Inter Milan sack Claudio Ranieri

Claudio Ranieri Rome - Arabstoday   Inter Milan have sacked head coach Claudio Ranieri after six months in charge, despite club president Massimo Moratti stating just hours earlier he was likely to remain until the end of the season. Ranieri took over the Inter post in September, replacing Gian Piero Gasperini, who was given his marching orders after Inter failed to win any of their first five matches of the season. The club’s fortunes have not improved dramatically under Ranieri; the 18-times Serie A champions have picked up one win from their last 10 league matches and are currently lying in eighth position, 22 points behind leaders and fierce rivals AC Milan. With their league title aspirations over for the season, Inter were then dumped out of the Champions League by Marseille, and a 2-0 defeat to Juventus on Saturday proved to be Ranieri's last game in charge. Despite their below par season and recent poor form, Moratti said earlier on Monday: "I think that Claudio Ranieri will remain until the end of the season." However, a club statement confirmed the departure of the former Chelsea and Roma boss, while also revealing youth team coach Andrea Stramaccioni will take charge of first-team affairs. The statement read: “President Massimo Moratti and everyone at F.C. Internazionale would like to offer their sincere thanks to Claudio Ranieri and his staff for the professionalism and commitment they showed over recent months in charge of the team. “Furthermore F.C. Internazionale would like to report that Andrea Stramaccioni - the coach of the Primavera team, who won the NextGen Series - will take charge of the first team.”