{"id":48925,"date":"2026-04-16T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=48925"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:36:00","slug":"hes-obviously-staying-marotta-confirms-cristian-chivu-will-lead-inter-milan-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/hes-obviously-staying-marotta-confirms-cristian-chivu-will-lead-inter-milan-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s obviously staying\u201d: Marotta confirms Cristian Chivu will lead Inter Milan next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan president <b>Giuseppe Marotta<\/b> has firmly shut down any speculation over the managerial future at San Siro, declaring that <strong>Cristian Chivu is staying put for the 2026-27 season<\/strong>. \u201cHe\u2019s obviously staying, he\u2019s gonna be with us again. Chivu is one of the best emerging managers in Europe,\u201d Marotta stated, highlighting the club\u2019s strong faith in the Romanian coach.<\/p>\n<p>Chivu, appointed in<b> June 2025 on a two-year deal until June 2027<\/b> after replacing Simone Inzaghi, has exceeded expectations in his first senior season. Inter currently top Serie A with a healthy lead and remain in strong contention for the Coppa Italia, positioning themselves for a potential domestic double. His \u201cMade in Inter\u201d approach rooted in the club\u2019s youth system and defensive heritage \u00a0has earned widespread praise for tactical maturity and squad management.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite an early exit from the Champions League, the Nerazzurri hierarchy has backed Chivu throughout. Recent reports indicate that contract renewal negotiations are well underway, with Inter preparing a new long-term agreement until 2028 or 2029, including a substantial salary increase from his current <b>\u20ac2.5 million per year<\/b>. A verbal agreement is reportedly close, with formalities expected once the Scudetto is secured.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marotta\u2019s endorsement reflects Inter\u2019s vision of continuity. The 45-year-old former defender, who played <b>168<\/b> times for the club and won major honours including the 2010 Treble, is seen as the ideal figure to guide the team through an upcoming squad rebuild. Plans for next season include greater coaching input on transfers and potential formation tweaks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With Marotta\u2019s clear message, Chivu\u2019s position is rock-solid. The former Parma boss is not only staying \u00a0he is being positioned as the long-term architect of Inter\u2019s next competitive era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan president Giuseppe Marotta has firmly shut down any speculation over the managerial future at San Siro, declaring that\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":48927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4858,5219,4057],"class_list":["post-48925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-cristian-chivu","tag-marotta","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48925"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48930,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48925\/revisions\/48930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}