´I gave my all´ – Inzaghi shrugs off questions of Inter commitment

Simone Inzaghi insisted he gave his all to Inter before moving to Al-Hilal, after the club’s CEO said the move had been agreed before the Champions League final.

The Italian departed Inter days after their record-breaking 5-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the showpiece, with his move to Al-Hilal announced shortly after.

Inzaghi left the Nerazzurri with the best win ratio of any coach in their history (all competitions, since Serie A was founded in 1929-30).

He won 65% of his matches in charge of the 20-time Scudetto winners, putting him ahead of Aldo Olivieri (63.2%), Antonio Conte (62.7%), Jose Mourinho (62%) and Luigi Simoni (61.6%).

However, Al-Hilal CEO Esteve Calzada confirmed Inzaghi’s arrival was in the works for a while.

“It might look like it’s something that came quickly, but it’s the result of hard work,” Calzada told BBC Sport.

“He was playing a massive match and asked [us] to keep things aside until after the final. It was decided but not signed before the final, just because, out of respect, he asked us to wait, which is certainly fair enough.”

As such, Italian media questioned whether Inter’s squad were aware of the move, and if so, were affected by it before the final.

Inzaghi won a Serie A title, the Coppa Italia twice, and three Supercoppa Italiana trophies during his four-year spell at Inter, though they finished 2024-25 without any silverware, having been in with a chance for a treble at the midway point.

And the 49-year-old said his commitment to his work at Inter could not be questioned.

“I heard – or heard about – all sorts of things, as has often happened during the four years I was at Inter,” Inzaghi told reporters.

“If this was the price to pay for my four years at Inter, I’ll gladly pay it. But it’s nothing compared to the good I received from the entire Inter world – I mean the fans, the management, the players, everyone at Inter.

“I know I’ll miss it – I’ll miss everything, even this – even the most unfair accusations that were made over these four years. But I was truly happy. I gave my all.”