Inter's inconsistency could end up costing them big time unless they get ship back on course immediately. A 1-0 home loss to Novara on Sunday sees the Nerrazzuri remain 5th on the Serie A table 10 points behind leaders Milan.

Inter's latest loss has led to a number of rumours linking Fabio Capello with Ranieri's job and despite the fans voicing their concerns over Capello taking the reigns at Inter.

It's always horrible to lose at home, especially when you're 11 points away from the current Serie A leaders, AC Milan. But Inter learnt this the hard way yesterday when they lost to 20th-placed Novara in the league. Again, you can blame it on the freezing, negative temperatures in Milan (-1.

This is what many clubs including potential suitors Inter Milan are starting to realise as transfer talks with Manchester City seem to have hit a snag.

City are said to be holding out for a £25 million for Tevez are have since rejected any offers that have fallen short including Inter's £21 million bid.

Inter Milan have stepped up their efforts to sign Carlos Tevez as the tumultuous transfer saga surrounding the controversial striker shows no signs of dissipating.

The Serie A giants have offered Manchester City more than $32 million to sign Tevez in the January transfer window. Inter president Massimo Moratti opened communication with the Premier League club after a possible deal with AC Milan crumbled at the last minute.

Internazionale targeting the Champion's League? Not at this rate. President Massimo Moratti declared: "we have to end the season in the Champion's League places. That is an absolute must." This is quite a statement for a team who are eight points below third place Milan and ten behind leaders Juventus.

Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti is hoping that his sides recent Champions League victory over Lille will be enough to get the 2010 European winners back to winning ways in the league.

Inter have had a terrible start to the season which sees them lying only 1 point above the relegation zone in the Serie A.

During his time at Liverpool, Rafa Benitez regularly used the press to get his point across, and he was up to his old tricks again yesterday, but this time it was Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti in the firing line.Very soon after leaving Anfield, Benitez took on the poisoned chalice of Inter Milan, and lasted less than six months in the hotseat before being ignominiously fired.

Claudio Ranieri is the 4th Inter Milan's manager since the leaving of Josè Mourinho, just 16 months ago. The Portouguese manager left Inter Milan after the winning of Uefa Champions League on May 2010. From that moment the dressing room of the Italian club has welcome Rafa Benitez, Leonardo De Araujo and Gian Piero Gasperini.

Much to the relief of Inter fans everyone, the club has fired Gian Piero Gasperini, who failed to win a game while in charge of Inter. Gasperini's downfall was due to his insistence that Inter play with three defenders and five midfield players, a formation that is not suited to the Inter line-up.

On the day the Arsenal board came out swinging at Arsene Wenger's critics virtually promising a lifetime guarantee of employment, Inter's president Massimo Moratti was showing the door to Gian Paolo Gasperini after just five matches.

Today, Inter named his successor and it is Claudio Rainieri who in a twist was Jose Mourinho's predecessor at Chelsea before getting fired.

You don't need an Italian football expert to tell you Gian Piero Gasperini was off to a bad start at Inter. Even though he has lead the Nerazzurri in fewer than a half-dozen competitive matches, his team looked nothing short of horrendous in that time. It can be argued he did, in fact, deserve the pink slip handed to him this morning.

Inter Milan 2011/2012 Shirts - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Inter Milan have revealed their 2011/12 home kits. The home shirt leaks suggested the correct design of the shirt but the revealed shirt has thinner stripes.

Inter's five-year treblesome reign as the champions of Serie A came to end last season as their local rivals AC Milan took a six-point lead over them.

Following the news that evidence of former Inter President Giacinto Facchetti involved in match-fixing back in 2006 was released, newspapers all in Italy have been all over the story. Many of them claiming that Inter should give their 2006 Scudetto back. One of these newspapers was La Gazzetta dello Sport, not only one of the most popular sport dailys, but one of the most popular newspapers in general.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

DaMarcus Beasley is headed back across the Atlantic but south of the United States' border.

