What if Andrea Pirlo is out? Incredible but true, or plausible: according to *Gazzetta dello Sport*, at the top levels of the Figc they are already evaluating names for the **National team** bench. Incredible, because Pirlo hasn’t even signed the coach’s contract yet, which according to rumors would tie him to the National team until 2030, the year of the World Cup, for **1.5 million euros** net per year.
True, or plausible: because the doubts about the coaching qualities of the 47-year-old from Brescia, a phenomenal mind as a player for Milan and Juventus, were many ever since **Paolo Maldini** had chosen him after the painful and heavy rejections from **Pep Guardiola** and **Carlo Ancelotti**, preferring him even over two Italian big names, two “safe bets” like **Roberto Mancini** (who led Italy in the victorious European Championship in 2021, before the World Cup playoffs lost in 2022 against North Macedonia and his move to Arabia in summer 2023) and **Antonio Conte** (coach for a two-year period, between 2014 and 2016, reaching the quarter-finals at the Euros). Not by chance, the behind-the-scenes reports describe a furious Mancini (who relied heavily on his big sponsor, federal president **Giovanni Malagò**) and a bitter Conte (supported by **Lega Serie A**).
Andrea Pirlo, National team coach, who rooted against him: it starts off very badly
For certain at the moment there are only the figures: a contract of 1.5 million per year until 2030, to which will be added…
For Pirlo, however, it’s raining on wet ground: to the technical skepticism is now added the furious political controversy over his role as testimonial for the important Russian betting agency **Fonbet**. A link with Moscow that has made him indigestible to a large part of the Italian center-left. And this very thing could convince Malagò to take advantage and backtrack. A big blow also for technical director Maldini, a great friend of Pirlo. A side note, but not too much: their two sons, Christian Maldini and Nicolò Pirlo, are both collaborators for two important agencies of agents, and this issue of opportunity, many are suggesting, would be the classic last straw.
Andrea Pirlo and Maldini, “the role of the sons”: new earthquake in the National team, is everything off?
It’s raining on wet ground for Andrea Pirlo, the almost new coach of the National team who now, truly, risks a lot. And with him now trembles p…
Indeed, but what would be done in that case? It’s difficult to go back on bended knee to Mancini and Conte, who were snubbed for days. So here’s the third way: Maldini, his advisor **Leonardo**, and Malagò would be forced to look around and pick from the not-too-large pool of available coaches. On the table, according to *Gazzetta dello Sport*, there would be two names. The first is **Stefano Pioli**, who with Maldini won the **2022 Scudetto** with **Milan** (but whom Paolo then wanted to replace with Pirlo, the reason for a rather traumatic divorce). The second is **Raffaele Palladino**, excellent with Monza, good with Fiorentina, decent with Atalanta. His profile is perhaps the most similar to Pirlo’s: young, modern, “malleable”. Will it be enough?
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There’s a phrase attributed to Andrea Pirlo, a passage at the end of the Corriere della Sera’s behind-the-scenes report, which…
