Gennaro Gattuso appeared as the highest candidate, who took over the Italian national team after Luciana Spalletti. In the middle of swirling rumors and rejected offers – including one of the Claudio Ranieri – it now seems that the former midfielder AC Milan and the World Cup winner from 2006 is the preferred choice to lead Azzurri forward.
According to SPORTITALIA reports, Gattuso recently met with key characters from the Italian football Federation (FigC), including the national team delegate Gianluigi Buffon and President Figc Gabriele Gravin, during interviews organized in Rome. The decision comes after Stefano Pioli and Claudio Ranieri refused to take over the role.
Gattuso’s Coaching RSum contains short points across different clubs, but his standout success remains Napoli’s triumph Coppa Italia in the 2019-20 season, where they walked around Juventus in a penalty to lift the trophy – so far the only managerial silver.
Currently, the former AC Milan, Napoli and Marseille manager Marseille leads a narrower list of applicants, which also includes several of his former teammates. This position is also considered Fabio Cannavaro, who previously managed clubs in China, and Daniele de Rossi, who had a short charm at the head of As Roma.
Former boss Azzuri, Luciano Spalletti, The national team took over in August 2023 after Robert Mancini’s sharp departure. The expectations were high due to the campaign of Spalletti’s Serie and with Napoli, but the Italian results under his leadership did not meet the brand. Their EURO 2024 campaign ended in disappointment with bike 16 departure from the hands of Switzerland – the team managed only one victory in the whole tournament.
To make matters worse, the recent qualifying form of Italy threw itself at the historical minimum. Azzurri has now left three direct qualifications without finding the back of the network-for the worst team. Their last trip, crushed collapse of the first half against Norway, where they admitted three unanswered goals, only intensified the urgency of change, while the automatic qualifications now hang in balance.
Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
14 June 2025
