A loss to newly-promoted Novara was the last straw as Inter Milan sacked struggling manager Gian Piero Gasperini, replacing him with former Chelsea and Roma manager Claudio Ranieri.
Claudio Ranieri: The Right Choice For A Reeling Inter Milan Side
BOLOGNA ITALY - JANUARY 30: Claudio Ranieri coach of Bologna looks on during the Serie A match between Bologna FC and AS Roma at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara on January 30 2011 in Bologna Italy. (Photo by Roberto Serra/Getty Images) Getty ImagesThere’s no shame in that. Being a mid-lower table specialist in Serie A still puts Gasperini at the 95th percentile or thereabouts for professional football managers in world football. He’s an excellent manager who has had a fantastic career, but Inter Milan was a completely different level. The wondrous world of Sneijders and Forlans was a foreign one to Mr. Gasperini. He’s departed, and he’s taken his entertaining - but limited and relatively inflexible - 3-4-3 system with him.
When Ranieri left Valencia in 1999, Chelsea in 2004, and Juventus in 2009, all three clubs were in good standing. The latter two felt that they needed new blood to become league champions and Champions League contenders, but Ranieri did not do a bad job in either case. He just wasn’t quite the man to guide them towards their lofty aspirations.
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Since, this have rather gone to pot. Rafael Benitez was an unmitigated disaster, Leonardo bailed for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer, and now the managerial choice that Inter settled on after being rebuffed by both Andre Villas-Boas and Fabio Capello has proven to be an absolute dud. There’s no reason to think Ranieri will do much better, as the veteran is about getting the most out of preexisting teams rather than building dynasties.
At the very least, however, his Inter will be better than Gaspernini’s. I mean, how could it not be?
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