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LONDON. — Antonio Conte has left Inter Milan after winning the Italian Serie A title, Zinedine Zidane resigned from Real Madrid.
Juventus have fired Andre Pirlo and Tottenham have sounded out Paris St-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Winning the French Ligue 1 title couldn’t keep Christophe Galtier at Lille, Hansi Flick’s departure from Bayern Munich triggered a domino effect in Germany.
The dust has barely settled on the 2020-21 campaign, but already we’ve seen an unprecedented number of top managers on the move.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the finances of football clubs, with Europe’s top 32 clubs seeing 6.1bn euros (£5.27bn) wiped off their value since February 2020, according to business services group KPMG.
Flick’s departure from Bayern led to a series of changes, including Julian Nagelsmann replacing him and Jesse Marsch joining RB Leipzig.
It has been a similar story across Italy, Spain, England and France since.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, German football journalist Raphael Honigstein said: “The common theme that links these resignations is, during Covid-19, we have seen much more internal arguments about money.
“A lot of these coaches have walked out because, rather than having another job lined up, they’ve had enough.”
“There’s an extreme situation here that is very different to what usually happens in an off-season, especially at those big clubs. We don’t see big coaches walking away in these numbers. Flick went after a huge disagreement over transfers.” –BBC Sport.
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