Spalletti confirmed as new Inter Milan coach

Football Soccer - AS Roma news conference - UEFA Europa League - Stade de Lyon - Decines, France - 8/3/2017 - AS Roma's coach Luciano Spalletti attends a news conference. REUTERS/Robert Pratta/File Photo

MILAN (Reuters) - Inter Milan confirmed on Friday that they had hired Luciano Spalletti as their new coach.

A club statement said the 58-year-old, who led AS Roma to second place in Serie A this season, had signed a two-year contract and would be officially presented on Wednesday.

(Writing by Brian Homewood in Lausanne; editing by Mark Heinrich)