Reviews in declare that Turkish Tremendous Lig facet Besiktas have been in touch with former Bologna head coach Vincenzo Italiano, who has been with no membership because the finish of the 2025-26 season.
Report: Besiktas in touch with Italiano
Italiano by mutual consent on the finish of March, bringing his two-year spell on the Dall’Ara to an finish. Italiano took over from forward of the 2024-25 season, led the staff into their historic Champions League marketing campaign and went on to win the Coppa Italia afterward throughout his first season in cost.
Commercial
The coach left Bologna after an eighth-place end in Serie A in 2025-26, which was not sufficient for European qualification, and a quarter-final end on this season’s Europa League.
Italiano had been reported to be one of many frontrunners to take over from Antonio Conte as head coach of , however the Partenopei have since secured an settlement with Massimiliano Allegri following his departure as an alternative.
Choices in Serie A for subsequent season already seem like operating out for Italiano: Inter, Roma, and are set to stay with their present head coaches, Napoli have moved for Allegri, Milan are reportedly Oliver Glasner and Arne Slot, have pinched Maurizio Sarri, have secured Gennaro Gattuso, and that accounts for a lot of the Serie A high 10.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – MAY 23: Vincenzo Italiano head coach of celebrates through the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on Could 23, 2026 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
Commercial
There might be alternatives for Italiano overseas, nonetheless, as studies that Besiktas have been in touch with the 48-year-old.
Besiktas are in want of a head coach following the departure of Sergen Yalcin on the finish of the 2025-26 marketing campaign. The Istanbul outfit completed the Turkish season in fourth place, behind metropolis rivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahce and likewise Trabzonspor. Because of this they are going to be competing within the Europa League subsequent season.