1982 World Cup winner Franco Causio believes Italy’s national team head coach Luciano Spalletti should have tendered his resignation after the disappointment of EURO 2024 this summer.
Causio calls for Spalletti resignation
“If I’m honest, if I were Spalletti, I would have gone to Gravina first and then to the press to resign,” the former Juventus winger said in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport published on Saturday.
The former Napoli coach has been in the job for little under a year now, but was unable to get the team firing in time for the EUROs this summer.
Though the Azzurri scraped through the groups, largely thanks to a 98th minute intervention from Mattia Zaccagni against Croatia, they were eventually knocked out after a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in the round of 16 in Berlin.
FIGC President Gravina gave Spalletti his public backing in a press conference immediately after Italy’s exit from the EUROs, but many back at home feel that there should be another change in the managerial hotseat.
Causio knows exactly who he would like to replace Spalletti as head coach of the Italy national team.
“The one I mentioned before, Max Allegri,” he said when asked who he thinks should take charge of the national team.