Alessandro Del Piero feels “ready to become a Coach. I learned from Marcello Lippi, Fabio Capello and Carlo Ancelotti.”
The former Juventus legend hung up his boots after experiences in Australia and India, then spent time this summer as a pundit on Sky Sport Italia.
“I will admit, I do now feel ready to become a Coach,” he told the Corriere dello Sport newspaper.
“It’s an intriguing option that I am now evaluating. If you’d asked me three years ago, I would’ve said no, but things are different now.
Alessandro Del Piero feels “ready to become a Coach. I learned from Marcello Lippi, Fabio Capello and Carlo Ancelotti.”
The former Juventus legend hung up his boots after experiences in Australia and India, then spent time this summer as a pundit on Sky Sport Italia.
“I will admit, I do now feel ready to become a Coach,” he told the Corriere dello Sport newspaper.
“It’s an intriguing option that I am now evaluating. If you’d asked me three years ago, I would’ve said no, but things are different now.
“This is such a complex job that allows you to experience football with a vision. I want to make it clear that I haven’t signed up for any course yet.
“I worked for a long time with three greats, so learned from Lippi, Capello and Ancelotti. I realised by working with them that a squad is guided with humility, intelligence and infinite patience.”
Many of his former teammates are already tacticians in Serie A, including Fiorentina's Paulo Sousa.
"I'm happy to see him up there at the top of the table. He was always a really intelligent guy."
Del Piero also cast his eye back on his Juventus career and the decision to stay with them even after Calciopoli, demotion to Serie B and winning the World Cup in the same summer.
“My career at Juve was magical. Perhaps the most important shirts I kept are from the first victories, as those were special. Although now that I think about it, Serie B, the fall and the rebirth with the Scudetto were key moments too.
“In 2006 it would’ve been frankly difficult not to stay. I was the captain of Juventus, I was its number one fan. Juve had given me so much.
“John Elkann called and I said he could count on me. I didn’t think twice, nor do I have any regrets.”
Del Piero did eventually leave Turin in 2012 during Scudetto celebrations with an emotional farewell.
“It had been a very difficult year for me, as I played few games, but still scored some decisive goals. When I went off in the second half, I felt a lump in my throat.
“I can remember few words from that moment, but everything seemed to stop: opponents, the referee, my teammates.”
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