Inter Milan have officially confirmed the departure of long-serving sporting director Piero Ausilio after nearly three decades at the club. The Nerazzurri say a replacement is in place.
Inter Milan have confirmed Piero Ausilio's departure. The 28-year association between the sporting director and the Nerazzurri is over.
The club said the move is official and that a replacement has been identified. They framed the change as a planned transition at the top of their recruitment structure.
Ausilio spent nearly three decades in Inter's front office, most recently as sporting director. According to the club's announcement, he was instrumental in shaping Inter's transfer activity over the past decade.
The Nerazzurri have paired the announcement of his exit with confirmation of the succession, without giving a reason for the departure.
A replacement is in place, Inter said, though they have not yet publicly named the individual. The pairing of exit and succession in a single statement points to a front office that had been preparing the change rather than reacting to it. The speed of the handover suggests any internal disruption has been absorbed before the campaign gathers pace.
Ausilio leaves behind a recruitment operation that, by the club's own description, has anchored a decade of transfer activity at one of Italian football's biggest clubs. Whoever steps in takes charge of a front office expected to sustain Inter's competitiveness in Serie A and in Europe, and inherits the scrutiny that comes with the role.
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