The credits are ready to roll on the 2025/2026 season, still 90 minutes to play and then it will be time to stop. A year that was extraordinary for Inter, which started on an uphill climb but which ended in the best possible way with a historic double that will remain forever in the club's annals. A real triumph in which the Nerazzurri coach played a fundamental role. That coach in whom few, very few believed and instead made the difference and brought the Beneamata back to where it should be: higher than everyone. It is the championship of the team and the fans, of course, but it is also and above all that of Cristian Chivu.
Chivu rinnovo
Caschetto had no fear of taking over a team that, for most, seemed to be in disarray, he as well as the club had the courage to focus on a novice but no naive figure. In Viale Liberazione they put their trust in him from the first moment and he repaid it in the best way by winning not one but two titles together with his boys with whom he created great empathy. Chivu was able to strike the right chords and revive a group that for many needed to be refounded and rebuilt. And it is precisely because of all the qualities he has demonstrated that the management has decided not to waste time and instead to reward him and lock him down: the renewal with adjustment (3.5 million) arrives for the Romanian coach.
In Viale della Liberazione si pensa già al domani
Inter has therefore chosen not to waste time and to start again immediately, starting by laying the foundations for next season and for the future. Yes, because in Viale della Liberazione we are already thinking about tomorrow. Coach and club met in a long meeting, lasting around three and a half hours, to discuss the contract renewal but also all the issues related to the team: who is leaving, who is staying and who can arrive. The coach would have asked for an attacking midfielder and a physical midfielder to strengthen the squad for next season where the Nerazzurri will have the arduous task of repeating themselves and if possible surpassing themselves. This will certainly be the great test for Chivu and his men but the coach is also ready because, as he himself declared, the best championship is always the next one.
Grandi incertezze
And if Inter protect themselves, move forward, work, plan for next season, the other great rivals are in a moment of great fog, total chaos. The only certain thing to date is Napoli's arithmetic qualification for the next Champions League but for the rest there is immense confusion, the picture remains to be defined. Uncertainty reigns on every level.
Milan, Juventus, Roma and Como are still playing for their final seasonal goals while very heavy questions remain in the background: coaches in the balance, clubs called upon to make delicate decisions, technical programs still to be built. Elsewhere we navigate by sight, but Inter have already chosen their direction, the path to follow. And this is precisely the real difference today between the Nerazzurri and the rest of Serie A.