Mou defends Ferrara
Inter boss Jose Mourinho has defended Ciro Ferrara ahead of their meeting in tomorrow night's Coppa Italia Quarter-Final.
Ferrara is expected to get the sack relatively soon after the game no matter what the result with speculation increasing with regard to his replacement.
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is being linked with a move to Turin but only in the summer, while Claudio Gentile, the Juventus legend and former Italy Under-21s Coach, arrived at the club's offices this morning for a meeting with Roberto Bettega, the club's vice-general manager.
Speaking at a Press Conference, Mourinho said: “In Italy a Coach who starts the season on the bench and finishes it there is not a Coach, but a hero.
“If I look at how many Coaches are still on the same bench since my arrival here, I count a maximum five or six - Gasperini, Prandelli, Allegri and perhaps I forget one or two, and this is absolutely incredible.
“It's not an Italian Coach's fault if he is great and of quality. Perhaps there is too much money in football and the clubs have the cash to pay many different Coaches.
“Every Coach goes through good and bad moments - others go through even more difficult ones, and right now Ferrara isn't going through an easy situation.”
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