Soon after leading Inter Milan to their first Serie A title in 11 years, manager Antonio Conte has parted company with the Italian champions, the club confirmed on Wednesday.

“FC Internazionale Milano can confirm that an agreement has been reached with Antonio Conte for the termination of his contract by mutual consent,” the Chinese-owned club said in a statement, AFP reported.

Inter will pay around 7 million euros to Antonio Conte to part ways immediately, according to sports journalist Fabrizio Romano. He further said, Inter are on the hunt for a new manager and Simone Inzaghi and Massimiliano Allegri are on top of the list.

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After a successful stint with Chelsea, Conte took over in May 2019 on a three-year contract worth a reported 12 million euros ($14 million) a season.

“The club would like to thank Antonio for the extraordinary work that he has done, culminating in Inter’s 19th top-flight title. Antonio Conte will forever remain a part of our club’s history.”

Inter registered losses of 100 million euros ($122 million) last season mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Since then the 51-year-old Italian has been at loggerheads with the cash-strapped club’s owners, the Suning Group, over planned cost-cutting which would prevent him from building the team he wants to challenge at home and in Europe.

The Suning Group shut down their Chinese club Jiangsu FC in February months after it won the Chinese Super League title.

Five days ago, Inter secured a cash injection worth 275 million euros with US investment firm Oaktree, in the form of a loan reported to be over three years.

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Suning wants to save as much as possible both on the purchase of new players and salaries, as well as potentially selling those with the highest value, an approach that Conte believes incompatible with the club’s desire to play at the highest level in Europe.

His departure had also been heralded last summer after the club’s Europa League final defeat to Sevilla and a second-place finish in the league behind Juventus.

Conte had blamed the club’s lack of investment on their failure to challenge this season in the Champions League, in which they have crashed out in the group stage in each of the last three seasons.