As the football giant risks missing out on a third World Cup in a row, they will do everything they can to save the former world champion.
The Italian Football Federation recently dismissed Luciano Spalletti, and his place will be taken by Gennaro Gattuso, a born winner as a player, but also a man who has not had much success as a coach.
This news was published by "Gazeta delo Sport", with the claim that official confirmation is expected soon.
"Gattuso will be the new coach of the Italian national team. The word 'certain' is not used yet, because from Spalletti to Stefano Pioli to Claudio Ranieri, little has really been 'certain'. But it seems the job is done. Consultations have entered a crucial phase," wrote "Gazzetta".
The famous Milan-based newspaper adds that the president of the Italian Football Federation, Gabriele Gravina, has spoken to Gattuso on the phone several times, and that views, ideas, names and plans have been exchanged.
Gattuso will receive a one-year contract during which he will have to overcome Norway in the qualifiers (which Italy recently defeated 3-0) or at least win a play-off for the 2026 World Cup.
At the center of everything, as "Gazeta" adds, is the project of a new Italy.
A project that relies on a team made up of the symbols of the "azure" - Gianluigi Buffon, Gattuso, Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli.
As a coach, Gattuso has led Milan, Napoli, Marseille, Valencia, among others, while his last job was recently at Hajduk Split. In Croatia, he looked after the champions Rijeka, our Radomir Đalović and Dinamo.
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