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Head coach Antonio Conte leaves Inter Milan by mutual consent

By Zac Wassink | Last updated May 26, 2021 1:55 PM ET

Head coach Antonio Conte guided Inter Milan to their first Serie A title in 11 years, but that wasn't enough for him to stick around for what may have become a tumultuous summer.

Sky Sports reported Wednesday afternoon that Conte is leaving Inter by mutual consent.

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Antonio Conte has left Inter Milan by mutual consent pic.twitter.com/M0Yjc21wkh
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 26, 2021

Inter later confirmed Conte's departure.

Sky explains that Conte will accept a buyout of seven million euros (roughly $8.5 million) for the final year of his Inter contract. The report continues Inter wanted Conte to cut his wage bill by around 15-20% and raise close to $100 million via player sales during the summer transfer window.

Joe Prince-Wright of NBC Sports is linking the manager with four Serie A titles and a Premier League crown on his resume with Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, who fired Jose Mourinho in April and are in need of a full-time boss. However, Sky's Kaveh Solhekol isn't sure Conte would be a good fit at White Hart Lane.

"Spurs are looking for a softer manager, with a personality that would be easier to manage."@SkyKaveh on whether Antonio Conte would join Tottenham as manager pic.twitter.com/5Q7ThDLfD9
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 26, 2021

Real Madrid and Barcelona are other rumored potential landing spots for Conte.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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