Inter Milan have sacked coach Gian Piero Gasperini after just five matches and three months in charge. The ex-Genoa boss, 53, lost four games, taking just a point from Roma, and his side sit 17th in Italy�s Serie A.
His last match was a disastrous 3-1 defeat on Tuesday by Novara, who were only promoted last season.
Inter also lost 1-0 to Trabzonspor at the San Siro in the Champions League and were beaten by AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup in August.
Gasperini was a replacement for Leonardo, who is now at Paris Saint-Germain. A statement from Inter read: �Inter announces that today�s training session has been carried out by Daniele Bernazzani and Giuseppe Baresi.
�The club wishes to thank Gian Piero Gasperini for the effort shown during his tenure and manifests its true disappointment for the interruption of the relationship with the coach.�
Gasperini told Inter Milan�s official website: �In the end, the results are the ones that determine everything. I am very disappointed. It�s a pity that our relationship had to be interrupted.�
Inter president Massimo Moratti questioned Gasperini after the defeat at Novara. He said: �When you lose in the manner that we did against Novara, there is nothing positive to take from that.
�Gasperini did not seem to be in control.� After that, Gasperini hit back: �Moratti has declared that I don�t have the support of the players. �The rapport with the group is optimum. If the problem is the coach, then it has an easy solution.
�If, instead, as I believe, the problem is another one, then we must resolve it through work.�
Inter have yet to announce who will replace Gasperini. They travel to Bologna on Saturday before taking on CSKA Moscow in Russia in the Champions League four days later.
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