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Italy manager Gennaro Gattuso near his relation by communal consent connected Friday (April 3, 2026), 3 days aft the national squad failed to suffice for a 3rd consecutive World Cup.
The Italian shot federation announced the quality successful a connection thanking Gattuso “for the dedication and passion” during his 9 months successful charge.
Italy’s chances of reaching this year’s tourney successful North America ended connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) aft a punishment shootout nonaccomplishment to Bosnia and Herzegovina successful a qualifying playoff.
“With symptom successful my heart, not having achieved the extremity we had acceptable ourselves, I see my acquisition connected the nationalist squad seat to beryllium over,” Gattuso said.
Gattuso’s departure comes a time aft Italy’s shot federation president Gabriele Gravina resigned, on with Gianluigi Buffon, who was the nationalist team’s delegation chief.
The decision to Bosnia added much misery for four-time champion Italy aft being eliminated by Sweden and North Macedonia, respectively, successful the qualifying playoffs for the past 2 World Cups.
Gattuso took implicit from the fired Luciano Spalletti successful June with the squad already successful situation mode pursuing a decision astatine Norway successful its opening qualifier.
The Azzurri past went connected a six-match winning streak earlier different nonaccomplishment to Norway successful November to decorativeness 2nd successful their radical and extremity up successful the playoffs again.
Gattuso had been fixed a declaration until the extremity of this summer’s World Cup, with an automatic renewal until 2028 if Italy returned to soccer's biggest stage.
“The Azzurri garment is the astir precious plus that exists successful soccer, which is wherefore it is close to instantly facilitate aboriginal coaching unit decisions,” Gattuso said.
“It was an grant to beryllium capable to pb the nationalist squad and bash truthful besides with a radical of boys who person shown committedness and attachment to the shirt. The biggest acknowledgment spell to the fans, to each the Italians who person ne'er failed to amusement their emotion and enactment for the nationalist squad successful caller months.”
Among those being mentioned to regenerate Gattuso are Roberto Mancini, Simone Inzaghi, Antonio Conte and Massimiliano Allegri.
Mancini coached Italy to the European Championship rubric successful 2021 past failed to get the Azzurri to the adjacent year’s World Cup earlier bolting to instrumentality implicit Saudi Arabia’s nationalist team. He near that relation successful October 2024 and is presently manager astatine Al-Sadd successful Qatar.
Inzaghi steered Inter Milan to the Serie A rubric successful 2024 and present manages Saudi nine Al-Hilal. Conte coached Italy astatine the 2016 European Championship and is presently astatine Napoli. Allegri is manager astatine AC Milan.
