Inter Milan president Erick Thohir has backed Roberto Mancini to turn around the club's fortunes after a difficult season.

Inter Milan's 3-1 away defeat to Sassuolo this weekend was a low point in Roberto Mancini's second spell at the club. The match, the tempo, the substitutions and the post-match incidents all left room for even more questions to be asked about this team. Despite that reality, Mancini has brought improvement as the club approach a crossroads, and Coppa Italia success starting with Napoli on Wednesday, now becomes essential.

Napoli

Internazionale

7:45 PM GMT

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Santon's only appearance for Newcastle this season was in the FA Cup defeat to Leicester.

Davide Santon has denied that he turned down an approach from Inter Milan and was forced to accept by Newcastle United, saying he had just needed a bit of time to consider their offer on transfer deadline day.
Santon, 24, completed his return on Monday to the club where Jose Mourinho launched his career, but his girlfriend suggested via Twitter that Newcastle had forced the Italian full-back to leave on deadline day against his own wishes.
In a series of tweets which were subsequently removed, but…
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Davide Santon signed for Newcastle for a reported fee of five million pounds.

Inter Milan have confirmed they have re-signed Davide Santon from Newcastle United on transfer deadline day.
Santon joined Newcastle from Inter in 2011 and has since made 76 league starts for the Tyneside club.

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This season, however, he has made just one appearance for Newcastle, and the 24-year-old has now completed a move back to Italy.
Santon returns to Inter in a loan move with the option of making the deal permanent.
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The girlfriend of Davide Santon, Chloe Sanderson, has reportedly claimed that Newcastle United forced the defender to leave this winter and return to Inter Milan.
Sources told ESPN FC on Sunday that Santon, 24, was set to fly out on Monday for a medical before finalising his six-month loan to the San Siro. and the defender arrived back in Italy on Monday morning ahead of a move to the club where his career was launched by Jose Mourinho.
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Inter Milan president Erick Thohir has backed Roberto Mancini to turn around the club's fortunes after a difficult season.

Mauro Icardi has said sorry after he insulted a group of angry Inter Milan fans following the Nerazzurri's 3-1 defeat at Sassuolo on Sunday.

Inter captain Andrea Ranocchia struggled to lead Icardi and Fredy Guarin away when the fans threw their shirts back at them in the aftermath of another setback.
"You're pieces of s—," Icardi yelled at the fans. "You're all pieces of s—."
After ushering the players back to the dressing room, Ranocchia convinced Icardi to apologise, according to La Gazzetta…
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Roberto Mancini's struggling side suffered a 3-1 defeat against Sassuolo to drop 14th place in the Serie A table.

Newcastle United defender Davide Santon is set to join former club Inter Milan on loan until the end of the season.
Sources told ESPN FC on Sunday that Santon was set to fly out to Italy on Monday for a medical before finalising his six-month loan to the San Siro, and the defender confirmed on his Facebook page on Monday morning that he was set to return.

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Roberto Mancini's struggling side suffered a 3-1 defeat against Sassuolo to drop 14th place in the Serie A table.
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Sassuolo

Internazionale

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Sassuolo climbed above Inter Milan in the Serie A standings with a 3-1 win over Roberto Mancini's men on Sunday.
Simone Zaza and Nicola Sansone established a two-goal lead in a one-sided first half and although Mauri Icardi pulled a goal back in an improved second-half performance from Inter, a Domenico Berardi penalty sealed Sassuolo's victory.
Both teams ended the game with 10 men with Sansone and Isaac Donkor sent off, but the greater damage for Inter was their second straight Serie A defeat.
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Sassuolo

Internazionale

11:30 AM GMT

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Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini wants his side to show more focus after conceding a last-gasp goal against Torino.Last Sunday's 1-0 home defeat to Toro dropped Inter to 10th place heading into Sunday's game at Sassuolo.Mancini is frustrated that his players lacked the discipline to defend the last corner kick of the game that allowed Toro defender Emiliano Moretti to head home the winner.“The defensive distraction shown by my players at Torino cannot happen again,'' Mancini told Italian newspaper…
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Inter Milan's President Erick Thohir has backed Roberto Mancini to turn around the club's fortunes after a difficult season.

Inter went down by a last minute goal against Torino last weekend in a game they dominated. Manager Roberto Mancini has only won twice in nine games with his team, but this weekend they face Sassuolo. This is a fixture in which the Nerazzurri have enjoyed a lot of success over the past two seasons. Will the new Inter coach follow in the footsteps of predecessor Walter Mazzarri and decimate the underdogs, or will this prove another tough task?

On the face of it, this game suggests that is the perfect…
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