Frank De Boer’s poor start to the 2016/17 season with Inter could provide former Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc with a route back into football management.
With the Milan-based team sitting in 14th spot in Serie A, the under-fire Dutchman could soon be sent on his way and Blanc – who was let go by the Parisian club last summer to be replaced by Unai Emery – is believed to have held talks with the club’s hierarchy.
According to Le Parisien, discussions between the two parties over a possible job offer have already taken place.
It would be a homecoming of sorts for Blanc, who turned out in the famous black and blue of Inter during his playing days, spending a couple of years there between 1999 and 2001.
Meanwhile, Mauro Icardi struck twice, including an 88th-minute winner, as Inter secured a much-needed 2-1 victory over in-form Torino at San Siro to ease the pressure on under-fire boss Frank de Boer.
The success ended a run of three consecutive Serie A defeats for mid-table Inter and came as a welcome boost following speculation De Boer’s position was coming under scrutiny.
Home skipper Icardi knew little about his first goal as the ball ricocheted into the net off his knee after Torino goalkeeper Joe Hart attempted to block Ever Banega’s pass into the box.
A defensive mix-up then gifted Torino a second-half equaliser, with Andrea Belotti netting his sixth goal of the season, but just as Inter looked set to be denied a deserved victory, Icardi struck again in the final minutes.
And if his first goal was a touch fortunate, his second was magnificent, the 23-year-old turning just inside the box and rifling an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net.
The goals were Icardi’s first for over a month and marked a welcome return to form for the Argentinian, who has recently been embroiled in a bitter dispute with a section of the club’s support.
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