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In the summer of 2009 Inter put foundation to maybe the greatest single season of its history: after have signed [[Diego Milito]] and [[Thiago Motta]] from [[Genoa Cricket and Football Club|Genoa]], [[Lúcio]] from Bayern Munich, the club agreed to sell Ibrahimovic to Barcelona in change for [[Samuel Eto'o]] plus 49 milions euros.
The transfer session ended with the sign of [[Wesley Sneijder]] from Real Madrid in the last days of August.
Inter won the [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|2009–10 Champions League]], defeating in round of 16 Ancelotti's Chelsea, [[PFC CSKA Moscow|Cska Moscow]] and reigning champions Barcelona in the semi-final, before beating [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 2–0 in the final, with two goals from [[Diego Milito]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8697017.stm|title=Bayern Munich 0–2 Inter Milan|date=22 May 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524102843/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8697017.stm|archive-date=24 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Inter also won the [[2009–10 Serie A]] title by two points over Roma, and the [[2010 Coppa Italia Final|2010 Coppa Italia]] by defeating the same side 1–0 in the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8685518.stm|title=Jose Mourinho's Treble-chasing Inter Milan win Serie A|date=16 May 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521000441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8685518.stm|archive-date=21 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> This made Inter the first and only Italian team to win the [[Treble (association football)|treble]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Lawrence |title=Trebles all round to celebrate rarity becoming routine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/may/22/bayern-munich-inter-treble-bid |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media |date=22 May 2010 |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106151531/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/may/22/bayern-munich-inter-treble-bid |url-status=live }}</ref> At the end of the season, Mourinho left the club to manage Real Madrid;<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8708315.stm | work=BBC Sport | title=Mourinho unveiled as boss of Real | date=31 May 2010 | access-date=30 May 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112103819/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8708315.stm | archive-date=12 January 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> he was replaced by [[Rafael Benítez]].
 
On 21 August 2010, Inter defeated Roma 3–1 and won the [[2010 Supercoppa Italiana]], their fourth trophy of the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=816536&sec=europe&cc=5739|title=Benitez begins Inter reign with Supercoppa triumph|date=21 August 2010|publisher=[[ESPN FC]]|access-date=23 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824022833/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=816536&sec=europe&cc=5739|archive-date=24 August 2010}}</ref> In December 2010, they claimed the [[2010 FIFA Club World Cup|FIFA Club World Cup]] for the first time after a 3–0 win against [[TP Mazembe|Mazembe]] in [[2010 FIFA Club World Cup final|the final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=309865&cc=5739 |title=TP Mazembe 0–3 Internazionale |date=18 December 2010 |work=ESPN Soccernet |access-date=18 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222001421/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=309865&cc=5739 |archive-date=22 December 2010 }}</ref> However, after this win, on 23 December 2010, due to their declining performance in Serie A, the club fired Benítez.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35392&L=en|title=Inter and Benitez separate by mutual agreement|date=23 December 2010|website=inter.it|access-date=24 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226114327/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35392&L=en|archive-date=26 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Leonardo Araújo|Leonardo]] the following day.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35398&L=en|title=Welcome Leonardo! Inter's new coach|date=24 December 2010|work=inter.it|access-date=24 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227010805/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=35398&L=en|archive-date=27 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>