Inter sack Mancini, appoint Frank de Boer as coach

Inter Milan’s Chinese new owners have sacked coach Roberto Mancini and replaced him with Dutchman Frank de Boer.

Reports said there was a contract dispute with Mancini and that the Chinese owners, the Suning group, were furious after Inter lost 6-1 to Tottenham Hotspur in a friendly in Oslo on Thursday.

Mancini has been coach for two years and is under contract until 2017.

De Boer left Ajax Amsterdam at the end of last season.