancini or his former Chelsea boss Mourinho was in charge.
'If he arrives, I want to stay here,' the Argentine said when asked what he would do if Mourinho was appointed.
'If Mancini stays, I equally want to stay. But now is not the time to talk about it.'
