Italy CT Luciano Spalletti has already met several Serie A coaches, including Massimiliano Allegri, Stefano Pioli and Gian Piero Gasperini and will soon visit José Mourinho, Simone Inzaghi, Maurizio Sarri and Vincenzo Italiano.
The former Napoli boss is using his time between the September and October break to meet Serie A coaches and speak to Italian players. He was in Turin earlier this week when he reunited with ex-Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli and Massimiliano Allegri.
He had also met Milan coach Pioli during the September break when Italy prepared for the game against Ukraine at Milanello. The Azzurri CT visited Torino and Atalanta‘s training grounds too.
As reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Spalletti’s next meetings have already been scheduled. He will visit Fiorentina, Inter, Roma and Lazio, talking to Vincenzo Italiano, Simone Inzaghi, José Mourinho and Maurizio Sarri.
Spalletti has reiterated that he wants to build a ‘positive’ environment with Serie A clubs.
According to Gazzetta, won’t call up more than 26-28 players, plus a group of a maximum of ten footballers who won’t train at Coverciano, but will be available if needed.
Spalletti also agreed to send Gianluca Mancini, Matteo Politano and Federico Chiesa back to their clubs during the September break to show his goodwill towards Italian clubs and will continue to work on the relationship with Serie A coaches, players and teams across the next few months.
I wonder if he’ll be meeting with Napoli!