The FIGC will continue in their attempts to convince Claudio Ranieri to take on the job of Italy national team head coach after the departure of Luciano Spalletti, despite his desire to continue working in his new role with Roma.
The Italy national team are in need of a new head coach following the announcement that Spalletti will leave his post after the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Moldova on Monday night.
The Nazionale need a new CT to guide the team through the complicated World Cup qualification process, and ideally into the final tournament in North America taking place in the summer of 2026.
Initial reports claim that Ranieri and former Milan Scudetto winner Stefano Pioli are the first-choice candidates to take over from Spalletti.
Reports in Italy claim that Pioli is the more viable option, but that Spalletti is the first choice of FIGC President Gabriele Gravina.
Italy want Ranieri to replace Spalletti as CT
Ranieri has just finished his duties as interim head coach of Roma, having taken over from Ivan Juric at the Stadio Olimpico on a short-term contract penned in November.
The Giallorossi confirmed on Saturday that Ranieri will serve as ‘a director and senior advisor to the ownership’ now that his temporary duties as head coach are complete.
Reports on Sunday claim that Ranieri is keen to continue in his new role with Roma, despite being on the shortlist for the Italy national team job.
However, according to updates from Gianluca Di Marzio, the FIGC will continue in their attempts to convince Ranieri to take over as CT.
This is not solely on Spalletti. The players are also to blame. I’d take Gattuso who would have no problems motivating and kicking butt for the shirt.
I agree. Gattuso or Conte.
Gattuso is a disaster he is to much of a hot head . Conte would be ideal for motivating
Ranieri is the best option. Mancini has had his time and already failed last time, bad idea. Pioli would be a risky choice, wouldn’t make sense at this point. All the others lack necessary the experience.
It’s a broken system from the youth sector up, there is no one viable with balls right now to fix this as your don’t have the talent to support. And stop deleting my posts, cornutti!!
This is soley on Spaletti for kept using Di lorenzo, Bastioni, and Raspadori, Everytime Spaletti started them Italy lost.
His heart is bigger than the whole current team. Desire and heart is what’s needed, not another savior tactician.
Bruno, they’ve been placing top of the youth tournaments for years. So you’re wrong. They need a coach who can build a system around the talent rather than one who puts square pegs into round holes. Ranieri. Thank you.
They need to make the law that all
Teams need to field at least 5 Italians at all times in the series A. The big teams often field 11 foreign players. The rest of the teams can be much the same. How are they going to develop big time players when they are not exposed to the pressure of big games and the experience of playing the best teams internationally at the club level.