Inter Milan sacked coach Claudio Ranieri on Monday after a string of poor results which has left the Serie A giants struggling to qualify for next season's Champions League.
The former Chelsea and Valencia handler - who has guided the side that won the treble including the Champions League in 2010 to just one win in their last 10 league games - has been replaced by youth team coach Claudio Stramaccioni.
The final straw for Inter president Massimo Moratti and the board came with the 2-0 defeat at Juventus on Sunday leaving them in eighth in Serie A, 10 points off the Champions League positions, and having failed to score in seven of their last 10 league matches.
Inter's hopes of regaining the Champions League trophy they won under Jose Mourinho in 2010 also disappeared earlier this month when they went out on the away goals rule to out of form French side Marseille in the Last 16.
Source: AFP
