Alessandro Costacurta admits he wants Chelsea manager Antonio Conte for Italy CT – “among the potential candidates, he’d be best”.
The former Milan defender has been appointed as sub-commissioner of the FIGC, and part of his role is finding a replacement for Giampiero Ventura.
Luigi Di Biagio is in caretaker charge, while other candidates include Carlo Ancelotti, Claudio Ranieri and Roberto Mancini.
However, Costacurta wants to see Conte return to the role.
Alessandro Costacurta admits he wants Chelsea manager Antonio Conte for Italy CT – “among the potential candidates, he’d be best”.
The former Milan defender has been appointed as sub-commissioner of the FIGC, and part of his role is finding a replacement for Giampiero Ventura.
Luigi Di Biagio is in caretaker charge, while other candidates include Carlo Ancelotti, Claudio Ranieri and Roberto Mancini.
However, Costacurta wants to see Conte return to the role.
“Among the potential candidates, he’s the one who, for me, would be best,” the former centre-back, capped 59 times by the Azzurri, told Gazzetta dello Sport from Bratislava.
“I’ll definitely hear from him in a couple of months. I have not chosen yet, but I think that the one who could do best is Conte.
“Conte has already shown that he can be CT, we saw that at the European Championships. That’s not the case for the others.
“That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be comfortable with Mancini, or with Ancelotti, but he seems to have taken himself out of it.
“It’s the same for Ranieri who had a difficult time with Greece, but then came out of it stronger and want to Leicester.
“I’m looking for a Coach, not a selector. That means I wouldn’t overlook Coaches in the league: [Gian Piero] Gasperini and [Marco] Giampaolo [of Atalanta and Sampdoria respectively] would do well.
“I’ll tell you right away that I won’t contact [Milan Coach Rino] Gattuso. It would be a little too early.
“I’m sure he’ll be CT in a few years because he has everything: character, grit. I really like him, but choosing him now would be bad for him.
“He’s proven himself to have quality and a way of working, but I’m looking for a Coach who has developed more knowledge and has more experience on high-level benches.”