The United States' international has joined Mexican club Puebla, the club announced on its Twitter feed Wednesday. The move ends Beasley's brief stint with Hannover 96 in which he saw little playing time.

Inter Milan are considering a move for Liverpool midfielder Raul Meireles, according to reports in Italy.
Inter president Massimo Moratti reckons the Portugal international would fit in well at the San Siro and is keen to press ahead with an enquiry.
The 28-year-old moved to Anfield from Porto in a £13m deal last summer and enjoyed a promising first season in the Premier League, scoring five goals in 33 appearances.

I reported yesterday that Guus Hiddink has told Roman Abramovich to try and do all he can to sign Wesley Sneijder and Italian Newspaper Corriere dello Sport is reporting that Chelsea are doing just that!.
However it seems that Chelsea are offering Michael Essien and Florent Malouda as part of the deal for Sneijder!

Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has confirmed his interest in highly rated Lille winger Eden Hazard, a known target for Liverpool reports Goal.com.
The 20-year-old Belgian international has been consistently linked with a move away from the Ligue 1 side this summer.
Reds boss Kenny Dalglish is known to be in the market for wide midfield additions to strengthen his Anfield squad, and had reportedly earmarked Hazard as the man to provide more firepower for Liverpool's newfound strike partnership of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez.

President Massimo Moratti insists he still has faith...
Inter give Leonardo vote of confidence
Match report: Inter 2-5 Schalke

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola this week hinted he could leave Barcelona at the end of next season.

Guardiola has enjoyed phenomenal as Barca manager, winning 10 trophies in 2 1/2 years including the La Liga for the past two seasons and the Champions League. But he has never signed a long-term contract with Barca, preferring to work off of one-year contract extensions.

Leonardo v Benitez Comparing Inter's custodians is a post from: Just Football

by David Swan

After witnessing his team beat Lecce 1-0 and close the gap on Milan at the top of the table to two points, Internazionale president Massimo Moratti heaped praise on the his coach, Leonardo.

MILAN, Italy Inter defender Cristian Chivu has been handed a four-match ban after punching an opponent during Thursday's 3-0 victory over Bari. Chivu struck Bari's Marco Rossi in the second half but referee Andrea Romeo and his assistants missed the incident and no action was taken. After the matter was reviewed by the authorities, [.

It has been a fantastic January transfer window for the Serie A. While AC Milan signed the two Dutchmen (Mark van Bommel and Emanuelson), Inter Milan went out and did some business of their own. Leonardo got three big presents from the president Massimo Moratti: Andrea Ranocchia, Houssine Kharja, and Giampaolo Pazzini.

It has been a fantastic January transfer window for the Serie A. While AC Milan signed the two Dutchmen (Mark van Bommel and Emanuelson), Inter Milan went out and did some business of their own. Leonardo got three big presents from the president Massimo Moratti: Andrea Ranocchia, Houssine Kharja, and Giampaolo Pazzini.

The Guardian is reporting that last season's treble winners Inter Milan are set to begin a bidding war over Spurs winger Gareth Bale by offering the North Londoners £40m for his services.

In addition to paying the huge transfer sum, it is being reported that the Serie A giants will triple his current wages to £120,000 as club president Massimo Moratti is a huge admirer of the player.

Big week in Europe as the Bundesliga returned the action, Barcelona extended its unbeaten run to a club-record 28 games, while in Italy the Serie A title race got tighter.

Spain
A four-point gap has opened up at the Liga summit after Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by bottom club Almeria, while Barcelona beat Málaga 4-1.

MILAN, Italy — Inter Milan manager Leonardo says Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has helped him settle into his new job. Leonardo, who won his debut 3-1 against Napoli on Thursday, says he owes former Inter coach Mourinho "a lot of gratitude, in this initial phase he's helped me ... He's been very open with [.

MILAN, Italy Leonardo made a winning start as Internazionale manager after the Champions League holders downed Napoli 3-1 in a pulsating Serie A encounter at the San Siro. Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez departed due to a disagreement with the Inter president Massimo Moratti in the aftermath of their win in the Club World [.