“I expect to give the name of a third figure by the end of the week. Don’t start throwing out names. This person will be responsible for managing the national teams, the role that was held by Gigi Riva and Gigi Buffon. Let’s call it a supervision of the coordination of the youth national teams, currently coordinated by Viscidi, who remains with us.” Announcing this – at the end of the press conference during which Roberto Mancini’s return to the National Team bench was officialized and Claudio Ranieri’s arrival as technical director (the role left vacant by Paolo Maldini) – was Giovanni Malagò.
“Why did I choose Mancini over Conte? Conte is a coach with a history that speaks for itself. I have a very good relationship with him, but here someone keeps thinking differently from today’s reality, which is not yesterday’s reality. Today there is a coach and a president of Club Italia, the reason why the paths with Maldini and Leonardo separated is precisely this. The idea has always been Mancini and Ranieri.” Malagò added, regarding the positions of Conte and Chiellini.
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“Roberto Mancini is the head coach of the national team. Time was tight and I believed that the right person as head coach …
“Conte – he continued – could definitely have been a candidate for the coach, Zola can certainly be a name that fits the choice of the third subject. Chiellini? One of the points on which I was very clear talking with Paolo and Leo is that out of respect for clubs that nominated and supported me, I do not go to take people who work in Serie A clubs. On this premise, there could have been other coaches or technical directors, even big names that I never considered.”
These are instead the words of the FIGC president regarding the resignation of the former Rossoneri captain: “I can only thank Maldini and Leonardo, I spent more time in videoconference with them than with anyone else in the last 15 days. They were gentlemen, they were straightforward and honest about their position. My position was equally straightforward.”
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