Agent: Mancini leaving Inter, Mourinho in

(CNN) -- Title-winning coach Roberto Mancini has been sacked by Inter Milan according to his agent, who also claimed that former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is poised to take over at the San Siro.

Mancini, who is ironically now considered to be one of the frontrunners for the vacant Chelsea job, held a short meeting with Inter president Massimo Moratti on Tuesday night.

Afterwards, his agent Giorgio De Giorgis indicated that the 43-year-old former Italy international would be leaving the club less than two weeks after guiding the Nerazzuri to a third successive Serie A title. Inter have made no official announcement on the situation.

"Roberto never expected it to end like this," De Giorgis told Sportitalia television. "As an outsider, I could rationally understand that something was not right, but that is the way things have gone.

"Roberto is very disappointed also because he has not yet finished his job -- he wanted to try and win even more league titles, and maybe even the Champions League.

"Now Mourinho will arrive and he has only got to repeat what has happened in the last few years. Roberto is now considering making a statement to avoid gossip and it should be a statement praising the president and those who worked with him.

"Certainly he is shocked and has taken it badly. I have spoken with him and he sounded quite down, but tomorrow will be even worse."

Mourinho has been out of work since departing Stamford Bridge in September last year following a fallout with billionaire club owner Roman Abramovich.

The Portuguese self-anointed "Special One" was first linked with Inter in March after Mancini tendered his resignation following the club's Champions League elimination by Liverpool.

Mancini quickly reversed his decision after talks with Moratti, but his future has been the subject of much speculation ever since.

"After the Liverpool game, there was tension and maybe Roberto could have avoided it, but the president knows him well and when he apologizes, he does so because he realizes he has done wrong,' De Giorgis told Sportitalia.

"Roberto has a great quality of being a good person so he has never given his availability to anybody else and has always done his job. These last three months have been very testing and the press have not been fair towards Inter.

'The club maybe let things get carried away, destabilizing the atmosphere with all this gossip. But he always felt a lot for Inter and to try and lift him, I told him that maybe he will now be able to get back the 10 years he has lost while in Milan.

"He thought he would have a month of holiday now before returning to Inter and continuing to win. Maybe now it will be a bit longer, but I hope somebody calls him [with an offer] as early as tomorrow because it is never good to be out of work as a coach."

Mancini has long been considered one of Abramovich's top targets, along with outgoing Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard.

Avram Grant was sacked last weekend following Chelsea's penalty shootout defeat by Manchester United in the Champions League final, with the club also finishing runners-up in the Premier League and the League Cup.

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