Marcello Lippi fumes at the regulation that kept him from joining the Azzurri: 'It's bonkers!'
The veteran Coach had been asked to return to the Nazionale as technical director, as part of a program of renewal started by president Carlo Tavecchio.
Unfortunately this role would have clashed with that of Lippi's son Davide, who operates as a football agent. According to the FIGC's rules, this counts as grounds for a conflict of interest.
Marcello Lippi fumes at the regulation that kept him from joining the Azzurri: 'It's bonkers!'
The veteran Coach had been asked to return to the Nazionale as technical director, as part of a program of renewal started by president Carlo Tavecchio.
Unfortunately this role would have clashed with that of Lippi's son Davide, who operates as a football agent. According to the FIGC's rules, this counts as grounds for a conflict of interest.
“I had already signed a pre-contract, we were just waiting for Giampiero Ventura's appointment to be made official,” Lippi told La Domenica Sportiva.
“I'd been working for a couple of months and I'd spoken with the various candidates to the Azzurri bench, such as Vincenzo Montella.
“On the day of Ventura's presentation, the president and director general of the FIGC informed me that a rule on football agents had been modified one-and-a-half years ago.
“A regulation was created to prevent an agent from working if he has any relatives within the federation. It's completely bonkers!
“They told me they were going to modify that rule, but I didn't want them to. I won't have any rules made to favour me.”