After Guardiola’s ‘no’, in Italy they point to Pirlo as coach

Today it has been known that the main objective of Paolo Maldinitechnical director of the Italian national team, Pep Guardiolawould have refused to lead the national bench for a more personal than salary issue. The Catalan wants to take a year off to be with his family after 10 hectic years in England and that is why he would have said ‘no’ to the Italians.

Within the framework of this active search for a coach, another name that had been contacted is that of Carlo Ancelottithis is how the former central defender explained it yesterday Milan at a press conference. However, it was expected to be very complicated since the one who was coach of the real Madridrecently renewed with the Brazilian team and would like to fulfill his contract by adding the experience of the Copa América and the 2030 World Cup. In addition, the high salary he has in the ‘Seleçao’ would be difficult to match for the budget set by the Italian Federation.

Various Italian media are already pointing to who will be the next coach: Andrea Pirlo. The former player of AC Milan and Juventuswas by no means the first option of the FIGC (Italian Football Federation), but they positively value someone who shares the game and the football philosophy of the new management. In that sense, Pirlo It is the perfect name being a young profile and inclined towards modern football, compared to more experienced profiles that were also being considered as conte either Mancini.

However, the former Italian captain’s coaching career is far from what he was as a footballer. After a brief stint in the lower categories of the Juventuswithout directing a single game, made his professional debut directly in the first team of the Turin team in 2020. After directing 52 games and winning two titles, after two years he went to Fatih Karagümrük Turkish where he was less than a year. He returned to Serie A for a year directing the Sampdoriato finally head towards the United FC from the United Arab Emirates, a club he continues to coach currently.

Without a doubt, this will be the biggest challenge in his coaching career. Not only because of his discreet career, but because bringing Italian football back to life after not playing in the last 3 World Cups is not an easy task. As reported La Gazzetta dello Sporthe would also have contacted the man who was his teammate in the Italian National Team and in Juventus, the legendary goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon, to have an important role in the coaching staff of this new reconstruction, but he would have rejected it since he considers that it is not the right time to return.